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A guide to the best B2B podcast coverage of Physical AI - the shows and 44 episodes that go deepest, ranked by substance, not downloads.

Physical AI represents a fundamental shift from software-only solutions to systems that act in the real world through robotics, drones, and hardware integration. These episodes explore the practical challenges manufacturers and enterprises face when deploying AI at scale - from why tool-first strategies fail, to the hardware startup economics that determine success, to how companies like Belden, Gather AI, and Schaeffler are rethinking traditional business models to embed intelligence into physical systems.

Best shows on Physical AI

Best episodes on Physical AI

  1. FANUC Partners with NVIDIA to Advance Physical AI in Robotics - Mike Cicco, President & CEO of FANUC America

    The TechEd Podcast · 2026-05-05

    88 / 100

    …We are huge believers here at the podcast, that the next iteration of AI and artificial intelligence and machine learning is all about embodied artificial intelligence, physical AI.…

  2. Governed Autonomy: Why Edge AI Needs Guardrails

    Industrial AI Podcast · 2026-05-20

    87 / 100

    …This podcast is presented by NX AI, your partner for time series foundation models and physical AI.…

  3. The Billion-Dollar Bug: John Giannandrea on AI's Next Breakthrough

    Deployed: Where Physical AI Gets Real · 2026-10-20

    87 / 100

    …This is deployed, where physical AI gets real.…

  4. Boris Sofman Went from Leading Autonomous Trucking at Waymo to Building Bedrock Robotics

    Inspired with Alexa von Tobel · 2026-06-03

    86 / 100

    …His fascinating predictions for autonomous vehicles in our cities, why he's more skeptical about humanoids than almost anyone else in the field, and why physical AI may be the most defining technology story of the next decade.…

  5. Edge Continuum: Where AI belongs from sensors to cloud (with Azita Arvani)

    The neXt Curve reThink Podcast · 2026-05-08

    86 / 100

    …You ask me why? Number one, we are in physical AI era, right?…

  6. Turning Warehouse Blind Spots Into Real Time Intelligence With Dexory

    Tech Talks Daily · 2026-08-04

    86 / 100

    …And together we're going to discuss how physical AI is creating a continuously updated view of warehouse operations and why collecting data without prioritizing action can quickly overwhelm teams.…

  7. The Unthinkable MWC 2026 Recap (with Dean Bubley and Andrew Collinson)

    The neXt Curve reThink Podcast · 2026-03-12

    85 / 100

    …and then there's this sort of, physical ai.…

  8. Less about Models; More about Architecture

    Practical AI · 2026-09-03

    85 / 100

    …We were sort of forward looking in the sense that we figured that industrial AI, physical AI will become important.…

  9. Franz Tschimben (ALLSIDES) & Michael Brehm & Ben Scheidt (Redstone): Why physical AI needs 3D data

    EUVC · 2026-08-26

    85 / 100

    …And of course Franz Shimpin, founder of All Sites, building what might become the next 3D data layer for physical AI.…

  10. Industrial AI: From Pilot to Profit

    Industrial AI Podcast · 2026-06-17

    81 / 100

    …This podcast is presented by NXAI, your partner for time series foundation models and physical AI.…

  11. Gather AI: $15M Revenue With Drones and 170% Net Retention - Sankalp Arora

    SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders · 2026-06-17

    79 / 100

    …peaker B: I think physical AI is at the same point where ChatGPT was, uh, in around M 2015, where it's just finding its roots.…

  12. The Brutal Truth About Hardware Startups and Physical AI with Aidan Madigan-Curtis of Eclipse Capital

    Tank Talks By Ripple Ventures · 2026-06-08

    78 / 100

    …And today we're sitting down with one of the most unconventional and battle tested investors in the physical AI and frontier tech space, Aidan Madigan Curtis, partner at Eclipse Capital.…

  13. The Robot Is Waiting on Your Data.

    AI Proving Ground Podcast · 2026-08-08

    78 / 100

    …That's physical AI, and it's already moving from concept to operating reality.…

  14. From Combat Logistics to Autonomous Freight: Building the Future of Road-to-Rail | Kevin Damoa

    Liftoff with Keith · 2026-07-28

    77 / 100

    …What SpaceX taught him about building hard tech, physical AI?…

  15. Cadence Design Systems Inc ($CDNS) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

    Cadence Design Systems Inc Earnings Call Podcast · 2026-04-27

    76 / 100

    …Physical AI is emerging as the next big wave of intelligence as AI moves into autonomous systems, autos, drones and robotics, and Cadence is uniquely positioned to lead this transition.…

  16. Is AI Killing SaaS, or Making It Better?

    Bootstrapped : The Lighter Side · 2026-07-27

    73 / 100

    …And we invest in agentic AI and physical AI and agtech.…

  17. How Microchip's Brian McCarson Is Building the Data Center Infrastructure Powering AGI

    Forging The Future with Chris Howard · 2026-06-04

    72 / 100

    …And then once we mature in that, we start to enter in the physical AI, uh, area of innovations.…

  18. "Forget everything you knew about what you did in a traditional business" - Dave Kehr of Schaeffler

