DivcoWest Ventures Brings Physical AI Builders Onto the Pickleball Court

Physical AI begins where software loses the protection of the screen. The machine has to enter a building, a job site, an energy system, a data center, or another environment that refuses to behave like a controlled demo. DivcoWest Ventures is bringing the people building across those environments together over pickleball and breakfast.

The Friday gathering is designed for founders and operators working across construction, real estate, data centers, energy, and robotics. Pickleball supplies the movement, but participation is not limited to players. The broader invitation is to spend a morning with people solving different parts of the same physical-economy problem.

Those industries share more infrastructure than their product categories suggest. A robotics system depends on the site. A data center depends on power and permitting. Construction technology has to survive crews, schedules, safety requirements, and the cost of changing a workflow already under pressure. Real estate becomes the place where each technical promise meets ownership, operations, and a long asset clock.

The court gives the room a lighter entry point. The useful conversation begins when the builders compare what happened after their software touched the physical world and the environment answered back.

Event details

• Date: Friday, October 9, 2026
• Time: 09:00-11:00 PT
• Location: None, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
• Format: Breakfast, Brunch or Lunch
• Host: DivcoWest Ventures
• Registration: Official SF Tech Week event page

Registration status, capacity, meeting details, and program information can change. Use the official event page for the latest organizer updates.