TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is right here! When you’re nonetheless on the fence about attending in particular person, dive into the intensive schedule of audio system, networking alternatives, workshops, afterparties, and extra that’s obtainable right here. There’s nonetheless loads of time to get a ticket! 

However in the event you’re not capable of attend in particular person, the subsequent smartest thing is to take a look at our livestream of the Disrupt Stage, which options a few of our most outstanding audio system and the extremely anticipated Startup Battlefield 200 pitch competitors. We’re streaming through YouTube, so you possibly can catch the embed beneath, or simply observe this hyperlink to observe dwell. 

Right here’s a rundown of what you possibly can count on from the Disrupt Stage on Monday to construct your schedule round: 

Opening remarks, Startup Battlefield Session One: 10-11:45 a.m. 

Our first spherical of Battlefield finalists will ship their pitches dwell on stage in entrance of a lineup of judges that includes Allison Baum Gates of SemperVirens, Cathy Friedman from GV, Seven Seven Six’s Katelin Holloway, Precursor’s Charles Hudson, and Nicolas Sauvage of TDK Ventures. 

The Self-Driving Actuality Examine: 11:15-11:45 a.m. 

Tekedra Mawakana, Co-CEO of Waymo, takes the stage to speak about the place AVs really stand, what it’s taken to get to actual deployments, and why the race isn’t nearly tech — it’s about belief. 

Startup Battlefield Session Two: 1:30-2:45 p.m. 

The second lineup of Battlefield opponents take to the stage, the place they’ll be vetted by our panel of judges that includes Eryk Dobrushkin of Index Ventures, Nvidia’s Jen Hoskins, Perception Ventures’ Thomas Krane, DXV’s Jon McNeil, and Katie Stanton of Moxie Ventures. 

What Sequoia Sees Coming Subsequent: 2:45-3:15 p.m. 

Roelof Botha is among the many most influential VCs of the fashionable period, and that is your likelihood to listen to how right this moment’s most formidable founders are navigating AI, geopolitics, and a shifting capital panorama.  

Moonshots, AI, and the Way forward for Alphabet: 3:15-3:45 p.m. 

Astro Teller leads the lab the place Alphabet incubates the practically unimaginable, and he’s going to offer a uncommon look into what’s succeeding inside X, how the corporate’s “fail quick” mantra is faring, and his perspective on, you guessed it, AI. 

And that’s simply the lineup for the primary day. On Tuesday hear from famend investor Vinod Khosla and his ideas on the way forward for tech; Netflix CTO Elizabeth Stone on what’s subsequent for the streaming big; and Slate Auto CEO Chris Barman will convey certainly one of her electrical vans to the stage.