In manufacturing, energy, logistics, and smart infrastructure, milliseconds matter. Reliability matters. Data sovereignty matters. The edge is becoming the execution layer of industrial AI.
Edge AI San Diego 2026, hosted by the Edge AI Foundation, is built for this reality, focused on applied intelligence at scale, not theory.
Momenta Partner Harinderpal Hanspal will moderate a central session:
The Edge AI Startup Landscape: Opportunities and Approaches
“Edge AI succeeds when it becomes part of the operational fabric, not an overlay on top of it.”
— Harinderpal Hanspal, Partner, Momenta
Founders, corporates, and investors will compare what they are seeing on the ground, beyond pilots and pitch decks.
What the Session Will Tackle
Where real startup opportunities are forming across the edge stack
How investors evaluate edge-native architectures in capital-efficient markets
What separates deployable systems from impressive demos
How founders should think about timing, differentiation, and operational readiness
The edge market is crowded with ambition. Far fewer systems perform reliably under industrial constraints.
Across sectors, operators now expect:
Deterministic, low latency decisioning
Architectures that plug into existing control systems
AI models that are governable and auditable
Compute footprints aligned with power, safety, and reliability requirements
The edge has become less about moving data quickly and more about making dependable decisions where work actually happens. That puts the emphasis, for founders, on industrial‑grade execution: systems designed to operate continuously, not just impress in pilots.
For corporates and LPs, the question has evolved as well. Attention is now on how value accrues across the edge stack, and which layers can sustain it over time.
That is the conversation we look forward to shaping in San Diego, with people who are actually building and deploying these systems.
At Momenta, we invest in digital technologies that perform in real industrial environments.
Edge AI forces discipline. It requires startups to move beyond model performance into integration, governance, and operational resilience. That transition from pilot to production is where value is created or lost.
Because we operate across venture investment and enterprise-scale execution, we see both sides of that transition. That full-journey perspective shapes how we evaluate opportunity, risk, and durability in the edge ecosystem.
We look forward to connecting with founders and industry leaders building the next generation of industrial intelligence.
Momenta is the leading Industrial Impact® venture capital firm, accelerating innovators transforming energy, manufacturing, smart spaces, and supply chains. Our operator led team has supported the growth of industry shaping companies for more than a decade. PitchBook recognised Momenta among the world’s top ten digital industry venture funds in 2023 and 2024.
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