Welcome to the third and closing day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 at Moscone West in San Francisco! The joy right here continues to be in full swing, and there’s no slowing down.
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At the moment’s agenda options a few of the most anticipated stage periods, spotlighting insights from trailblazers comparable to Rohit Patel, Director at Meta Superintelligence Labs; Kirsten Inexperienced, Founding Associate of Forerunner; and Tristan Thompson, NBA Champion and Fintech Entrepreneur — amongst others. Pleasure builds all through the day as we await the long-awaited announcement of the Startup Battlefield 200 winner. You should definitely discover groundbreaking improvements within the Expo Corridor, acquire invaluable data from trade leaders in hands-on periods, and forge significant connections that would form your subsequent huge transfer.
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Prepare for an action-packed day — right here’s what’s in retailer for day 3 of Disrupt 2025.
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October 27-29, 2025
At the moment’s periods
We’re closing out Disrupt 2025 with a robust lineup of trade leaders hitting the stage. Go to the complete agenda for timing and session data.
AI Stage
From Advertisements to Movies: Creating with Code: Alejandro Matamala Ortiz (co-founder and chief design officer, Runway)
The $1M AI Belief Wager: Can we really belief an AI agent to run influencer advertising?: Francis Yang (co-founder and chief product officer, Head AI)
How Google is constructing for the Agentic Cloud: Will Grannis (CTO, Google Cloud)
AI within the Mud: Constructing Reliable Fashions for the Bodily World: Fahad Khan (senior director, product administration, Platform, Blue River Know-how, [John Deere]) and Jeff Mills (president and chief of income operations, iMerit Know-how)
Shaping the AI Stack with Hugging Face: Thomas Wolf (co-founder and chief science officer, Hugging Face)
Love, Lies & Algorithms: The Reality About AI in Issues of the Coronary heart: Dr. Amanda Gesselman (analysis scientist, Kinsey Institute), Mark Kantor (head of Product, Tinder), and Eugenia Kuyda (founder, Replika)
Smarter Streets: How AI Is Driving the Way forward for Transportation: Dave Ferguson (co-founder and co-CEO, Nuro) and Sachin Kansal (chief product officer, Uber Applied sciences)
AI and Nationwide Safety within the Excessive-Stakes Race to Innovate: Justin Fanelli (chief know-how officer, US Dept of Navy), Kathleen Fisher (director, AI and Cybersecurity Initiative, RAND Company), and Chris Morales (companion, Point72 Ventures)
AI That Talks Again: Character.AI within the Highlight: Karandeep Anand (CEO, Character.AI)
Builders Stage
Seed Cash Secrets and techniques Each Founder Ought to Know: Gabby Cazeau (companion, Harlem Capital), Marlon Nichols (co-founder and managing basic companion, MaC Enterprise Capital), Maria Palma (basic companion, Freestyle Capital)
Rethinking Startup Capital With out VCs: Erik Allebest (CEO, Chess.com, Louwee Shibata (founder and companion – Subsequent Gen, KALDOS Capital), and Gale Wilkinson (managing companion, VITALIZE Enterprise Capital)
International Hiring Isn’t Spooky! And Paying in Crypto Shouldn’t be Both: Francoise Brougher (chief govt officer, Pebl)
With Vibe Coding, Do Early Stage Startups Nonetheless Must Rent 10x Engineers?: David Cramer (co-founder and CPO, Sentry), Zach Lloyd (CEO and founder, Warp), and Laurie Moore (companion, Bessemer Enterprise Companions)
Getting ready Now for Your Later Stage Increase: Lila Preston (head of development fairness, Technology Funding Administration), Andrea Thomaz (CEO and co-founder, Diligent Robotic), Zeya Yang (companion, IVP)
The Professionals and Cons of Hiring AI Brokers as Early Workers: Jaspar Carmichael-Jack (co-founder and CEO, Artisan), Sarah Franklin (CEO, Lattice), Caleb Peffer (co-founder and CEO, Firecrawl)
Creating Communities and Firms That Final: Tade Oyerinde (founder and chancellor, Campus) and Teddy Solomon (co-founder and CEO, Fizz)
Disrupt Stage
Rebuilding the Metropolis that Builds Startups: Daniel Lurie (Mayor of San Francisco, Metropolis and County of San Francisco)
A Dialog with Investor Extraordinaire: Elad Gil (Gil & Co.)
