FLEXOO receives Transatlantic Technology Award 2026
2026-05-16
FLEXOO receives Transatlantic Technology Award at Stanford Research Park
FLEXOO has been recognized with the Transatlantic Technology Award 2026 at the Transatlantic Technology Summit – The AI Frontier: Governance, Machines, and the Future of Industry, held at the Stanford Research Park, one of the world’s most established innovation ecosystems in the Silicon Valley. The award acknowledges FLEXOO’s contribution to advancing Physical AI by connecting sensing technologies with artificial intelligence in industrial systems within a transatlantic innovation context.
The award was presented on May 15, 2026, by Konstantin Guericke, Co‑Founder of LinkedIn, in front of an international audience from industry, research, technology, and policy.
Recognizing impact at the intersection of AI and the physical world
The Transatlantic Technology Award is granted to organizations that contribute to shaping the future of technology across borders, disciplines, and industries. Rather than focusing on individual products or short‑term achievements, the award emphasizes strategic relevance, system‑level impact, and international applicability of technology.
In FLEXOO’s case, the recognition highlights the company’s work at the intersection of AI, sensing, and physical systems – where artificial intelligence transitions from digital models into real‑world, safety‑critical, and industrial environments.
Advancing Physical AI through sensing and industrial integration
As a Physical AI enabler, FLEXOO develops sensor technologies that make physical processes measurable, interpretable, and usable for AI‑driven systems. By enabling reliable sensing in environments such as mobility, energy, and industrial infrastructures, FLEXOO contributes to closing the gap between data‑driven intelligence and the physical world.
This approach reflects a growing understanding shared at the summit: meaningful AI progress does not happen in isolation, but requires robust interfaces to real‑world conditions, including temperature, pressure, shear forces, and leakage. FLEXOO’s sensor platform supports this transition by providing scalable, application‑oriented sensing capabilities across markets.
A transatlantic perspective on industrial AI
The Transatlantic Technology Summit serves as a platform for dialogue between European and US stakeholders on questions of AI governance, industrial transformation, and technological responsibility. Receiving the award in this setting underscores FLEXOO’s international outlook and its contribution to a shared transatlantic understanding of how AI can be responsibly deployed in industrial contexts.
By operating at the intersection of hardware innovation, data availability, and system integration, FLEXOO participates in a broader conversation about how AI systems can be grounded in physical reality, aligned with regulatory frameworks, and adapted to the needs of global industries.
Award ceremony at Stanford Research Park
The award ceremony took place at the Stanford Research Park, one of the world’s most established innovation ecosystems. The presentation by Konstantin Guericke emphasized the importance of collaboration across borders and disciplines when translating technological potential into industrial and societal impact.
For FLEXOO, the recognition serves as an acknowledgment of its role in this ecosystem and as an encouragement to further advance its mission of enabling Physical AI through sensing technologies.
Sieer Angar and Michael Kröger of FLEXOO during the award handover at the Transatlantic Technology Summit 2026, Stanford Research Park.