Momentum: Robotics & Embodied AI in Zurich

Hosted by Nebius, Balderton Capital, NVIDIA

September 17, 2026 · Zurich

Robotics is moving out of the lab and into the real world.

Join Nebius, Balderton and NVIDIA in Zurich for Momentum, an evening bringing together the founders, researchers, engineers, investors, and industry leaders building the next generation of robotics and embodied AI.

Zurich sits at the heart of one of Europe’s most exciting robotics ecosystems — combining world-class research, exceptional engineering talent, and a growing community of companies turning advances in AI into intelligent systems that can perceive, reason, and act in the physical world.

Momentum is designed to bring that community together.

Expect candid conversations with leading robotics founders, rapid-fire spotlights from emerging companies, live demos, and plenty of time to meet the people building and backing the future of Physical AI.

Agenda

6:00–6:30 PM — Doors Open, Drinks & Networking

Meet fellow founders, researchers, engineers, and investors from across the Zurich robotics ecosystem.

6:30–6:45 PM — Welcome & Opening Remarks

Brief remarks from the Nebius, Balderton, NVIDIA teams

6:50–7:30 PM — Building Robotics Companies at Scale

A conversation with later-stage robotics and Physical AI founders on building, deploying, and scaling companies at the intersection of hardware and AI.

Moderated by James Wise, Partner at Balderton Capital.

7:30–8:00 PM — Founder Spotlights

Three to four emerging robotics or Physical AI founders, jointly moderated by NVIDIA and Nebius.

8:00–9:30 PM — Robotics Demos, Food, Drinks & Networking

See technology in action, meet the teams behind it, and connect with founders, researchers, investors, and industry leaders from across the ecosystem.

Who Should Join

Momentum is for people actively building, researching, deploying, or investing in robotics, embodied AI, Physical AI, autonomous systems, computer vision, simulation, and adjacent technologies.

We’re particularly excited to meet early-stage founders — from pre-seed through Series A — as well as researchers and engineers considering what they might build next.

Space is limited and registrations are subject to approval.

Come meet the people turning intelligence into action.

About Nebius

The Nebius AI Cloud brings powerful full-stack infrastructure for AI developers and practitioners across startups, enterprises and science institutes to build and deploy generative AI applications and rapidly deliver scientific breakthroughs by training and running ML models within a secure, high-performance, and cost-optimized cloud environment.

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