Survive, Scale, Reinvent: Classes from a Cloud OG: Aaron Levie (co-founder and CEO, Field)
Startup Battlefield Alumni Replace: Dr. Capella Kerst (CEO and founder, geCKo Supplies)
The Startup Battlefield Ultimate: Kirsten Inexperienced (founding companion, Forerunner, Kevin Hartz (basic companion, A*), Aileen Lee (founder and managing companion, Cowboy Ventures), Kevin Rose (founder, Digg)
Crypto’s Subsequent Chapter with Solana’s Anatoly Yakovenko: Anatoly Yakovenko (co-founder, Solana, and CEO, Solana Labs)
From Digg to Offers-Kevin Rose on Reinvention and Investing: Kevin Rose (founder, Digg)
Cluely’s Roy Lee: Constructing, Breaking, and Betting Huge: Roy Lee (co-founder and CEO, Cluely)
From Courtside to Code-Tristan Thompson on AI, Sports activities, and Startups: Tristan Thompson (NBA Champion and Fintech Entrepreneur)
Asserting the Winner of Startup Battlefield 200
Roundtable periods
Take part in these 30-minute collaborative periods. Be aware that Expo+ Passes don’t grant entry to those roundtables.
AI Analysis 101: Addressing Challenges to Actual-World AI Functions: Rohit Patel (Director, Meta Superintelligence Labs, Meta)
Client AI and Gen Z Tech: Piyush Shah (co-founder, InMobi)
Scaling Search and AI for Tens of millions: Classes from Reddit Search [encore]: Rachel Miller (product supervisor, Reddit)
Relentless Progress: Constructing Merchandise That By no means Stall: Papi Menon (VP and chief product officer, Outshift by Cisco)
Elevating a Seed Spherical in San Francisco as an Outsider: Alice Bentinck (CEO and co-founder, Entrepreneurs First)
Past the Mannequin: Constructing the Infrastructure of Intelligence: Ben Braverman (co-founder and managing companion, Saga Ventures)
AI Analysis 101: Addressing Challenges to Actual-World AI Functions [encore]: Rohit Patel (director, Meta Superintelligence Labs, Meta)
Expo Corridor
The buzzing Expo Corridor will host 300+ startups from all phases, industries, and areas worldwide. Have interaction with them and discover the groundbreaking improvements they’re thrilled to showcase. Opens at 8:00 a.m.
Breakout Stage
These 50-minute first-come, first-served periods are supposed to present insights and to get your burning questions answered. Positioned proper subsequent to the Expo Corridor and accessible to all ticket sorts.
Being Heard within the Age of AI: Qianwen Chen (CEO, EchoHer), Fay Kallel (chief product and design officer, Headspace), and Chenxi Wang (basic companion, Rain Capital)
Powering AI: The Race to Scale Gigawatts of New Vitality: Mike Schroepfer (founder and companion, Gigascale Capital) and Garth Sheldon-Coulson (co-founder and CEO, Panthalassa)
AI & Brokers: Shaping How We Construct, Stay & Join: Thomas Foley (income chief, Composio), Patrick Murphy (CEO and co-founder, Maket), Jeremiah Owyang (basic companion, Blitzscaling Ventures), and Alyx van der Vorm (founder and CEO, Clyx)
Discovery to Disruption: Turning Analysis into Enterprise-Backable Firms: Pratik Nimbalkar (CEO, Plaid Semiconductors), Jared O (co-founder and CEO, SirenOpt Inc.), Chon Tang (managing companion, Berkeley SkyDeck Fund), and Asad Tirmizi (CEO, T-robotics)
SOSV: The place Deep Tech is Headed (It’s Not JUST AI): Sierra Brooks (senior scientist and analyst, SOSV), Po Bronson (basic Associate, SOSV, and managing director, IndieBio SF), Westley Dang (principal, SOSV), Philipp Sander (funding analyst, SOSV)
Pitch Showcase Stage
Catch exhibitors’ quick pitches on the Pitch Showcase Stage, situated within the Expo Corridor.
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Startup Battlefield 200 Well being Pitches
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Startup Battlefield 200 Coverage + Safety Pitches
Unmatched networking: The place conversations spark innovation
Along with casually mingling with fellow Disrupt attendees, elevate your networking expertise by way of Braindate. You may create or discover matters on the app for deeper conversations and make the best connections that can assist you attain your objectives. Meet in particular person on the Networking Lounge powered by Braindate for 1:1 or small-group discussions anytime between 9:00 a.m. and three:30 p.m.
Aspect Occasions
Greater than 80 company-hosted Aspect Occasions are set to occur all through San Francisco this week, extending the Disrupt pleasure. Right here’s what’s occurring at this time. To RSVP and for extra particulars, head to the Aspect Occasions web page.
Final name for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 magic — Don’t miss the finale
At the moment is the ultimate day of the convention. Proper now, startups are pitching breakthrough concepts, connections are sparking throughout the Expo Corridor, and trade giants are dropping game-changing insights onstage. We actually don’t need you to have to attend one other 12 months for subsequent yr’s convention. Don’t miss the vitality, the innovation, and the chance. Register right here to get a 50% low cost in your go and head to Moscone West on your ticket.
