AUTONOMOUS 2026
Ivan Poupyrev
CEO
ARCHETYPE AI
Ivan Poupyrev, Ph.D., is the Founder and CEO of Archetype AI, where he is building Newton, a foundation model for the physical world that understands and reasons about real-world environments through multimodal sensor data. He has over 20 years of experience transforming breakthrough research into products deployed at global scale. Prior to Archetype AI, Ivan led advanced sensing and AI initiatives at Google, Walt Disney Imagineering, and Sony, developing technologies used by millions of people worldwide. He holds over 100 U.S. patents and has received numerous international honors, including the National Design Award and the Cannes Lions Grand Prix. Ivan is a TED speaker and a recognized leader in translating frontier technologies into impactful products and businesses.
Their session
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The Models Behind Physical AI
Everyone is racing to build robot brains, but the real bottleneck is the data, models, and compute that train them. Sharply different views on where it comes from, who owns the moat, and whether power and GPUs are the real cap on how big these models get.