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SF Tech Week 2026

R2S2R Arena Launch

Hosted by IndustrialNext

When
4:00 – 7:00 PM
Where
SOMA
Format
Happy Hour, Networking and Panel / Fireside Chat
R2S2R Arena Launch artwork

/ About this event

We're launching the Real2Sim2Real (R2S2R) Arena, a first-of-its-kind Physical AI testing ground in our 10,000 sq.ft. HQ in San Francisco.

Join us for the launch and an evening of live robot demos, candid conversations, and a first look at how the Arena will turn real-world experience into scalable simulation, model training, and factory deployment, serving as a shared testing ground for foundation models and robotic systems across research and industry.

We'll also introduce sim2world.ai, our open benchmarking initiative, that allows researchers and builders at tshare how academic institutions, industry R&D teams, and Physical AI companies can bring their own tasks, develop policies in simulation, and deploy them on our robots.

The evening brings together the executives reshaping manufacturing, the researchers advancing physical AI, the investors backing them, and the founders building what comes next. Hosted during SF Tech Week alongside our partners NVIDIA, Khosla Ventures, Versor, AllSides, Paddy, Flexiv, Mitsubishi Electric, the University of Washington's Personal Robotics Lab, and the University of Cambridge's Resilient Autonomous Learning Lab (CamRAL).

Come for the robots, stay for the open bar. 🥂

Interested in partnering with us on the Arena? Contact Kathleen from Industrial Next.

Snacks & Drinks will be provided. ———

This event is part of #SFTechWeek, a week of events hosted by top founders, funds, and companies to bring the tech ecosystem together. Learn more at www.tech-week.com

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