Physical AI Meetup @ SaaStr Annual: Real-Time Multimodal Agent in the Shell
🤖 Physical AI Meetup — Real-Time Multimodal Agent in the Shell
Coinciding with SaaStr Annual week in the Bay Area — an exclusive morning gathering for serious builders at the frontier of Physical AI.
As foundation models gain the ability to see, hear, and interact with the physical world, the AI agent is finally getting its body. Join Physical AI Camp and a hand-picked group of hardcore builders for an intimate, high-signal morning in Silicon Valley — uniting pioneers across the full stack, from multimodal LLMs and edge hardware to global connectivity and real-time networks.
🎁 Bring Your Demos!
Everyone is encouraged to bring physical prototypes for hands-on exchange and deep-dive conversations. Skip the slide deck — let your hardware do the talking.
🔧 Physical AI Workshop at 1:30 PM — happening in the same venue right after! Stay and start hacking.
🗣️ Meet the Builders
👤 Dr. Hui Jin — Founder & CEO @ Redtea Mobile
A pioneering global eSIM innovator exploring the "Supply-Chain-to-TikTok" playbook for viral hardware growth, and currently building Jumpo AI — an intelligent camera designed for kids.
👤 Qianze Zhang — Agent Platform Lead @ Agora
Architect of NewBro, a novel "Dual-Brain" agent framework that cleanly separates System 1 (sensory reflex) from System 2 (deep reasoning) for more capable AI agents.
👤 John — Product Manager @ StepFun
Focused on ultra-low latency TTS/ASR at StepFun, pushing multimodal and Edge AI to its limits — bringing high-performance voice interaction to everything from software platforms to physical hardware like automotive systems.
👤 Wei You — Founder @ AutoHeart
Co-founder of LOOI, the expressive "Smart AI Alien" desktop robot that went from zero to Kickstarter bestseller — crafting physical AI with genuine personality and emotional expressiveness.
🎙️ Moderators
- Cynthia Yang — Initiator @ RTE Dev Community
- Ziqiang Xu — RTE Dev Community Ambassador & Supersonic Fellow
📋 Agenda
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| ☕ 09:30 – 10:00 | Arrival, Coffee & Bagels 🥯 |
| 👋 10:00 – 10:10 | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| ⚡ 10:10 – 10:45 | Lightning Talks: Wiring the Physical AI Ecosystem |
| 🧠 10:45 – 11:15 | Panel 1: System 1 & System 2 — Reflex vs. Reasoning |
| 🚀 11:15 – 11:45 | Panel 2: Glorified Toys vs. Product-Led Growth in Hardware |
| 🤝 11:45 – 12:15 | Deep Networking & Demo Showcase |
🏕️ About the Hosts
Physical AI Camp
The next wave of AI is physical. Physical AI Camp is a 12-week, zero-equity cohort for startups building AI into the real world — bridging frontier "Hardware + Agent" architectures with agile manufacturing ecosystems to create miniaturized, multimodal devices.
Seeed Technology (Seeed Studio)
A leading open-source hardware provider specializing in emerging technologies including edge AI, robotics, and smart sensor systems.
Circuit Launch
Cómo llegarEscanea con la cámara: el evento se abre en la app de Somo.
