AMSTERDAM, September 16, 2025–BUSINESS WIRE-Nebius is proud to announce the Nebius robotics and Physical AI Awards, a new global initiative to find the next big thing among startups and scale-ups building the future of robotics and vision AI systems.
The awards aim to showcase companies advancing the frontier of physical AI, from embodied robotics and autonomous systems to streaming video analytics – technologies that are redefining how the physical world is observed, understood, and automated.
The winners will be announced at the nebius Robotics and Physical AI Summit & Awards Ceremony at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, on December 9, 2025.prizes include up to $100,000 in compute credits for Nebius AI Cloud, accelerated by NVIDIA AI infrastructure, along wiht global visibility and access to leaders across technology and research.
“Physical AI is the next frontier where robotics and intelligence truly converge,” said Mona Li, Director of Startup Ecosystem at Nebius. “Together with NVIDIA, we are excited to celebrate the pioneers turning this vision into reality.”
Startups will be recognized across five categories:
* Foundation Models, Robot Brains and Runtime – large-scale multimodal AI models, vision-language-action models, and runtime infrastructure powering next-generation autonomous systems;
* Data Engines, Synthetic Data and Simulation – data platforms, synthetic data tools, simulation environments, and digital twins enabling scalable training and validation;
* Industrial Robotics Deployment and Conversion – large-scale deployments of robots across logistics, manufacturing, energy, healthcare, and construction with measurable ROI and safety outcomes;
* Vision AI and Streaming Video Analytics – AI systems for video analytics in smart cities, industrial monitoring, safety, and compliance;
* Platforms for Benchmarking, Visualization, and Evaluation – tools and frameworks that provide testing, compliance, and insights into physical AI systems.
Nebius Launches Robotics, Physical AI Awards to Recognize Innovation
Amsterdam, Netherlands – September 16, 2024 – Nebius, a technology company specializing in full-stack infrastructure for the AI industry, today announced the launch of its Robotics and Physical AI Awards. The awards program aims to recognize and celebrate groundbreaking advancements in robotics and physical artificial intelligence. Applications are open to innovators worldwide and can be submitted at https://nebius.com/robotics-physical-ai-awards.
The awards seek to highlight the potential of AI to transform industries through physical applications, encompassing areas like automation, logistics, manufacturing, and more.
“We are excited to launch these awards and recognize the amazing work being done at the intersection of robotics and AI,” said a Nebius spokesperson. “These technologies are poised to revolutionize how we live and work, and we want to support and celebrate the innovators driving this change.”
About Nebius
Nebius is a technology company focused on building the infrastructure needed to support the rapidly growing global AI industry. Headquartered in Amsterdam and publicly traded on Nasdaq (ticker symbol not provided in source), Nebius maintains research and growth hubs across Europe, North America, and Israel. https://www.nebius.com/
The company’s AI-native cloud platform is specifically designed for demanding AI workloads. Nebius offers a full stack of proprietary, in-house developed software and hardware, providing AI developers with the compute power, storage, managed services, and tools necessary to build, refine, and deploy their models and applications.
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