Building At the Frontier of AI
Wed, 21 Oct 2026, 06:30
Berlin, Germany
Free
Originally organized by Merantix AI Campus. In the week of NVIDIA GTC Berlin, we're gathering founders and entrepreneurs at Merantix AI Campus for the questions that actually matter right now: what it takes to build in Physical AI, where agentic systems and open models are heading, and who's shaping the next generation of AI companies. We'll open with a founder panel, then move into an interactive unconference (as we like to call it) where the room sets the agenda across three tracks: Physical AI, Agentic AI and open models, and an open format for whatever you want to dig into. Throughout the morning, NVIDIA's Startup Ecosystem and Inception team will be on site to connect with founders directly, talk through what it takes to build and scale, and help you get closer to compute, credits and go-to-market support. The morning will culminate in a live watch party of the NVIDIA GTC keynote with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. Expect sharp technical exchange, new connections, and plenty of space to shape the conversation yourself. Speakers 🎤 Howard Wright – VP Startup Ecosystem, NVIDIA He leads NVIDIA’s Startup Ecosystem, helping founders build and scale through Inception after leading AWS’s global startup program and holding leadership roles at Intel and Qualcomm. 🎤 Neil Zeghidour – Co-founder and CEO, Gradium He founded Gradium after leading generative audio teams at Meta and Google DeepMind, with work spanning AudioLM, Moshi, and Hibiki. 🎤 Silviu Homoceanu – Co-founder and CTO, Almetra He co-founded Almetra to bring AI and computer vision to manufacturing, helping factories improve production efficiency after working on self-driving systems at Volkswagen. Agenda 08:30 Doors open & breakfast networking 08:55 Welcome from NVIDIA & Merantix 09:00 Founder panel discussion 09:45 Introduction from the NVIDIA Inception team 09:50 Coffee break 10:00 Unconference & networking Breakout discussions around topics including Physical AI, Agentic AI and questions brought forward by the room. 11:00 Live stream of the NVIDIA GTC keynote with CEO Jensen Huang 13:00 Wrap-up About your hosts … Venue: Merantix AI Campus, Max-Urich-Straße 3, 13355 Berlin, Germany. Registration is handled by the original organizer. Original event and organizer: https://luma.com/Building-at-the-frontier-of-AI-NVIDIA