# Michael Raspuzzi

> Michael Raspuzzi is co-founder of Worldwide Studios and runs SF Hardware Meetup. He builds fellowships, hacks, summits and custom workshops in AI, robotics and science.

Last updated: 2026-11-14. Website: https://michaelraspuzzi.com

## Who he is

- Michael Raspuzzi is on a mission to fix the failing education system by building a new one with studios, community and custom workshops.
- He is co-founder of Worldwide Studios (https://www.worldwide-studios.org), whose mission is to help anyone build anything.
- He runs the San Francisco chapter of Hardware Meetup (https://hardwaremeetup.com), the largest city in the community.
- He has personally run 300+ events this year.

## Worldwide Studios

- Runs fellowships, build sessions, hacks and summits across AI, robotics and science.
- Fellowships: fellows spend 30 to 100 days going from idea to pilot, building in public with a cohort. Past fellowships include AI for Education, AI for Science, AI for Hardware and AI for Global Health. The Physical AI fellowship runs November 2026 to February 2027.
- Build sessions and hacks: from three-hour builds to 24-hour hacks where builders work with the latest tools and ship real projects.
- Summits: the AI for Science Summit in San Francisco (June 2026) had twenty-plus talks, hands-on workshops and demos. The Physical AI for Science Summit is on December 5, 2026, for 100 scientists, lab automation engineers, developers and researchers.
- Partners include Opentrons, Anthropic, Claude Community, DeepMind, Monomer Bio, Zeon Systems, La Fondation Dassault Systèmes, Tenstorrent, Cephla, Byonoy and Lindy.
- Product experiments: Philosophymaxxing (an iOS app for learning philosophy), skilltrees (https://skilltrees.ai) and a portfolio review agent (https://amiafit.com).

## Hardware Meetup

- 50+ cities and 50,000 members worldwide.
- San Francisco: 12,000+ builders who meet monthly; 139 SF Hardware Meetups hosted so far.
- Monthly founder dinners bring about thirty people to one table on a single theme, from physical AI and robotics to data centers and energy.

## Custom workshops

Hands-on sessions for teams and organizations, tailored to the team's goals, such as upskilling in AI or exploring new technologies and strategies.

- 1-2 hour workshops and keynotes
- 1 day build sprints and executive masterminds
- 2-3 day intensives

## Pages

- [Home](https://michaelraspuzzi.com/): the full story, as one essay
- [Archive](https://michaelraspuzzi.com/archive): past programs, events, projects and writing

## Stories

- [Feifei Duan: from a health hack win to Shepherd Robotics and YC Fall 2026](https://www.worldwide-studios.org/blog/feifei-duan-shepherd-robotics/)
- [Xiangan He found paying customers for Whetstone in week one](https://www.worldwide-studios.org/blog/xiangan-he-whetstone/)
- [Julia Gross: from scientist to AI builder](https://www.worldwide-studios.org/blog/julia-gross-scientist-to-ai-builder/)
- [AI for Education fellows' final demos, spring 2026](https://www.worldwide-studios.org/blog/ai-for-education-fellows-final-demos-spring-2026/)

## Elsewhere

- Writing: https://michaelsmemos.substack.com
- X: https://x.com/michaelraspuzzi
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-raspuzzi-b3409194/
- GitHub: https://github.com/michaelraspuzzi
- Worldwide Studios: https://www.worldwide-studios.org
- Hardware Meetup: https://hardwaremeetup.com