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State of Industrial AI: The Missing Link to Large-Scale Adoption

Hosted by Essentia Ventures

When
4:00 – 6:00 PM
Where
FiDi
Format
Happy Hour, Networking and Panel / Fireside Chat
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Industrial and Physical AI are entering a decisive phase: moving from impressive pilots to systems enterprises can trust in production. What are the missing links that will make AI reliable, secure, and economically deployable across industrial/brownfield and critical industries?

The State of Industrial AI will convene a curated panel at the intersection of industrial leadership and next-generation enterprise AI.

Panel: - Samantha Huang, Principal at BMW i Ventures - Holly Wu, Director of Mergers and Acquisitions, Venture and Partnerships at Mercedes-Benz - Dave Anderson, COO at Eragon and Founding Partner at Beat Ventures - Marco Marinucci, Founding General Partner at Essentia Ventures and Author of The State of Industrial AI - Newsletter

The panel will bring together industry and investor perspectives on what is enabling and holding back Industrial and Physical AI adoption, where companies are seeing real value, and what it will take to scale.

Venue: Eragon office, 575 Market Street, San Francisco.

Agenda (Pacific Time): 4:00–4:20 p.m. - Arrivals and introductions 4:20–5:20 p.m. - Panel and audience Q&A 5:20–6:00 p.m. - Networking

Presented by The State of Industrial AI.

Sponsored by RubberDuck (https://rubberduck.com/) and Eragon (https://eragon.ai/).

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

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