Welcome to the third and ultimate day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 at Moscone West in San Francisco! The thrill right here continues to be in full swing, and there’s no slowing down.
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In the present day’s agenda options a few of the most anticipated stage periods, spotlighting insights from trailblazers resembling Rohit Patel, director at Meta Superintelligence Labs; Kirsten Inexperienced, founding accomplice of Forerunner; and Tristan Thompson, NBA champion and fintech entrepreneur — amongst others. Pleasure builds all through the day as we await the announcement of the Startup Battlefield 200 winner. You’ll want to discover groundbreaking improvements within the Expo Corridor, achieve invaluable information from trade leaders in hands-on periods, and forge significant connections that might form your subsequent large 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
In the present day’s periods
We’re closing out Disrupt 2025 with a robust lineup of trade leaders hitting the stage. Go to the total agenda for timing and session information.
AI Stage
From Advertisements to Movies: Creating with Code: Alejandro Matamala Ortiz (co-founder and chief design officer, Runway)
The $1M AI Belief Guess: Can We Really Belief an AI Agent to Run Influencer Advertising and marketing?: Francis Yang (co-founder and chief product officer, Aha)
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, U.S. Dept of Navy), Kathleen Fisher (director, AI and Cybersecurity Initiative, RAND Company), and Chris Morales (accomplice, 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 (accomplice, Harlem Capital), Marlon Nichols (co-founder and managing common accomplice, MaC Enterprise Capital), and Maria Palma (common accomplice, Freestyle Capital)
Rethinking Startup Capital with out VCs: Erik Allebest (CEO, Chess.com), Louwee Shibata (founder and accomplice, Subsequent Gen, KALDOS Capital), and Gale Wilkinson (managing accomplice, VITALIZE Enterprise Capital)
World Hiring Isn’t Spooky! And Paying in Crypto Shouldn’t be Both: Francoise Brougher (chief govt officer, Pebl) and Aileen Lee (founder and managing accomplice, Cowboy Ventures)
With Vibe Coding, Do Early Stage Startups Nonetheless Have to Rent 10x Engineers?: David Cramer (co-founder and CPO, Sentry), Zach Lloyd (CEO and founder, Warp), and Lauri Moore (accomplice, Bessemer Enterprise Companions)
Getting ready Now for Your Later Stage Elevate: Lila Preston (head of progress fairness, Era Funding Administration), Sadi Khan (co-founder and CEO, Aven), and Zeya Yang (accomplice, IVP)
The Execs and Cons of Hiring AI Brokers as Early Staff: Jaspar Carmichael-Jack (co-founder and CEO, Artisan), Sarah Franklin (CEO, Lattice), and Caleb Peffer (co-founder and CEO, Firecrawl)
Creating Communities and Corporations 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: 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 Closing: Kirsten Inexperienced (founding accomplice, Forerunner), Kevin Hartz (common accomplice, A*), Aileen Lee (founder and managing accomplice, Cowboy Ventures), and 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 Large: 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)
Saying the Winner of the Startup Battlefield 2025
Roundtable periods
Take part in these 30-minute collaborative periods. Word 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)
Shopper AI and Gen Z Tech: Piyush Shah (co-founder, InMobi)
Scaling Search and AI for Hundreds of thousands: 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 accomplice, 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 levels, 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 get your burning questions answered. Situated 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 (common accomplice, Rain Capital)
Powering AI: The Race to Scale Gigawatts of New Power: Mike Schroepfer (founder and accomplice, Gigascale Capital) and Garth Sheldon-Coulson (co-founder and CEO, Panthalassa)
AI & Brokers: Shaping How We Construct, Dwell & Join: Thomas Foley (income chief, Composio), Patrick Murphy (CEO and co-founder, Maket), Jeremiah Owyang (common accomplice, Blitzscaling Ventures), and Alyx van der Vorm (founder and CEO, Clyx)
Discovery to Disruption: Turning Analysis into Enterprise-Backable Corporations: Pratik Nimbalkar (CEO, Plaid Semiconductors), Jared O (co-founder and CEO, SirenOpt Inc.), Chon Tang (managing accomplice, 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 (common Companion, 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’ll be able to create or discover subjects on the app for deeper conversations and make the precise connections that will help 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.
Facet Occasions
Greater than 80 company-hosted Facet Occasions are set to occur all through San Francisco this week, extending the Disrupt pleasure. Right here’s what’s taking place at present. To RSVP and for extra particulars, head to the Facet Occasions web page.
Final name for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 magic — Don’t miss the finale
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