Day 2 of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 has begun. That means San Francisco’s Moscone West will once again be packed with speakers, workshops, networking opportunities, and after-parties for attendees. You can still register for tickets to join in the excitement. Since it’s only been a day since it started, you can get tickets at 50% off the standard walk-up price.
Update our speaker lineup here or click the anchor links below to dig deeper into each stage, event, networking opportunity, and more.
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October 27-29, 2025
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AI stage
builder’s stage
breakout stage
round table conference
Strictly VC
pitch showcase stage
Sabotage the 2025 side event
expo hall
Held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Expo Hall is a hub for startups looking to get noticed, with more than 300 companies taking part in what could be the next big break or the next big investment opportunity. See a complete overview of the startups we feature here.
Women of Disrupt Breakfast Reception
We’re continuing our tradition of morning opportunities for anyone who identifies as a woman to meet, learn, and network with colleagues from Disrupt’s wide range of tech startups. Breakfast is served at Deal Flow Café from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on a first-come, first-served basis.
networking
If you don’t qualify for breakfast, there are plenty of other networking opportunities available through select meetings on Braindate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Explore or create one-on-one or small group sessions to dive deeper into a wide range of topics. The Networking Lounge acts as a meeting point for all these sessions and is always busy.
If you are an investor or founder, visit Deal Flow Cafe. This special area is designed for investors and founders to discuss deals over coffee.
Or you can randomly stumble upon a good connection on your way to a session, or run into enthusiastic startups in Disrupt’s heartland, Expo Hall, or just about anywhere else in the venue.
session
Industry-focused stages, interactive roundtables, and Q&A breakout sessions – these sessions are designed to spark inspiration and insight.
disrupt stage
Unfiltered: Vinod Khosla on the future of technology: Vinod Khosla (Founder, Khosla Ventures)
Startup Battlefield — Session 3: Judges include Jon Chu (Khosla Ventures Partner), Madison Faulkner (NEA Partner), Ilya Kirnos (SignalFire Founding Partner and CTO), Miloni Madan Presler (Institutional Venture Partners Partner), and Rinki Sethi (Lockstep Founding Partner).
What’s next for Netflix and streaming itself: Elizabeth Stone, CTO, Netflix
From Mirror to Next: Bryn Putnam Returns to Disrupt: Bryn Putnam (Founder, MIRROR, CEO Director)
Slate Auto’s electric trucks: Start here: Chris Barman (Slate Auto CEO)
Startup Battlefield — Session 4: Leslie Feinzaig (Founder and GP at Graham & Walker VC), Ross Fubini (Founder and Managing Partner at XYZ Venture Capital), Ben Quazzo (Partner at Accel), Doug Pepper (General Partner at ICONIQ), Santi Subotovsky (General Partner at Emergence Capital)
Storming the Gates: Scaling Consumer AI: Phoebe Gates (Phia Co-Founder), Sophia Kianni (Phia Co-Founder)
AI stage
Betting on the next wave: What VCs are looking for in AI startups: Steve Jang (Founder and Managing Partner, Kindred Ventures), Aileen Lee (Founder and Managing Partner, Cowboy Ventures), Jon McNeill (CEO and Co-Founder, DVx Ventures)
Where creative machines and AI meet imagination: Prateek Dixit (co-founder, Pocket Entertainment), Soyoung Lee (co-founder and head of GTM, TwelveLabs), Nikola Todorovic (co-founder, Wonder Dynamics, Autodesk)
AI meets the future of work with Mercor’s Brendan Foody: Brendan Foody, Mercor CEO
The Post-Training Revolution: How Reinforcement Learning is Transforming the AI Infrastructure Stack: Eric Anderson (Partner, Scale Venture Partners), Kyle Corbitt (CoreWeave OpenPipe Team Lead)
Why search is the next frontier: Ed Liberty, Founder and Principal Scientist, Pinecone
From web pages to autonomous agents: A conversation about linking today’s web and tomorrow’s data layer: Ol Lentiner, Bright Data CEO
The future of motion intelligence and physical AI: Jeff Cardenas (Co-founder and CEO, Apptronik), Raquel Urtasun (Founder and CEO, Waabi)
Can You Vibe Code Enterprise Software?: Arun Gupta (VP of Developer Experience, JetBrains), Mark Pollack (OSS Contributor, Spring OSS Contributor)
Synthetic Speech and Real-World Impact: Matty Staniszewski (Co-Founder of Eleven Lab)
Scaling AI: Lessons from the Front Lines: Sanjay Dhawan (SymphonyAI CEO), Tamara Pattison (SVP, Chief Digital Officer, The Save Mart Companies)
Building Intelligence for Modern Defense: Ethan Thornton, Mach Industries CEO and Founder
Driving Intelligence: Alex Kendall (Wayve CEO)
builder’s stage
How to adapt your product to the market: Rajat Bhageria (Founder and CEO, Chef Robotics), Ann Bordetsky (NEA Partner), Murali Joshi (ICONIQ Partner)
Designing products for the AI era: Andrew Reed (General Partner, Sequoia Capital), Yuhki Yamaha (Chief Product Officer, Figma), Zach Lloyd (CEO and Founder, Warp)
