Different Domain, Same Problems: Physical AI across Air, Land, and Sea

Looking to meet founders who could become your next business partner? Join us this for Cofounder Matching — a structured networking event designed to help you build real connections and find the right person to start (or grow) a company with. Weather permitting, we’ll also have access to the outdoor deck. Here’s who should attend: Have a startup idea? Come meet potential cofounders to help you build and scale it. Don’t have an idea yet? Come meet founders who are looking for someone to join them at the ground floor. This is not casual networking. You’ll be placed into structured conversations designed to move beyond small talk and into real collaboration. Cofounder Matching is invite-only to ensure a high-quality room of motivated builders who are serious about starting or joining a startup. There’s no perfect formula for building a founding team - but this is a strong step in the right direction. And a huge thank you to our host and partner, CIC. Learn more about CIC’s Social Impact Cohort.

Bits gave AI a voice. Atoms will give it hands. The next chapter of AI is about doing, not just thinking. We define physical AI broadly as systems that sense, understand, or act on the physical world. From the factory floor to the frontier, if it touches atoms rather than just bits, it counts. Where has AI not yet arrived? Which applications are being overlooked, and which technical problems remain unsolved? If you're building the answer, come show us. Squarepoint Ventures and Vine Ventures, together with MIT-CHIEF, Campus Deep Tech, and TNT are bringing together founders, researchers, professors, and investors at MIT for an evening focused on what comes next in physical AI. Hear from leading researchers and builders, discover early-stage companies before they break out, and meet others working at the frontier of AI and the physical world. Early-stage startups and aspiring founders are encouraged to apply. A handful of selected teams will pitch live: 3 minutes each, plus a quick Q&A. Apply to pitch by October 11 (AoE): Apply here Physical AI spans a broad range of technologies and industries, including: Machines that move: robots, humanoids, drones, and autonomous vehicles Industries that run the world: manufacturing, logistics, construction, energy, agriculture, and healthcare Science and discovery: lab automation, materials, and AI-run experiments Sensing and devices: multimodal perception, wearables, AR, and smart devices The stack underneath: world models, simulation, data collection, edge inference, chips, and safety Frontier AI: recursive self-improvement, AI that helps design its own chips, and the compute and power behind it all. Even the frontier runs on atoms. Whether you're building, joining, or backing the next generation of physical AI companies, you'll find your people here. The room is already shaping up to be something special. Attendees include researchers, engineers, and leaders from OpenAI, Boston Dynamics, TRI, RAI, Amazon Robotics, Walden Robot

Please RSVP ahead of time so we can get an accurate count on coffee. Everybody will check in at the ground floor security desk before heading up to the 5th floor. Please bring a government-issued ID for check-in. Code and Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Some people (optionally) bring projects to work on, and some come and (also optionally) socialize the entire time. We encourage everyone to attend our variety of workshops and events we host each meetup, but it's entirely up to you to just come in and hangout! The Intro Circle Near the beginning of the event (12:30 pm), we do a standup in a circle: We first announce organizer announcements, updates, and logistics Round 1 - (7 secs max): Your name What you can help others with What you would like help with Job opportunities you're hiring for Round 2: Community events you wanna plug. If none, that's cool too. After the introduction circle, everything is self-organized. We sometimes have FEATURES in a nearby room; checkout those events on Meetup as well. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Community Discord - come hang out before and after!: We will be looking to take photos during the meet up. Let one of the organizers know if you would rather we not include you in the photos. Venue Sponsor: CIC Cambridge We live our mission by creating the best possible environment and programming to enable startups, scale-ups, corporations, and public entities to tackle the biggest local and global challenges while fostering growth and connection.

Frontier AI systems are increasingly neither purely deep learning nor purely symbolic. The most promising advances are emerging at the intersection of these paradigms, where neural networks, program synthesis, and formal reasoning can combine in novel ways. Join Francois Chollet, Mike Knoop, Greg Kamradt and the rest of the ARC Prize Foundation team in a forum for researchers advancing this frontier.

Tough Tech Demo Day is an afternoon showcase of 60+ Tough Tech startups building breakthrough solutions across climate and energy, advanced robotics, biotech and life sciences, AI, quantum, and advanced manufacturing. Co-hosted by The Engine, Activate, Greentown Labs, MassChallenge, and MassRobotics, Tough Tech Demo Day gives investors, operators, and ecosystem leaders a firsthand look at the companies and teams advancing Tough Tech toward real-world impact. This is a showcase-style event, designed for attendees to explore the startups, meet the teams, and learn more about the technologies shaping the future. Tough Tech Week is a week-long celebration of transformational science and engineering, hosted by The Engine and more than 50 partner organizations across Greater Boston and beyond. The week convenes Tough Tech startups building breakthrough solutions alongside the investors, government leaders, academic institutions, and ecosystem organizations funding and supporting them. Last year’s Tough Tech Week featured 65+ ecosystem events. To learn more and register for the full calendar, visit luma.com/toughtechweek or engine.xyz/toughtechweek.

Quantum + Neurotech Happy Hour 🧪 Recipe: 👩🏽‍🍳 Mix a spoon full of quantum satellite cameras seeing further & faster—add dash of BCIs addressing vegetative states—& top off with a sprinkle of climate warriors. Result: A full on hope dose. Join us in Boston during Tough Tech Week on 10/28 from 5-8pm at Darling in Cambridge! Max capacity is 100, so RSVP ASAP! ✅Free Drinks 🚫Panels ✅Free Food ✅Badass founders 🚫Boredom ✅Money Huge shout out to event co-hosts: ⚡️Axoft ⚡️CopiaVC ⚡️Diffraqtion ⚡️Goodwin Procter ⚡️Ground State Ventures 🦹🏽‍♀️ Are you a quantum or neurotech company and want to do a lightning introduction in front of the crowd?!? 🧑🏽‍💻 APPLY HERE ASAP 👈🏽