AI has lowered the barrier to building prototypes. Getting those prototypes into production is a different story.
Every founder hopes their breakthrough becomes a product customers can rely on. Yet the path from prototype to production follows a straight line. Autonomous systems have to perform outside controlled environments.
The problems change quickly once technology leaves the lab.
Leaders in space communications, autonomous systems, and AI infrastructure will share how they’ve navigated that transition, from promising innovation to production-ready deployment. Although every industry follows its own path, all three speakers have faced the same reality: A successful prototype is only the beginning.
Disrupt returns to Moscone West in San Francisco, October 13–15, bringing together 10,000+ founders, investors, and operators for 250+ sessions exploring the technologies and market forces shaping what’s next. Secure your Disrupt pass to hear how today’s innovators are moving breakthrough technologies into production.
A working prototype answers one question: “Can it be done?”
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No two production stories look the same. Each founder taking the Real World AI stage has navigated a different path from prototype to production, offering lessons startups can apply to their own journey.
Before co-founding Bedrock Robotics, Boris Sofman helped lead autonomous trucking and core technologies at Waymo, where driverless vehicles logged more than 100 million driverless miles.
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