

π GenAI Collective Chicago: How AI is Innovating the Physical World
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GenAI Collective Chicago: How AI is Innovating the Physical World
βπ High-Demand, Limited-Capacity Event β Secure Your Spot Now!
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Date & Time: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 | 6:00 PM β 8:00 PM CST
π Location: mHUB , 2nd floor event space
βWhy Attend?
βChicagoβs AI scene is evolving fast and we donβt want you to get left behind. This exclusive event brings collides cutting edge AI capabilities with the underlying infrastructure needs, robotics, and technologies innovating the physical world.
βπ₯ Event Highlights
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Affinity Group Chats by industry
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Top-Tier Networking β Engage with AI leaders and innovators
βπ― Agenda
π 6:00 PM β Welcome & Open Networking
π€ 6:30 PM β Opening Remarks
π 6:35 PM β Datacenters: the Railroads of the AI Era&A
π‘ 7:00 PM β Robotics: The Last Millimeter Problem: Why Touch Limits Speed and Success - Joe Mullenbach (mHUB member!)
π 7:30 PM β Breakout for Networking
ββ οΈ Important Notes
π₯ Demand is HIGH β Capacity is LIMITED. If you're serious about AI and want to be in the room where it happens, register now before spots run out.
β³ Affinity Groups Are Pre-Set: To maintain high-value discussions, attendance is capped.
π₯ Who Should Attend? AI enthusiasts spanning engineers, researchers, founders, investors, marketers, medical professionals, and educators who are pushing the limits of what AI can do. All are welcome
π‘ Secure Your Spot Now β Donβt Miss Out!
mHUB is a leading independent hardtech and manufacturing innovation center that exists to convene the entrepreneurial ecosystem around physical product innovation to ensure that the manufacturing industry continues to accelerate, grow, and thrive. The mHUB community includes over 500 active and alumni startups and small businesses supported by a deep talent pool of product designers and developers, entrepreneurs, engineers and manufacturers, corporate leaders, industry experts, mentors, and investors. mHUB provides a hyper-resourced environment to entrepreneurs with the goal of commercializing new hardtech innovation that will lead to new businesses, intellectual property, investment, revenue, and job creation. Since launching in 2017, the mHUB community has generated more than $1.57B in revenue, launched more than 1,600 products, hired more than 6,400 employees, and raised over $1.89B in capital. To date, mHUB has invested in 46 startups across sustainable manufacturing, climate and energy Tech, and medtech.
Joe Mullenbach has spent his career focused on the physical interface between human and machine. A researcher and technologist in the field of haptics, Joe is co-founder and CEO of Fluid Reality, a startup producing the first practical high resolution tactile displays for XR and teleoperation. Fluid Reality technology imprints small bubbles into the skin, providing instant understanding of contact location, edges, orientation, and pressure. This work has been honored with numerous awards including Fast Company Innovation by Design 2024.Β Joe was an early employee at haptic touchscreen startup Tanvas, and holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University.
βAs always, food, drink, engaging conversation, and incredible company will all be provided!
βββThe GenAI Collective is a non-profit, grassroots community of 25,000+ founders, researchers, operators, and investors representing the global forum for AI and technological progress. Through world-class events, workshops, and online forums, members leverage their diverse perspectives and innovative minds to foster meaningful relationships, solve challenging problems, and define the future of AI.