How to pitch during the introduction stage: Wesley Chan (Co-founder and Managing Partner, FPV Ventures), Charles Hudson (Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures)
Do startups still need Silicon Valley?: Anh-Tho Chuong (Lago CEO and Co-Founder), David Hall (Managing Partner, Revolution/Rise of the Rest), Tawni Nazario-Cranz (Operating Partner, SignalFire)
With the spirit behind Twitter and Meta, we’re building: Adam Bain (01 Advisors Co-Founder and Managing Partner), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors Co-Founder and Managing Partner), David Fischer (01 Advisors General Partner)
Where VCs are betting on 2026: Nina Achadjian (Partner, Index Ventures), Jerry Chen (General Partner, Greylock), Peter Deng (General Partner, Felicis)
breakout stage
Agentic AI for startups: Automate, adapt, and accelerate growth by Anjali Mann (Technical Program Manager, Microsoft), Anmol Rastogi (Head of Product Management, AI & ML, Amazon Business, Amazon Business Unit)
Leading Impact: Engineering at the Speed of AI: Andrew Berman (CEO, Runlayer), Dima Dzhulgakov (Co-Founder, Fireworks AI), Suraj Patel (VP of Ventures and Corporate Development, MongoDB), Eno Reyes (CTO, Factory)
Rewriting healthcare workflows with AI: Zubair Ahsan (Max AI Co-Founder and CEO), Varun Krishnamurthy (Assured Health Co-Founder and CEO), Kanyi Maqubela (Kindred Ventures Managing Partner)
Inside Family Office Strategy: How the Wealthiest Invest in Startups and Venture Funds: Marian Becker (Managing Partner at Founders Bay), Brett Horton (Chief Investment Officer at Paris-Roubaix Group), Daniel Izkowski (CIO at IDIT Family Office)
CVC: What’s the difference? What’s their superpower?: Nicolas Sauvage (President of TDK Ventures)
Startups, stories, and the battle for attention: Jenna Birch (SISU Founder), Allie Cefalo (Kliner Perkins, Marketing, Partner), Chantel Darby (Darby PR Founder)
Harnessing AI for a better digital future: Meghana Dhar (Technology Advisor and Investor), Matt Madrigal (Pinterest Chief Technology Officer)
round table conference
Each of these 30-minute sessions is for small groups to tackle real-world problems.
The Future of Banking and Fintech: The AI Wave: Nnamdi Okuke (Co-Founder and Managing Partner, 645 Ventures)
Scaling Search and AI for Millions: Lessons from Reddit Search: Rachel Miller, Reddit Product Manager
Tim Cook has more followers than Apple — why founders need to be on camera: Hanieh Sigari (EllieMD CEO), Uptin Saiidi (UP10 Media founder and creator)
From tokens to turbines: the new economics of AI: Caleb Appleton (Bison Ventures Partner)
Prototyping, tuning, and scaling GenAI applications using open models: Aishwarya Srinivasan, Head of AI Developer Relations, Fireworks AI
The Invisible AI Revolution: Brad Cordova (Super.AI Founder & CPTO), Benjamin Kwon (Super.AI CEO)
How smart brands are winning with creator-led video: Peter Sleiman (Creative Director, UP10 Media), Uptin Saiidi (Founder and Creator, UP10 Media)
How to Train a Model: Tame an AI Agent Without Breaking It (Encore) by Kyla Guru, Head of Model Cyber Safety, Anthropic
Winning formula: Turn your business into a trusted, scalable community to drive growth: Tasneem Amina (Co-founder and President, Kindred), Justine Palefsky (Co-founder and CEO, Kindred)
From Deployment to Enterprise: Selling Scalable AI Agents: Allison Baum Gates, SemperVirens Venture Capital General Partner
Powering the Home of the Future: Energy Independence Starts Here: Jenny Zhang, President, North American Homes, Energy Business, EcoFlow
Strictly VC
This LP session, making its second appearance at Disrupt, is exclusive to Investor Pass holders.
The world’s high tech at a crossroads: trends, emerging technologies, and the role of deep tech: Dror Bin (CEO, Israel Innovation Agency)
LP Lens: Liquidity, Choice, and the Future of Venture: Lara Banks (Managing Director and Head of Private Equity, Makena Capital), Kelly Fontaine (Partner, Cendana Capital), Adam Glossier (Director, J. Paul Getty Trust), Matt Hodan (Partner, Lexington Partners), Michael Kim (Founder and Partner, Cendana Capital)
GP perspective on LP relationships: Kevin Hartz (General Partner, A*)
pitch showcase stage
Visit the Expo Hall to watch live on-stage pitches from exhibiting startups from around the world.
9:30am – 11:30am: Startup Battlefield 200 Consumer Pitch
11:30am – 12:00pm: Pavilion Pitch Session — Catalunya
1:00pm – 1:30pm: Pavilion Pitch Session — Poland
1:30pm – 3:30pm: Startup Battlefield 200 Enterprise Pitch
3:30pm – 4:20pm: Pavilion Pitch Session — SilkRoad
Sabotage the 2025 side event
This week, company-sponsored side events will be held across San Francisco, spreading Disrupt’s energy far beyond Moscone West. What’s happening tonight is panels, parties, and meetups aimed at bringing together founders, investors, and innovators from all corners of the technology industry. If you are attending one of these, please be sure to RSVP.
You can still participate in Disrupt
There are only two days left until the event brings together thousands of founders, investors, executives, and visionaries at Moscone West in San Francisco. Get a pass for 50% off and attend this year’s technology event.