    Land and Lead · 2026-05-21

    65 / 100

    …It's still developing, for example, sitting in the automotive industry is run much different than, say this humanoid or this physical AI sphere.…

  19. The Frontier State of Robotics Innovation

    The Frontier State Podcast · 2025-03-10

    65 / 100

    …Um, but I do think that the work being done, uh, especially around physical AI, um, and understanding having these robots understand their environment and being able to do tasks very efficiently and with very simple commands, that's um, going to really be helpful in the robotics industry as a…

  20. #1 Industry 4.0 Thought Leader on What Manufacturers Get Wrong About Digital Transformation | Insights with Jeff Winter (Belden)

    Supply Chain Revolution · 2026-06-28

    65 / 100

    …Right now at Belden, you're focused more on commercial strategy across digitization, automation, all the things, and physical AI.…

  21. Is AI killing jobs or are CEOs using it as an excuse?

    TechFirst with John Koetsier · 2026-06-19

    62 / 100

    …And that's tied into AI, physical AI.…

  22. Why Your AI Strategy Will Fail If You Start With Tools

    The Mason Duchatschek Show · 2026-06-30

    56 / 100

    …So back in 2018, before driverless technology, physical AI, deep learning technology was even being discussed, they knew that.…

  23. Co-evolving with Physical AI

    Design Mind frogcast · 2026-06-04

    55 / 100

    …To do this, we're joined by John Robbins, head of physical AI at Frog.…

  24. Edge AI Foundation at Sensors Converge 2026 (with Pete Bernard)

    The neXt Curve reThink Podcast · 2026-05-07

    55 / 100

    …Uh, and also we're seeing, like- For physical AI doing, vision without cameras, audio without microphones, right?…

  25. 【第29回】AI時代の保険──責任分界から物理世界に染み出すAIまで

    ほけてく!(保険 x Tech) · 2026-06-28

    54 / 100
  26. Episode 93: Physical AI - The Next Frontier for Agentic Systems

    Agentic AI: The Future of Intelligent Systems · 2026-06-28

    28 / 100

    …A chapter increasingly known as physical AI.…

  27. Exclusive News Delay

    Industrial AI Podcast · 2026-05-13

    20 / 100

    …This podcast is presented by NXAI, your partner for time series foundation models and physical AI.…

  28. Superpowers for industry: How Siemens and NVIDIA are transforming AI

    Talking Digital Industries · 2025-03-05

    …peaker B: They don't need to become AI experts, but be able to be given the tools to really leverage AI, whether it be an intelligent assistant or agent, uh, or something to do with physical AI.…

  29. Running AI Agents at Amazon Scale: Swami Sivasubramanian on Staying On the Loop, Not in It

    Deployed: Where Physical AI Gets Real · 2026-10-06

  30. From the Lisa to the Browser Wars: Brad Silverberg on Why the Best Idea Rarely Wins

    Deployed: Where Physical AI Gets Real · 2026-09-22

  31. Innovation Says Yes, Operations Says No: Erik Nieves on Where Pilots Die

    Deployed: Where Physical AI Gets Real · 2026-09-08

  32. Don’t Automate What You Don’t Understand: From MIT to the Toyota Factory Floor with Russ Tedrake

    Deployed: Where Physical AI Gets Real · 2026-08-25

  33. The Founder Who Made the Web Human: Mike McCue on Netscape, Tellme & Flipboard

    Deployed: Where Physical AI Gets Real · 2026-08-11

  34. Teaching a Robot to Drive Itself: Aicha Evans on Intent, Instinct, and Real World Deployment

    Deployed: Where Physical AI Gets Real · 2026-07-28

  35. The Deal That Invented Defense Tech: Teresa Carlson on Selling What Doesn’t Exist Yet

    Deployed: Where Physical AI Gets Real · 2026-07-14

  36. He Built Humanoids for DARPA: Sidd Srinivasa on Why They’re the Wrong Default Robot

    Deployed: Where Physical AI Gets Real · 2026-06-30

  37. Liberating the Human Middleware: Pat Shanahan on Why AI Frees People Instead of Replacing Them

    Deployed: Where Physical AI Gets Real · 2026-06-22

  38. The Demo Was Never the Hard Part: David Mindell on What It Takes to Deploy

    Deployed: Where Physical AI Gets Real · 2026-06-02

  39. No Such Thing as a Purely Technical Decision: Scarlett Koller From MIT to Mars to Mithril

    Deployed: Where Physical AI Gets Real · 2026-05-19

  40. The Most Expensive Introduction Ever Made: Ross Fubini and Anduril's Origin Story

    Deployed: Where Physical AI Gets Real · 2026-05-05

  41. The Global Software Market Is Just Too Small: Bilal Zuberi on Physical AI's Moment

    Deployed: Where Physical AI Gets Real · 2026-04-21

  42. Is The World Really Built for Humans? Unlocking AI’s Potential with Alfred Lin

    Deployed: Where Physical AI Gets Real · 2026-04-07

  43. Scale like Amazon: How Jeff Wilke is Rebuilding USA Manufacturing

    Deployed: Where Physical AI Gets Real · 2026-03-24

  44. Deployed Trailer

    Deployed: Where Physical AI Gets Real · 2026-03-20