Physical AI" is everywhere right now: in keynote speeches, investor decks, vendor pitches, and conference agendas. But what does it actually mean, and why does it matter for energy and industrial operations?

In this fireside chat, Tim Dykstra, co-founder of Nascent Scale and a 20-year veteran of industrial robotics commercialization at Boston Dynamics and Field AI, breaks down what this buzzword actually means for asset owners, including its history, what's real, what's not, and where trust and safety questions fit in.