SummitIn personFree

Assembly Summit - From Thesis to Throughput

SEP30
12:00

About this event

Assembly Summit 2026 — From Thesis to Throughput
September 30, 2026 · Detroit, MI
Together with the Automotive News Congress, we’re bringing our 5th annual Assembly Summit back to Detroit on September 30, 2026.
This year’s theme, From Thesis to Throughput, explores how founders, operators, and investors turn frontier technology into industrial reality. Join us for an afternoon of panels, live demos, and fireside conversations spanning the hidden champions of the industrial economy, the next frontiers of AI, space infrastructure, and embodied AI moving from lab to line.
Expect candid conversations and practical company-building insights from across mobility, automotive, defense, space, and industrial AI.
SEPTEMBER 30 — THE DAY AT A GLANCE
11:00 AM–12:30 PM | Private LP & Portfolio Session
Invitation-only for Assembly LPs and portfolio companies.
11:00 AM: Doors open for the private session, including lunch and our annual Assembly LP Update.
12:30 PM: Private session concludes.
12:30–5:00 PM | Assembly Summit
Open to all registered Summit guests.
12:30 PM: General-admission doors open.
1:00 PM: Summit & Partner Welcome, followed by panels, live demos, and fireside conversations.
5:00 PM: Summit programming concludes.
5:00–7:00 PM | Summit Happy Hour
Join us after the Summit for drinks and continued conversation.
Learn more: summit.assemblyventures.com

More upcoming events in Detroit

OCT
19

Prompt to Product: A Claude Meetup for PMs (Detroit)

1555 Broadway St floor 2, Detroit, United States
In person

Prompt to Product: A Claude Meetup for PMs (Detroit) 📍 RIVET · 🗓 Mon, Oct 19 · 6 PM This is a meet up for all current and aspiring product managers who use Claude in their real work. The RIVET team and other members of our community will be showing how they work with Claude today. • Product Communications Hub — Paul Carollo • Interactive Proposals — Jesse Bandfield • Continuous Product Strategy — Kasey Alderete It's not too late to submit a topic! Have you found a Claude workflow that saves you time? Maybe a prompt, an agent, or a prototype that changed how you work? Pitch a short talk. It doesn't need to be polished. It just needs to be real. 👉 Submit your proposal: https://royal-ravine-7ax8.here.now/propose-pm.html Seats are limited. Come to learn, share, and meet other PMs in Detroit.

18:00 · Free · Pitch EventDetails →
OCT
24

Hack for Humanity: Detroit

Detroit, MI, Detroit, United States
In person

HACK FOR HUMANITY: DETROIT Detroit joins The AI Collective’s global Hack for Humanity. Build solutions to real local problems. Sat, Oct 24 · 9:30am to 2pm ET Address and parking details shared with approved guests. Free. In person only. Hosted by the Digital Enablement Hub at Henry Ford Health, Detroit. Schedule 9:30 Networking and refreshments 10:00 Problem briefing and team matching 10:15 Build (submissions close 1:15) 1:15 Volunteer demos and judging Challenge Solve one Detroit area problem: health access, environment, neighborhood services, economic mobility, or civic data. Who Anyone 18+. Builders, designers, clinicians, data folks, public servants, students. Solo or team. Teams can be formed on-site. First-timers welcome. Bring Laptop, charger, and photo ID. Refreshments provided. Registration required. Two ways to build Any project: build with Lovable. No coding needed. 100 free Lovable credits each, code shared on site. MLH Open-Source AI Prize: open-source or open-weight AI at the core, public GitHub repo, open-source license. Winning team gets DEV badges. MLH rules apply only to the MLH prize. Every project can demo. More prizes to be announced. Day of Create your MLH account before you arrive. Check in and submit on MLH OrganizerHQ. MLH Code of Conduct applies. Photos taken at event. Need an accommodation or have questions? Message the hosts here. Upside Winners may be featured in The AI Collective newsletter (300k+ subscribers). Part of Hacktoberfest 2026 with MLH. Sponsored by Lovable. Community partner: Henry Ford Innovations. Space is limited. Not accepted this time? Apply again. The AI Collective is a global non-profit building the human layer for the AI era. We unite 200,000+ leaders, builders, and stakeholders across 100+ forums worldwide to democratize the frontier, build trust, and coordinate how society navigates the rapid acceleration of technological progress. All attendees and organizers at events affiliated with The AI Collective agree to

09:30 · Free · CompetitionDetails →
Share this event