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Physical AI start-up founder joins tech industry’s definitive list of women shaping how artificial intelligence transforms foundational industries like manufacturing<\/i><\/p>\n

BOSTON<\/span>, July 14, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — Laminar<\/a>, the only physical AI company that powers Process-Aware Autonomy for self-driving factories, today announced that Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Annie Lu was named to the 2026 100 Women in AI<\/a>\u00a0list \u2014 an annual recognition celebrating the women whose leadership and real-world impact shapes how AI gets built and deployed across the global economy.<\/p>\n

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Annie Lu, CEO & Co-Founder at Laminar<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Lu’s selection draws from a pool of more than 1,000 nominations submitted from across the global innovation ecosystem \u2014 making the 2026 list one of the most competitive in the recognition’s history. The honorees span founders, researchers, operators, and investors building AI across every sector, and Lu stands among the rare cohort applying Physical AI to deliver a paradigm shift in how process manufacturers simultaneously approach productivity and sustainability,\u00a0operational goals that often conflict.<\/p>\n

“Sustainability mandates are under greater pressure in every region of the world and at the same time process manufacturers face rising input costs alongside loss of expertise on the shop floor,” said Annie Lu, Laminar Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder. “Manufacturing is at an existential tipping point, and yet, operators continue to face tradeoffs between productivity and sustainability as their most fundamental waste and inefficiencies go unsolved.<\/p>\n

“Laminar’s Physical AI is a new category of technology that reimagines productivity and sustainability as shared goals, powering previously untapped waste reduction and productivity gains through unprecedented visibility and AI-driven autonomous process control,” Lu continued. “This recognition from 100 Women in AI reflects Laminar’s role in the future of Frontier AI, and I am honored to be in the company of these visionary women shaping the future of technology.”<\/p>\n

Process manufacturing, spanning industries like Food & Beverage<\/a>, Health & Beauty<\/a>, and Pharmaceuticals,<\/a>\u00a0is one of the most resource-intensive industries in the world. Facilities globally face rising water stress, pressure to reduce chemical usage, and operational complexity as experienced operators retire and institutional knowledge walks out the door. Lu and her brother, David Lu, co-founded Laminar to solve the foundational challenge: replacing outdated, pre-programmed automation with AI-driven autonomous control that makes factories more productive and sustainable simultaneously.<\/p>\n

Laminar Process-Aware Autonomy<\/b><\/p>\n

Laminar pioneers a new category of Physical AI for process manufacturing that unlocks the full potential of more productive and sustainable production lines. The startup’s Process-Aware Autonomy stack<\/a>\u00a0converts inefficient, pre-programmed automation to dynamic, self-driving processes that save time, chemicals, energy, and water \u2014 ultimately powering factories that are more agile and more sustainable.<\/p>\n