IAIFI is pleased to host our first “IAIFI Industry Day” on Friday, August 14, 2026 at the MIT Samberg Conference Center [50 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA; Dining Rooms 3&4 (on the 6th floor)]. The goal of this event is to foster collaboration, awareness, and networking between IAIFI industry partners, IAIFI researchers, and attendees of the IAIFI Summer Workshop.
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Friday, August 14, 2026
Doors open 10:30am
11:00am-11:50am: Flash talks from industry partners
These will be brief, 5-minute self-introductions where industry partners will share about themselves and their work. This will directly lead into the networking portions of the day.
- Welcome from IAIFI
- Physical Superintelligence
- Amazon AGI
- Agentoid
- Stripe
- Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL)
- Draper
11:50am-12:10pm: Coffee Break
12:10pm-1:00pm: Flash talks from industry partners, cont’d
- Centaur AI Institute
- QuEra Computing
- Extropic
- Glasswing Ventures
- Engine Ventures
- FirstPrinciples
- Fine Structure Ventures
1:00pm-2:15pm: Networking Lunch
2:15pm–3:45pm: Industry Partner Expo and Reception
Participating industry partners will host tables at the expo.
Industry Partners
| Organization | Flash Talk Presenter | Expo Participation |
|---|---|---|
| Agentoid | Praneeth Vepakomma | ✓ |
| Amazon AGI | Rahul Gupta | |
| Centaur AI Institute | Dongsung Huh | |
| Draper | Loyd Waites | |
| Engine Ventures | Alaina Hartnett | |
| Extropic | Nahuel Freitas | ✓ |
| Fine Structure Ventures | Tobias Egle | |
| FirstPrinciples | Melissa Valdez | ✓ |
| Glasswing Ventures | Kleida Martiro | ✓ |
| Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) | Petros Boufounos | ✓ |
| Physical Superintelligence | Alex Wissner-Gross | ✓ |
| QuEra Computing | Alan Bidart and Tommaso Macrì | ✓ |
| Stripe | Shankar Krishnan |