{"id":243905,"date":"2025-10-27T17:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/243905\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T17:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:43:11","slug":"techcrunch-disrupt-2025-how-to-watch-astro-teller-startup-battlefield-and-more-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/243905\/","title":{"rendered":"TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: How to watch Astro Teller, Startup Battlefield, and more live"},"content":{"rendered":"

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025<\/a> is here! If you\u2019re still on the fence about attending in person, dive into the extensive schedule of speakers, networking opportunities, workshops, afterparties, and more that\u2019s available here<\/a>. There\u2019s still plenty of time to get a ticket<\/a>!\u00a0<\/p>\n

But if you\u2019re not able to attend in person, the next best thing is to check out our livestream of the Disrupt Stage, which features some of our most prominent speakers and the highly anticipated Startup Battlefield 200<\/a> pitch competition. We\u2019re streaming via YouTube, so you can catch the embed below, or just follow this link to watch live<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a rundown of what you can expect from the Disrupt Stage on Monday to build your schedule around:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Opening remarks, Startup Battlefield Session One: 10-11:45 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Our first round of Battlefield finalists will deliver their pitches live on stage in front of a lineup of judges featuring Allison Baum Gates of SemperVirens, Cathy Friedman from GV, Seven Seven Six\u2019s Katelin Holloway, Precursor\u2019s Charles Hudson, and Nicolas Sauvage of TDK Ventures.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Self-Driving Reality Check: 11:15-11:45 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tekedra Mawakana, Co-CEO of Waymo, takes the stage to talk about where AVs actually stand, what it\u2019s taken to get to real deployments, and why the race isn\u2019t just about tech \u2014 it\u2019s about trust.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Startup Battlefield Session Two: 1:30-2:45 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The second lineup of Battlefield competitors take to the stage, where they\u2019ll be vetted by our panel of judges featuring Eryk Dobrushkin of Index Ventures, Nvidia\u2019s Jen Hoskins, Insight Ventures\u2019 Thomas Krane, DXV\u2019s Jon McNeil, and Katie Stanton of Moxie Ventures.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What Sequoia Sees Coming Next: 2:45-3:15 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Roelof Botha is among the most influential VCs of the modern era, and this is your chance to hear how today\u2019s most ambitious founders are navigating AI, geopolitics, and a shifting capital landscape.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Moonshots, AI, and the Future of Alphabet: 3:15-3:45 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Astro Teller leads the lab where Alphabet incubates the nearly impossible, and he\u2019s going to provide a rare look into what\u2019s succeeding within X, how the company\u2019s \u201cfail fast\u201d mantra is faring, and his perspective on, you guessed it, AI.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s just the lineup for the first day. On Tuesday hear from renowned investor Vinod Khosla and his thoughts on the future of tech; Netflix CTO Elizabeth Stone on what\u2019s next for the streaming giant; and Slate Auto CEO Chris Barman will bring one of her electric trucks to the stage. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is here! If you\u2019re still on the fence about attending in person, dive into the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[45,49,48,137,44677,44681],"class_list":{"0":"post-243905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-entrepreneurship","12":"tag-techcrunch-disrupt","13":"tag-techcrunch-disrupt-2025"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}