Physical AI Builders Night

Come hang out with people who love hardware, build hardware, and invest in hardware. Brought to you by RiseLink, informal, and Agora.
We want to have founders share their building stories and foster real, honest conversation between builders: what it takes to prototype physical AI, the messy challenges you hit along the way, how you figure out whether anyone actually wants the thing you're making, and what it takes to scale once you do.
We'd love to have folks join panel discussions on exactly that: hardware prototyping war stories, validating your market, scaling up, and everything in between. If you've been through it (or are in the thick of it now), come share what you've learned.
📢 Want to join a panel or present your work?
Building a physical AI company? Come talk shop with people who get it.
Agenda
5:30 – 6:30 pm — Arrival & hanging out
6:30 – 7:30 pm — Panel discussions & Pitches: prototyping, market validation, scaling
7:30 – 8:30 pm — More networking & wrap up
Who should come
Founders building AI-powered hardware — whether you want to be on a panel or just listen in
Investors active in physical AI, robotics, and connected devices
Experienced builders who want to swap notes and meet the next wave
Want to join a panel or just have something to say?
If you've built physical AI hardware and want to share your experience on a panel, reach out — we'd love to have you. Email diana@riselink.ai.
About the hosts
RiseLink — Semiconductor company building WiFi chips for AI-connected devices. RiseLink works with hardware builders from prototype to production and is growing one of the first developer ecosystems for physical AI. riselink.ai
informal — A freelance collective for the most talented independent professionals in hardware — from product development to go-to-market. informal fund is an angel syndicate connecting hardware-friendly capital with the founders building it.

Agora — As a global leader in Real-Time Engagement (RTE) redefining Human-AI (H2AI) and Human-Human (H2H) interactions, Agora provides developers with simple, flexible, and powerful APIs and no-code deployment tools to rapidly embed real-time conversational AI, voice, video, interactive live streaming, and chat into applications and IoT devices.
Studio 45 - informal spaces SF is a physical space for entrepreneurs and teams building hardware in SF. Located in Mission/Bernal Area, the studio gathers the community, resources, space, and tools needed to build a business making physical products. Check out other informal spaces around the Bay Area!