Speakers
Jacky Chu
On Road, Off Road, One Brain: Coordinating the Future of Vehicle Movement
The talk will explore why the next frontier of connected and autonomous mobility is not just smarter vehicles, but smarter coordination, and how AI traffic control can orchestrate movement across logistics sites, industrial campuses and future autonomous fleets.
Jacky Chu is Founder and CEO of WPark, a Cambridge-based deep-tech venture focused on an AI traffic controller for autonomous vehicles. Under his leadership, WPark currently backed by the Dieter Schwarz Foundation / D11Z in Germany and supported by Innovate UK, UBS, Nvidia, Google and Cambridge Judge Business School.
The company is working across the UK-Germany mobility corridor, connecting Cambridge with industrial, logistics and OEM networks in Baden-Württemberg and beyond. WPark has recently been named a UK Breakout 50 startup by Founders Forum Group, selected for a fully funded Silicon Valley residency (USA) advised by Sam Altman, and recognised as a finalist at the Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards.
A former founder whose previous venture was selected Top 4 Alibaba, Jacky has worked across automotive, fintech and enterprise technology, including BMW Group, American Express and HP Cambridge Cyber Lab. His work at BMW on AI camera systems and vehicle-related innovations shaped his view that the next challenge in autonomy is not only smarter vehicles, but how vehicles understand, interact with and coordinate within complex physical environments - a defining challenge for physical AI.
Mabel is Co-founder and COO of WPark, a Cambridge-based deep-tech venture focused on an AI traffic controller for autonomous vehicles. An experienced operator, she has worked across Amazon, Citi and London Stock Exchange Group, turning complex systems into commercial outcomes.
At Amazon, Mabel generated £1.5m from scratch in 4 weeks inside one of the world’s most demanding operating environments. It left her with a clear question: if Amazon can use robotics, data and operational discipline to make warehouse operations outperform and drive strong top-line growth, why can’t DHL and other operators apply the same intelligence to fleets and autonomous mobility?
At WPark, Mabel applies that operating logic to the next frontier of physical AI: enabling shared vehicle intelligence across fleets, allowing them to move and respond as one coordinated system. As a female founder in AI and deep tech, she has been selected as 1 of 34 in Europe for UBS Project Female Founder and 1 of 15 chosen by the UK Government for a Women in AI market visit to Sweden. She has also been invited to mentor at Cambridge Judge Business School’s Wo+Men’s Leadership Centre and interviewed at Wise’s London headquarters on advice for people afraid to start.