TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Celebrating the partners driving Disrupt’s big ideas, connections, and community

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 wouldn’t be possible without the incredible support of our sponsors, who bring world-class expertise, bold innovation, and community energy to every corner of the conference. Spotlight sessions you won’t want to miss Our sponsors are shaping the future of industries — and you can catch them live at Disrupt: Monday October 27 […]

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Phia’s Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni talk consumer AI at Disrupt 2025

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Consumer AI is having its breakout moment — and few startups have captured the spotlight this year quite like Phia. The AI-powered shopping assistant has become one of 2025’s buzziest launches, not only for its vision of how Gen Z shops, but also for the powerhouse founders leading it: Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni. At

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What founders need to know before choosing their exit at Disrupt 2025

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Exit planning is no longer optional — it’s an essential conversation on the Going Public Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. Whether you’re already eyeing a liquidity event or just starting to scale, this is your chance to hear what top VCs and operators are looking for and

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Prickly Pear Health will showcase how it’s helping women’s brain health at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

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Iman Clark, CEO of Prickly Pear Health, says she had an epiphany that eventually led her to TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.   It was around nine years ago. She moved from Tunisia to the U.S. for grad school, then joined a company that created gamified experiences for people with neurodegenerative conditions, like dementia.

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Creative machines and where AI meets imagination at Disrupt 2025

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AI isn’t just crunching data — it’s helping humans dream bigger. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, three leaders from TwelveLabs, Wonder Dynamics (an Autodesk company), and Pocket Entertainment, at the intersection of creativity and AI, will explore how machines are becoming co-creators in storytelling, film, and media. Together, they’ll dive into how AI is blurring the

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Last 3 days to get extra discounts on community passes to Disrupt 2025

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There are only 3 days left to lock in even bigger savings on group passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025! Founders and investors — save up to 20% on groups of 4–9 until Friday, October 3 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Disrupt 2025 takes place October 27–29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, uniting over 10,000 founders, investors,

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AI hires or human hustle? The next frontier of startup ops at Disrupt 2025

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What happens when your first 10 hires aren’t people at all? At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, we’re digging into the new wave of startups replacing or augmenting early employees with AI agents. Think outbound sales, billing, and customer support — automated from day one. This panel, hosted on

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Hance will demo its kilobyte-size AI audio processing software at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

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Imagine you’re a Formula One driver hurtling down a race track at 200 miles per hour when your engineer comes on the radio and says … something. You can’t make it out, but you’re also not going to spend a lap playing out that old Verizon commercial (“Can you hear me now?”) with the race

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Why you can’t miss the aerospace content at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

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When people think about space, the first images that come to mind are usually rockets, satellites, and astronauts floating in orbit. But the future of space is just as much about algorithms and compute power as it is about propulsion systems and spacecraft. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, the Aerospace Corporation is pulling back the curtain

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