A Conversation with the People Building the AI Economy
While much of the AI conversation is happening online, some of the most important discussions are taking place in smaller rooms where founders, investors, enterprise leaders, and technology builders can exchange perspectives on what is working in practice.
This week, Ken Forster, Founding Partner at Momenta, will attend AVATAR AI Summit 2026, an invitation-only gathering in Milan that brings together leaders from organizations including Anthropic, Palantir, 8090, major enterprises, and the investment community.
The agenda reflects the breadth of the AI ecosystem. Investors are discussing market direction and capital formation. Enterprise leaders are sharing real-world adoption experiences. Technology companies are exploring what comes next for intelligent systems and how organizations can create value from them.
For Momenta, these conversations are particularly relevant as industrial companies navigate one of the largest technology transformations in decades. The opportunity extends far beyond software. Intelligence is increasingly becoming embedded into machines, infrastructure, operations, and critical industries.
Events like AVATAR provide an opportunity to hear directly from the people building, funding, deploying, and scaling these technologies.
The most valuable conversations often happen when founders, operators, and investors can exchange experiences openly. I'm looking forward to hearing different perspectives on where AI is creating value today and where the next opportunities are emerging.
— Ken Forster
Let's Connect in Milan
If you are attending AVATAR AI Summit and would like to discuss Industrial AI, Agentic AI, Physical AI, autonomous operations, or the future of software-defined industry, we would welcome the opportunity to connect.
Ken will be meeting with founders, operators, investors, and enterprise leaders throughout the event.
EVENT: AVATAR AI Summit 2026
DATE: July 9, 2026
LOCATION: Circolo Filologico Milanese, Milan, Italy
Momenta is the leading Industrial Impact® venture capital firm, accelerating industrial innovators across energy, manufacturing, smart spaces, and the supply chain. Our team of deep industry operators has helped scale industry leaders and innovators to improve critical industries, the environment, and people's quality of life for over a decade. PitchBook has ranked Momenta as one of the ten best-performing venture capital firms for 2023 in its prestigious Global Manager Performance Score League Tables, and the firm is the only European-headquartered VC to secure a Top 10 spot on the list. For more information, please visit http://www.momenta.one.
