Physical AI in the Research Lab

Join us at Hawes Hall for a conversation on what happens when physical AI meets the wet lab. Anna Marie Wagner (HBS '17), Co-Founder and CEO of Transfyr, will walk us through how her team is building AI systems that capture the physical and automate execution in research labs. Transfyr came out of stealth just last month with a $25 million Seed round led by General Catalyst, co-founded alongside Dr. Renee Wegrzyn, the founding director of ARPA-H. Anna Marie Wagner brings a background shaped by leadership roles at Ginkgo Bioworks, where she served as SVP of Corporate Development and Interim CFO, built out finance and AI functions, led the company's $1.6 billion IPO (still the largest go-public raise in biotech history), and spearheaded a major AI and cloud partnership with Google. More about Transfyr AI: This session is a chance to hear directly from someone building at the intersection of hardware, AI, and life sciences, and to think through what it really takes to bring physical intelligence into scientific work. Come with questions, come curious, and expect a candid look at the challenges and opportunities ahead.