Building in the Physical World with AI for NY Tech Week

We had a blast hosting Building in the Physical World with AI for NY Tech Week! We gathered for a candid conversation about what it takes to ship AI products that operate in the real world.

NextView Partner Melody Koh sat down with two NextView portfolio founders building at the frontier of physical-world AI:

🛠️ Augie Smith (Founder & CEO, Phasic): engineering heat exchangers that deliver performance conventional methods can’t match, purpose-built for data centers, defense, and heavy industry.

🤖 Max Friefeld (Co-founder & COO, Ultra): building robots that automate the stationary, repetitive labor inside America’s warehouses and factories.

Here’s to more candid conversations, ambitious builders, and productive Tech Week gatherings. Until next year 🚀