{"slug": "beyond-ai-inside-the-race-to-reinvent-the-physical-world", "title": "Beyond AI: Inside the Race to Reinvent the Physical World", "summary": "A Fast Company panel moderated by Executive Editor, Digital, Morgan Clendaniel will feature Radical cofounder and CEO Joseph Krause, Engine Ventures Managing Partner and CEO Katie Rae, and Lilac Solutions CEO Raef Sully discussing how AI is accelerating the discovery and testing of new materials. The panel frames materials science breakthroughs in clean energy, advanced manufacturing, batteries, and critical minerals as the basis for a next industrial revolution defined by the physical world rather than software.", "body_md": "Featuring Joseph Krause, Cofounder and CEO, Radical [AI](https://www.fastcompany.com/section/artificial-intelligence); Katie Rae, Managing Partner and CEO, Engine Ventures and Raef Sully, CEO, Lilac Solutions\n\nModerated by Morgan Clendaniel, Executive Editor, Digital, Fast Company\n\nEveryone is talking about what AI can create. The bigger question is, what can it help us build? AI is accelerating the discovery and testing of new materials, opening the door to breakthroughs in everything from clean energy and advanced manufacturing to batteries, critical minerals, and beyond. These aren’t incremental improvements—they could unlock products and industries that were previously too expensive, too difficult, or simply impossible to build. Leaders at the forefront of this shift unpack everything you need to know about materials science and why the next industrial revolution may be defined not by the software on our screens but by breakthroughs in the physical world.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/beyond-ai-inside-the-race-to-reinvent-the-physical-world", "canonical_source": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91608021/beyond-ai-inside-the-race-to-reinvent-the-physical-world", "published_at": "2026-09-15 21:34:06+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-15 22:06:49.693113+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Fast Company", "Joseph Krause", "Radical", "Katie Rae", "Engine Ventures", "Raef Sully", "Lilac Solutions", "Morgan Clendaniel"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/beyond-ai-inside-the-race-to-reinvent-the-physical-world", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/beyond-ai-inside-the-race-to-reinvent-the-physical-world.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/beyond-ai-inside-the-race-to-reinvent-the-physical-world.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/beyond-ai-inside-the-race-to-reinvent-the-physical-world.jsonld"}}