Last day to vote on the Disrupt 2025 agenda lineup

We’re thrilled by the overwhelming response to our call for speakers at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco.

After a careful selection process, we’ve narrowed it down to 20 impressive finalists—10 breakout sessions and 10 roundtables.

Now it’s your turn to help shape the agenda. Audience Choice voting is open until 11:59 p.m. PT tonight. This is your final opportunity to weigh in—vote for your favorite sessions and help decide which will take the stage. You can vote for as many sessions as you’d like—just one vote per session.

The top 5 in each category will join the official Disrupt 2025 lineup.

Meet the finalists

Breakout Sessions

How to Get Acquired in Tech (Without Selling Out): M&A Tips for Founders and Builders
Aklil Ibssa, Head of Corporate Development and M&A, Coinbase

Agentic AI for Startups: Automate, Adapt, and Accelerate Growth
Anmol Rastogi, Head of Product, Amazon Business – AI & ML, Amazon

Automation with Agents: From Work Enablement to Work Completion
Chet Kapoor, Chairman and CEO, DataStax

AI at the Brink: Strategic Playbook for National Security
Dan Hendrycks, Executive and Research Director, Center for AI Safety (CAIS)

Leading a Series A Round in 2025 and Sustaining Momentum
Gabriel Kra, Managing Director, Prelude Ventures

The Agentic Apocalypse: Securing the Enterprise in the Age of 1 Billion AI Agents
Jack Hidary, CEO, SandboxAQ
Jim Breyer, Founder and CEO, Breyer Capital 

Embracing AI for a Better Digital Future
Matt Madrigal, Chief Technology Officer, Pinterest

Mining for Millions with GenAI’s 4 Ds: Striking Trust, Delight, and Dividends
Michael Stewart, Managing Partner, M12

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

From Vibes to Velocity: How AI Tools Can Help You Achieve Your Development Goals
Tim Rogers, Staff Product Manager, GitHub Copilot, GitHub

Roundtable Sessions

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

From Startup to Scale-Up: A GTM Blueprint
Anjai Lal, Head of Strategy and Enablement, Google Cloud

From Code to Capital: How VCs Spot the Next AI Powerhouses
Avi Bharadwaj, Investment Director, Intel Capital

The Winning Formula: Turning Your Business Into a Trusted, Scalable Community To Drive Growth
Justine Palefsky and Tasneem Amina, Co-founders, Kindred
Vlad Loktev, Partner, Index Ventures

How to Train Your Model: Taming AI Agents Without Breaking Them
Kyla Guru, Head of Model Cyber Policy, Anthropic
Alex Moix, Investigations Lead, Safeguards, Anthropic

Going a Layer Deeper: Why the future of AI investments lies with infrastructure and applications
Paul Drews, Managing Partner, Salesforce Ventures

Scaling Search and AI for Millions: Lessons from Reddit Search
Rachel Miller, Product Manager, Reddit

AI Evaluation 101: Addressing Challenges to Real-World AI Applications
Rohit Patel, Director, Generative AI, Meta

From Workarounds to Breakthroughs: How UpLink Lets Users Connect Any App—No Integration Needed
Scott Weinert, CTO and Co-founder, Atomic

Whose Company Is It, Anyway?: What You Lose When You Accept Outside Capital
Sridhar Vembu, Chief Scientist, Zoho