TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is scheduled to open its doors on October 27, 2025, at Moscone West in San Francisco, California. The three-day event, running until October 29, is anticipated to host 10,000 founders, investors, and innovators focused on collaboration and deal-making, according to event organizers.
The conference agenda includes live demonstrations of emerging technologies and a startup competition, the Startup Battlefield 200, where early-stage founders will pitch for a $100,000 prize. Over 300 startups are slated to showcase their innovations across various sectors, complementing more than 200 scheduled sessions.
Key speakers from prominent technology and investment firms are expected to lead discussions. Participants include representatives from Google Cloud, Netflix, Microsoft, Box, a16z, ElevenLabs, Wayve, Hugging Face, Elad Gil, and Vinod Khosla. Specific session topics include the impact of agentic AI on startup strategies, methods for funding growth stages, and insights into the IPO process. A session titled "How Long Should a Startup Stay Private?" will address timing and scaling considerations.
The event structure features dedicated stages such as the Going Public Stage, the AI Stage, and the Builders Stage. The Going Public Stage will examine AI's influence on late-stage growth and pre-exit strategies, with speakers from Kodiak AI, CapitalG, Nextdoor, Zoom, and Chime. The AI Stage plans to reveal the "AI Disruptors 60," a selection of startups reportedly shaping the future of artificial intelligence, and will feature a discussion with Kevin Rose on investment strategies.
Sessions on the Builders Stage will include operators from OpenAI, Sentry, Pebl, Figma, and Google Cloud, detailing approaches to building and scaling technology. Content relevant to industrial sectors includes "Made in Space: Building the Next Great Supply Chain Beyond Earth," exploring advancements in extraterrestrial logistics, and "AI at the Brink: Strategic Playbook for National Security," which delves into innovation at the intersection of power and policy.
Additional sessions highlight broader technological trends, such as "Moonshots, AI, and the Future of Alphabet" featuring Astro Teller, and "Storming the Gates: Scaling Consumer AI" with Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, focusing on sustainability in consumer AI. The conference aims to facilitate direct interactions between founders and investors through structured meetings and networking events like the Deal Flow Café and various side events.
