Machines of Tomorrow: The Future of Physical AI

Live Demos · Founder & Investor Panel ·

Hosted by Breakline Society × 99yards

Breakline Society

Breakline Society is a fast-growing AI and FinTech community for founders and investors in New York. Through curated events and startup programs, we help founders build meaningful relationships, access valuable resources, and discover new opportunities. At its heart, Breakline is a place where builders feel seen, supported, and inspired to grow together.

99 YARDS

99 YARDS is an AI-powered fashion technology platform that connects brands, creative professionals, manufacturers, and service providers in a single ecosystem. Built to modernize how the fashion industry operates, 99 YARDS leverages AI to streamline discovery, collaboration, and production—from concept to market.

Your Hosts

Lucia Liu - Founder & CEO of Breakline Society

is the Founder of Breakline Society, an emerging Chinese founders community based in NYC. With years of experience in AI, quantitative finance, and entrepreneurship, she builds communities connecting hundreds of founders, investors, and professionals across AI and FinTech through curated panel and networking events to help more builders be seen, heard, and supported.

Tony Henry - Founder & CEO of 99 Yards

As a fashion producer and entrepreneur with 10+ years of experience producing fashion shows and creative experiences across major platforms, including New York Fashion Week (NYFW) and Miami Swim Week, throughout his career, he has worked closely with designers, models, production teams, and creative talent to bring fashion concepts to life on the runway.

Together, Breakline Society × 99 YARDS are bringing New York's technology, investment, and creative communities together to explore how Physical AI, robotics, and intelligent automation are transforming industries and creating new opportunities.

Meet the founders building intelligent machines and the investors exploring what comes next.

Join us in New York in Nov. for an evening of robotics demos, candid conversations, and connections across Physical AI. Whether you’re building a product, investing in the space, or exploring your next opportunity, see the technology up close and meet the people behind it.

🎤 Speaker Spotlight

Xavier Chi - Co-Founder, Mbodi AI, Ex-Google

Xavier Chi is the Co-Founder of Mbodi AI, building AI agents that make robots learn and operate like humans. Previously, he was a Tech Lead for Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8).

Ned Lomigora — Founder, 387labs, MIT, Panelist & Pitch Judge

A serial entrepreneur with an MIT engineering background, Ned helps businesses turn AI capabilities into practical applications. His experience spans AI development, product strategy, and building technology companies.

Leela (Lilach) Porges — Founder & Creative Director, PROCODE_DRESS

Leela brings robotics into fashion through garments 3D-printed with robotic arms. Combining architecture, computational design, and advanced manufacturing, her work explores new ways to turn digital designs into wearable products.

Brett Martin — Co-founder of Fonzi, Charge Ventures, Panelist & Pitch Judge

the world's most connected AI recruiter, and Charge Ventures, a purveyor of premium pre/seed venture capital, both based in Brooklyn, NY. Representative investments include Clay, Higgsfield.ai, Bison Trails (acq COIN), Podz (acq Spotify), and Motion.ai (acq HUB). He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, where he teaches data analytics and machine learning.

Josh Goldenberg - VP Product @ Ultralytics, ex-Google Gemini Enterprise  --  Pitch Judge

AI/ML Product Executive with proven record of technical and commercial success; delivering Enterprise & PubSec AI Products ranging from A Startup(s) scaled up through Big Tech Global Eneterprise offerings Production Application(s) of Agentic AI, Gen AI, CV, NLP, Predictive Simulations : across FSI, Mfg, Retail, Telco, HCLS, PubSec

🎤 Investor Spotlight

Confirmed attendees include investors from Morgan Stanley, VC partners, family office partner and angel investors.

What to Expect

Startup Pitches & Robotics Exibition

Meet selected Physical AI and robotics founders as they showcase their products, explain the problems they solve, and share what they’re building next. Booth tables availble for companies who are interested in exibition at event. Reach out: breaklineny@gmail.com

Founder & Investor Panel

Four speakers discuss the opportunities and challenges of bringing Physical AI to market, followed by audience Q&A. We’ll explore

• Where robots are becoming useful in everyday industries
• What it takes to move from a prototype to a product customers will buy
• How founders and investors evaluate opportunities in the space

Continue the conversation over drinks with founders, investors, researchers, engineers, and potential collaborators.

Calling Physical AI & Robotics Founders

Want to put your product in front of investors, potential customers, and fellow builders? We’re selecting a limited number of founders to pitch and demo at the event.

We welcome robotics, embodied AI, and enabling technologies, with priority given to working demos and clear real-world applications.

👉 Apply to Pitch & Demo⁠

Nov 6, 2026 Agenda | 5:00–9:00 PM

5:00–5:45 PM — Welcome Reception & Networking

5:45–5:55 PM — Opening Remarks

5:55–6:55 PM — Physical AI Startup Pitches & Live Demos

6:55–7:05 PM — Short Break

7:05–7:55 PM — Founder & Investor Panel + Audience Q&A

7:55–9:00 PM — Food & Networking

Who Should Attend

Founders, investors, researchers, engineers, and operators working in—or curious about—Physical AI, robotics, and the technologies bringing intelligence into the physical world.

Interested in sponsoring, speaking, or partnering? Reach out: breaklineny@gmail.com

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🫶🏻Sponsor: Fonzi

Fonzi is a talent marketplace focused exclusively on product and AI engineering hires in NYC and SF. We work with 75+ open roles across the best startups in the city.

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