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Today we @PointNineCap are excited to launch the P9 AI Fluency Index. One of the big challenges for many founders right now is to get their organizations fully "AI-pilled". We wanted to create a tool that that helps founders and CEOs benchmark their company's AI fluency and get recommendations on how to get to the next level. The index is grounded in published rubrics and posts by @zapier, @Fin_ai, @tobi @Shopify, @RampLabs, @AnthropicAI, @GetJobber, and @bassim_eledath. Huge thanks to them for publishing their valuable insights! Head over to AI-pilled.com and come back with your report card! :)

The old robotics playbook is becoming legacy fast. Vision-Language-Action models are moving from research curiosities into production systems, and the teams building them are shipping into real warehouses, construction sites and overall 3D world. What really stood out is that the leaders here aren't winning on architectures or compute — they're winning on data, with serious pipelines, daily episode reviews, and a discipline around collection that one team has actually gamified with an internal leaderboard. Europe has more depth in Physical AI than outsiders appreciate, the technical talent is world-class — and increasingly, so is the execution. And while humanoids keep taking the headlines, the real progress is happening in warehouses, on factory floors, and out on construction sites, wherever robots have to leave the lab and deal with the real world.

Last night in Munich, we hosted our first Physical AI Meet-Up, bringing founders, operators, and researchers into one room. Four talks and a lot of awesome real work to show. 🤖 Huge thanks to @SereactAI , @rerundotio , SE3 Labs and @SensmoreAI , for sharing work that's usually behind closed doors, and to everyone who came, stayed past the scheduled end, and made the room what it was. Find a few themes from the evening in the thread. This is the first of what we hope becomes a series. If you're building in Physical AI in Europe, we'd love to hear from you.

📢 Future founders! Every year, we host the Point Nine Founder Summit — this year in the Bavarian Alps. For a few days, we bring together ~150 founders from our portfolio, plus a small group of operators and friends, to talk about all things company building. This year, we’re opening up 5 spots to future founders outside the portfolio. Whether you’re already building or still exploring ideas, it’s a chance to spend a few days learning, sharing, and getting to know people who are a bit further along the journey. ⛰️ June 4–7 | Bavaria 👉🏻 Apply here: lnkd.in/dd5Qx7tt P.S. We’d especially love to see more women paving their way into tech.

Energy is Europe's defining infrastructure challenge right now. We're bringing together the founders, operators & researchers building the answer. ⚡️ Energy Night — powered by @PointNine × @TransitionVC 📅 11 May · 17:00 · Berlin Talks, open discussion, food & drinks. Curated room, limited spots. 👉🏻 luma.com/aa92majp

Join us in Munich for our Physical AI Meetup on the 23rd of April. We'll hear from builders working on some of the most exciting fields of AI in the built environment. @TuscherMarc from @SereactAI on world models in robotics @KoestlerLukas from SE3 Labs on spatial intelligence and understanding the 3D World @NikolausWest from @rerundotio on building the right data infrastructure for robot learning and more coming soon :)

Welcome to the #P9Family, @forithmus ! Access to medical imaging expertise is one of the most pressing gaps in global healthcare. The @forithmus team is building generalist medical AI that helps doctors interpret images faster, more consistently, and at scale — extending expert-level care to places where it's scarce. We’re excited to co-lead their $4M pre-seed alongside @e2mindset to help make that vision a reality and to build the future of medical intelligence together. 🚀

Last Friday we hosted our first @openclaw Meet & Build in Berlin together with @posthog and @OpenAI . 🦞 An afternoon of builders working on real projects, from dev agents and coding workflows to GTM automation and internal copilots, with amazing mentors such as Ying (OpenAI), Manoel (PostHog), Reetu (Zendesk), Fredrik & Johannes (Findable), Dominik & Ceyhun (Jay) (TextCortex), and Daniel (Civic) jumping in to help. We wrapped the day with a fireside chat with @andreasklinger and @LauraModiano lead by @chrija, plus some awesome demos and lightning talks by Onur (OpenClaw Contributor), Johannes (Findable), Marko (CompoundLaw), Andrey (OpenClaw Contributor), and Maciek (Graphone). Huge thanks to everyone who joined - the energy in the room was amazing! 🚀

That’s a wrap on the P9 CTO Meetup 2024! From leadership strategies and aligning engineering teams with business goals, to scaling technical teams and managing growth in dynamic environments, we send a huge thank you to our speakers for sharing their expertise and making this event a success. @michaelrwolfe, Ilya Zayats (@factorialusa), Benoit Perrot (@algolia), @dmytro_voloshyn, Cécile Ritte (@gopigment), Paolo Negri (@contentful), @VC_Talent_Guy Another big thanks to everyone who joined, shared, and connected.... we’re already looking forward to next year’s event 🚀

The P9 CTO Meetup 2024 has kicked off in Paris 🇫🇷 CTOs & VPs of Engineering from top startups & The P9 Family are gearing up for a day packed with keynotes, round tables & workshops. Looking forward to the day ahead!

We're thrilled to share @goclio's amazing journey from our 2009 seed round to a record $900M Series F! 🎉 As one of the largest vertical SaaS capital raises ever, Clio now serves 150k+ legal professionals with $200M ARR. bit.ly/4d00fVf check out @chrija's latest blog post to uncover key insights and lessons from Clio's journey.

🚀 Excited to launch the 8th edition of our CTO Meetup in Paris. We're opening 10 tickets to the public, apply here: bit.ly/3LtFMf9 Join about 100 CTOs, VPs of Engineering & VPs of Product from leading tech startups in Paris and from our portfolio across Europe for a full day of keynotes, roundtables, and networking. 📅 Date: Sep 26, 2024 📍 Location: Paris Highlights: - Keynotes from Paulo Negri, CTO at @contentful, @JbAviat, CTO at @SqreenIO, @michaelrwolfe, CPO at @gladly & 2 more to be announced soon. - Workshops on product management by @vrlandau, VP of Product at cargo one hiring and retaining top talent by @VC_Talent_Guy and tactics to navigate the new financial landscape by David Lambert, CTO at mytraffic - And as always, a good amount of opportunities to share insights, network with peers, and discover new technologies.

New blog post: Rumors of the death of software are greatly exaggerated medium.com/point-nine-new… cc @levie @mattturck

📝 New Post After last night's debate in the US and the upcoming elections in France, it's probably difficult to think about anything other than the evolution of the political landscape these days. But if you do or feel like taking a break, @alexandre_dewez and I have done some work on

Why shouldn't startup founders seek simple explanations and easy answers? Check out @michaelrwolfe latest blogpost and gain valuable tips on navigating conflicting advice and building successful companies. @michaelrwolfe/embrace-contradiction-13147235df9b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@michaelrwolfe…

It’s been just over a week since we wrapped up yet another P9 Founder Summit ⭐️ A huge thank you to all the fantastic speakers, founders, operators and advisors who made this weekend of learning and sharing a success. Here are some photos to help fend off the post-summit blues!