We have been thrilled by the outstanding curiosity in talking at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. After an in-depth evaluation course of, we’ve chosen 20 distinctive finalists — 10 for breakout classes and 10 for roundtables.
Now we’re placing the ultimate resolution in your palms. Viewers Selection voting is open by way of Could 30 at 11:59 p.m. PT. You’ll be able to vote for as many classes as you’d like — one vote per session.
The highest 5 breakout classes and prime 5 roundtable classes can be chosen to take the stage.
Meet the finalists
Breakout Periods
Methods to Get Acquired in Tech (With out Promoting Out): M&A Suggestions for Founders and Builders
Aklil Ibssa, Head of Company Improvement and M&A, Coinbase
Agentic AI for Startups: Automate, Adapt, and Speed up Development
Anmol Rastogi, Head of Product, Amazon Enterprise — AI & ML, Amazon
Automation with Brokers: From Work Enablement to Work Completion
Chet Kapoor, Chairman and CEO, DataStax
AI on the Brink: Strategic Playbook for Nationwide Safety
Dan Hendrycks, Govt and Analysis Director, Middle for AI Security (CAIS)
Main a Sequence A Spherical in 2025 and Sustaining Momentum
Gabriel Kra, Managing Director, Prelude Ventures
The Agentic Apocalypse: Securing the Enterprise within the Age of 1 Billion AI Brokers
Jack Hidary, CEO, SandboxAQ; and Jim Breyer, Founder and CEO, Breyer Capital
Embracing AI for a Higher Digital Future
Matt Madrigal, Chief Know-how Officer, Pinterest
Mining for Hundreds of thousands with GenAI’s 4 Ds: Hanging Belief, Delight, and Dividends
Michael Stewart, Managing Associate, M12
From Information to Brokers: Constructing the AI-Native Enterprise
Sridhar Ramaswamy, Chief Govt Officer, Snowflake
From Vibes to Velocity: How AI Instruments Can Assist You Obtain Your Improvement Objectives
Tim Rogers, Employees Product Supervisor, GitHub Copilot, GitHub
Roundtable Periods
Way forward for Area Financial system within the Low Earth Orbit
Abhijeet Kumar, Invited Lecturer — New Area Financial system, UC Berkeley | Tech and Technique Lead, Archer
From Startup to Scale-Up: A GTM Blueprint
Anjai Lal, Head of Technique and Enablement, Google Cloud
From Code to Capital: How VCs Spot the Subsequent AI Powerhouses
Avi Bharadwaj, Funding Director, Intel Capital
The Profitable System: Turning Your Enterprise right into a Trusted, Scalable Neighborhood to Drive Development
Justine Palefsky and Tasneem Amina, Co-founders, Kindred; and Vlad Loktev, Associate, Index Ventures
Methods to Prepare Your Mannequin: Taming AI Brokers With out Breaking Them
Kyla Guru, Head of Mannequin Cyber Coverage, Anthropic; and Alex Moix, Investigations Lead, Safeguards, Anthropic
Going a Layer Deeper: Why the Way forward for AI Investments Lies with Infrastructure and Purposes
Paul Drews, Managing Associate, Salesforce Ventures
Scaling Search and AI for Hundreds of thousands: Classes from Reddit Search
Rachel Miller, Product Supervisor, Reddit
AI Analysis 101: Addressing Challenges to Actual-World AI Purposes
Rohit Patel, Director, Generative AI, Meta
From Workarounds to Breakthroughs: How UpLink Lets Customers Join Any App—No Integration Wanted
Scott Weinert, CTO and Co-founder, Atomic
Whose Firm Is It, Anyway?: What You Lose When You Settle for Outdoors Capital
Sridhar Vembu, Chief Scientist, Zoho
