Building an Ecosystem for a Safe Physical AI Future

An English-language roundtable at Sakura Deep Tech Shibuya on what it takes to move AI out of software and into the physical world. The discussion covers how AI models, edge computing and hardware connect into working robotic systems, how legacy code and heterogeneous computing across CPUs, GPUs and other accelerators are being modernized, and how robots interact with their environments and with each other. Speakers include Mandali Khalesi (Vice President, Renesas) and Alireza Goudarzi (Co-founder and CTO of the stealth startup Substrate One), who also facilitates. The session closes on enterprise adoption: the practical barriers and the openings for collaboration between enterprises, semiconductor companies and startups, followed by audience Q&A and networking.