Building an Ecosystem for a Safe Physical AI Future

Enterprise AI Adoption Roundtable: Physical AI, Robotics & Semiconductors

October 28, 2026 | Sakura Deep Tech Shibuya, Tokyo

What does it take to move AI from software into the physical world?

Join us for a roundtable exploring how AI, robotics, and semiconductor technologies come together, and what enterprises and startups need to turn technical capabilities into practical applications.

The conversation will focus on the systems that connect AI models, hardware, and real-world operations, with perspectives from Renesas and Substrate One.

Discussion Topics

• From AI models to working robotic systems: Connecting software, edge computing, and hardware.
• Modernizing existing systems: Legacy code migration and heterogeneous computing across CPUs, GPUs, and other accelerators.
• Robots in the physical world: How robots interact with their environments and with one another.
• Enterprise adoption: Practical barriers and opportunities for collaboration between enterprises, semiconductor companies, and startups.

Speakers

Mandali Khalesi
Vice President, Renesas

Alireza Goudarzi
Co-founder & CTO, Substrate One, a stealth startup
Facilitator & Speaker

Agenda

5:30 PM | Doors Open & Check-in

6:00 PM | Welcome & Opening Remarks
Kaori Rei, followed by a welcome from Sakura Deep Tech Shibuya / Scrum Studio.

6:05 PM | Conversation: Building the Physical AI Stack
Mandali Khalesi of Renesas and Alireza Goudarzi of Substrate One discuss the infrastructure needed to move AI from software into reliable real-world systems.

6:30 PM | Roundtable Discussion: What Does Robotics Need?
An interactive discussion with the audience exploring the challenges robotics companies face today and how semiconductor, firmware, software, and computing providers can help address them.

7:00 PM | Physical AI Startup Lightning Pitches (Tentative)
Selected founders will briefly introduce what they are building and one key technical or ecosystem challenge they are working to solve.

7:10 PM | Networking

8:00 PM | Close

Who Should Attend

Founders, engineers, enterprise technology leaders, investors, and ecosystem builders working across AI, robotics, semiconductors, and industrial technology.

Event Details

Date: October 28, 2026
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm (5:30pm doors open)
Venue: Sakura Deep Tech Shibuya, Tokyo
Language: English
Format: Roundtable discussion, audience Q&A, and networking

Hosted by
Kaori Rei: Founder of AI Founders' Mindset
Scrum Studio
Tokyu Land Corporation