Jay Wong

CEO | Luminous 

Jay M. Wong is the Founder & CEO of Luminous, a company that deploys robot fleets that help build energy infrastructure at scale to power AI data centers and decarbonization. He spent six years co-founding Southie Autonomy, an automation AI company that packaged millions of product for Fortune 50 brands. Previously, Wong was a robotics scientist at Draper and held visiting scientist roles at MIT and Harvard University, where he started the cloud robotics initiative and led engineering on their award-winning robot. Prior, he was at NASA and UMass Amherst, his alma mater, where he was named Bay State Fellow and two-time Outstanding Achievement awardee. Since 2007, he’s been involved with FIRST Robotics.

All Sessions by Jay Wong

May 27, 2026

Physical AI Showcase
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Room 252 A

Join us for a dynamic showcase featuring startups from the Physical AI Fellowship, powered by AWS, NVIDIA, and MassRobotics. Over the past eight weeks, these companies worked closely with the AWS GenAI Innovation Center technical team to validate, test, and refine their robotics and AI technologies. This session will highlight some of the most promising innovations emerging at the intersection of physical AI, autonomy, and real-world deployment. Attendees will gain insight into the startups’ technologies, the challenges they tackled, and the lessons learned through deep collaboration with industry leaders. Expect fast-paced presentations, cutting-edge demos, and a firsthand look at the future of intelligent machines.

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