Shape TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Vote for Top Sessions

We were thrilled by the overwhelming response to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, set for October 27-29 at Moscone West in San Francisco.

After careful evaluation, we’ve selected 20 exceptional finalists — 10 for breakout sessions and 10 for roundtables.

Now it’s up to you to choose. Audience Choice voting is open until May 30 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Cast one vote per session and support as many sessions as you want!

The top five breakout and top five roundtable sessions will secure a place on the Disrupt agenda.

Discover the Finalists

Breakout Sessions

Navigating Tech Acquisitions: M&A Strategies for Founders
Aklil Ibssa, Head of Corporate Development and M&A, Coinbase

Leveraging Agentic AI for Startups: Automate and Boost Growth
Anmol Rastogi, Head of Product, Amazon Business — AI & ML, Amazon

Agent-Driven Automation: From Task Enablement to Completion
Chet Kapoor, Chairman and CEO, DataStax

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AI for National Security: A Strategic Guide
Dan Hendrycks, Executive and Research Director, Center for AI Safety (CAIS)

Raising a Series A in 2025: Strategies for Sustained Growth
Gabriel Kra, Managing Director, Prelude Ventures

Securing Enterprises in the AI Agent Era
Jack Hidary, CEO, SandboxAQ and Jim Breyer, Founder and CEO, Breyer Capital

Harnessing AI for an Enhanced Digital Future
Matt Madrigal, Chief Technology Officer, Pinterest

Maximizing GenAI: Building Trust, Delight, and Profit
Michael Stewart, Managing Partner, M12

Building AI-Native Enterprises: From Data to Agents
Sridhar Ramaswamy, Chief Executive Officer, Snowflake

Accelerating Development with AI Tools: From Vision to Victory
Tim Rogers, Staff Product Manager, GitHub Copilot, GitHub

Roundtable Sessions

The Future of the Space Economy in Low Earth Orbit
Abhijeet Kumar, Invited Lecturer — New Space Economy, UC Berkeley | Tech and Strategy Lead, Archer

From Startup to Scale-Up: Crafting a Go-to-Market Strategy
Anjai Lal, Head of Strategy and Enablement, Google Cloud

Spotting AI Innovators: How VCs Identify Top Prospects
Avi Bharadwaj, Investment Director, Intel Capital

Building a Trusted, Scalable Community for Business Growth
Justine Palefsky and Tasneem Amina, Co-founders, Kindred; and Vlad Loktev, Partner, Index Ventures

Training AI Models: Balancing Control and Innovation
Kyla Guru, Head of Model Cyber Policy, Anthropic and Alex Moix, Investigations Lead, Safeguards, Anthropic

Investing in AI’s Future: Infrastructure and Applications
Paul Drews, Managing Partner, Salesforce Ventures

Scaling AI and Search: Insights from Reddit’s Approach
Rachel Miller, Product Manager, Reddit

Evaluating AI: Overcoming Real-World Application Challenges
Rohit Patel, Director, Generative AI, Meta

Seamless App Connectivity with UpLink: No Integration Required
Scott Weinert, CTO and Co-founder, Atomic

The Cost of Outside Capital: Retaining Control of Your Company
Sridhar Vembu, Chief Scientist, Zoho