• Florian Pestoni

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    Florian Pestoni, founder and CEO of InOrbit.AI, will present “The Future-Proof Supply Chain: AI-Powered, Data-Driven and Software-Defined” at 1:30 pm on May 13 during A3's Automate 2025 in Detroit. His presentation will include an explanation of InOrbit Space Intelligence, a software platform designed to leverage the power of physical AI, robotics and system integrations to deliver a holistic view of automation.

    Pestoni is an accomplished business leader and author, with a track record of bringing innovative products to market. As founder and CEO of InOrbit.AI, he leads product strategy, fundraising and go-to-market activities. Since starting InOrbit, Pestoni has become a key voice in the robotics industry, with a large following on social media. He is passionate about raising awareness around the growing role of robotics and artificial intelligence in people’s lives.

    InOrbit.AI is focused on AI-powered robot orchestration, helping enterprise customers across industries efficiently manage smart robots at scale. Physical AI is accelerating growth in robotics as a new autonomous workforce, and InOrbit provides the common platform to make robots work better together. InOrbit Space Intelligence integrates spatial and operational data from every robot with a semantic environment model and line-of-business data, such as orders and inventory, to execute physical business processes efficiently in the real world.

    Pestoni also co-founded the Robot Operations Group, a community-led organization with more than 300 members that organizes regular meetings and global conferences to develop and share the best practices for robot operations. In addition, Pestoni represents the United States in the ISO (International Organization Standardization) initiative to create a common mechanism for mobile robot communication; he is also leading the working group of the ARME Interoperability Initiative defining common mapping semantics and practices.

    Under Pestoni’s leadership, the InOrbit Robot Space has become a hub for robotics and community engagement in the heart of Silicon Valley. Besides being a live showcase of a global ecosystem of InOrbit partners who contribute their robots to show how they can work together, the Robot Space hosts events for industry leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, academics and students who are exposed to the latest AI and robotics technologies.

    Pestoni holds an MSEE from the University of Buenos Aires and an MBA from UC Berkeley. Prior to InOrbit, he worked at technology companies such as Microsoft, Facebook and Adobe, as well as startups and research labs. He holds more than 30 patents, with work on diverse areas such as image processing, cryptography and embedded systems. Contact him at [email protected].

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