The full breakout session agenda at Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch

With TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in less than 3 days, we’re loading up Moscone West with 200+ can’t-miss sessions — including breakout sessions led by top leaders across the tech and startup ecosystem. Breakout sessions are tailored for hands-on learning and tactical takeaways. These first-come, first-served rooms put you shoulder-to-shoulder with operators, founders, and investors building what’s next.

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The complete Disrupt 2025 breakout session agenda

The Untapped Opportunity Hidden in Business Workflows

Umair Javed, CEO, tkxel; Marcus Torres, CPO, Quickbase; and Umair Bashir, fractional CTO, Signal

The biggest growth levers often hide in plain sight—inside everyday processes. Learn how to spot and productize “boring” workflow pain points into sticky software that drives ROI and fast payback periods. Perfect for founders hunting wedge use cases in large, legacy categories.

From Vibes to Velocity: How AI Tools Can Help You Achieve Your Development Goals

Tim Rogers, staff product manager, GitHub Copilot

Go beyond demos and put AI to work in your SDLC. We’ll dig into real patterns for using agents and copilots to reduce toil, speed reviews, and unblock teams—without sacrificing code quality or security.

Build First, Fund Later: The Founder’s Guide to Bootstrapping Breakout Startups

Tarun Raisoni, co-founder and CEO, Gruve

Capital efficiency is a superpower. Learn pragmatic tactics for finding your first ICP, landing lighthouse customers, and funding early growth from revenue—so you raise on your terms.

How to Get Acquired in Tech (Without Selling Out): M&A Tips for Founders and Builders

Aklil Ibssa, head of corporate dev and M&A, Coinbase; and Yonas Beshawred, co-founder and CEO, StarSling

The inside view on readiness, outreach, and deal mechanics—from packaging financials to integration planning—so your company commands premium outcomes without losing the mission.

Fundraising Mistakes That Will Kill Your Round (and How to Avoid Them)

Kamila Khasanova, founder and CEO, On Top Strategy; Sam Li, co-founder and CEO, Thoropass; Ashley Paston, partner, General Catalyst; and Dr. Richard Munassi, Managing Director, Tampa Bay Wave

Four vantage points — comms, founder, VC, and accelerator — break down deal-killers (muddy narrative, wrong metrics, mismatched targets) and the fix-it habits that get to “yes.”

Fundraising Process Workshop with TC editor turned VC Josh Constine

Josh Constine, venture partner, SignalFire

Hands-on teardown of your fundraise: story arc, proof points, data room, and outreach sequencing—direct from a former TC editor who’s seen thousands of pitches.

AI at the Brink: Strategic Playbook for National Security

Daniel Hendrycks, executive director, Center for AI Safety

Where frontier-model risk meets real-world stakes. Practical frameworks for evaluating, red-teaming, and governing high-impact systems when failure isn’t an option.

Startup Lessons You Won’t Find in a Playbook

Santi Subotovsky, general partner, Emergence Capital; and Melissa Wong, co-founder and CEO, Zipline

Unvarnished lessons from scaling enterprise software and consumer ops. Expect real talk on hiring execs, navigating slow sales cycles, and staying alive when the plan meets reality.

Agentic AI for Startups: Automate, Adapt, and Accelerate Growth

Anmol Rastogi, head of product management, AI & ML – Amazon Business; and Anjali Mann, technical program manager, Microsoft

Where agents shine today (and where they break). Patterns to deploy agents in ops, support, and sales while keeping humans in the loop for quality.

Leading for Impact: Engineering at the speed of AI

Eno Reyes, CTO, Factory; and Andrew Berman, CEO, Runlayer; Suraj Patel, vp ventures and corporate development, MongoDB, Dima Dzhulgakov, co-founder, Fireworks AI

Explore how engineering founders are redefining startup leadership, shaping product-driven growth, and building the skills to steer their companies to long-term success with insights from leaders at Factory, Fireworks, and Runlayer.

Rewriting Healthcare Workflows with AI

Zubair Ahsan, co-founder and CEO, Max AI; Kanyi Maqubela, managing partner, Kindred Ventures; and Varun Krishnamurthy, co-founder and CEO, Assured Health

This panel will explore how healthcare organizations are reinventing workflows post-scribes and AI documentation, transforming intake, billing, credentialing, and patient care.

Inside the Family Office Playbook: How the Wealthiest Invest in Startups and Venture Funds

Mariane Bekker, managing partner, Founders Bay; Amanda Daniels, founder, vice president, and investor, 5840 Holdings; Brett Horton, chief investment officer, Paris-Roubaix Group; and Daniel Idzkowski, CIO, I.D.I.T. Family Office

Decoding mandates, diligence, and pacing inside family offices — so founders and emerging managers know how (and when) to engage this growing capital source.

CVC: What’s Different? What’s Their Superpower?

Nicolas Sauvage, president, TDK Ventures

TDK Ventures president Nicolas Sauvage demystifies modern CVCs, revealing how to identify the 20% that deliver strategic and financial value, move with speed, and accelerate founder success.

Startups, Stories, and the Fight for Attention

Jenna Birch, founder, SISU; Allie Cefalo, partner, marketing, Kleiner Perkins; and Chantelle Darby, founder, Darby PR

Cutting through noise with earned, owned, and partner channels. Build a narrative that compounds across PR, social, and community without burning cycles.

Embracing AI for a Better Digital Future

Meghana Dhar, tech advisor and investor; and Matt Madrigal, CTO, Pinterest

Pragmatic paths to deploy AI that users actually love: measurement, safety, and what changes when AI touches every surface area — from discovery to commerce.

Being Heard in the Age of AI

Qianwen Chen, CEO, EchoHer; Fay Kallel, chief product and design officer, Headspace; and Chenxi Wang, general partner, Rain Capital

In a feed saturated by AI-generated content, how do brands, creators, and products still feel human? Tactics for signal, trust, and measurable lift.

Powering AI: The Race to Scale Gigawatts of New Energy

Mike Schroepfer, founder and partner, Gigascale Capital; and Garth Sheldon-Coulson, co-founder and CEO, Panthalassa

This panel will reveal how the world’s largest new energy platform can power AI and share lessons on scaling breakthrough clean-tech from R&D to market.

AI & Agents: Shaping How We Build, Live & Connect

Patrick Murphy, co-founder and CEO, Maket; Alyx van der Vorm, founder and CEO, Clyx; and Jeremiah Owyang, general partner, Blitzscaling Ventures, and Thomas Foley, revenue leader, Composio

Real agent use cases spanning build tools, real estate, and social — plus the infra and product decisions that turn novelty into daily utility.

Discovery to Disruption: Turning Research into Venture-Backable Companies

Pratik Nimbalkar, CEO, Plaid Semiconductors; Jared O, co-founder and CEO, SirenOpt; Chon Tang, managing partner, Berkeley SkyDeck Fund; Asad Tirmizi, CEO, T-robotics

The translational playbook: validating markets, securing non-dilutive capital, and sequencing milestones so deep tech passes VC filters without losing scientific edge.

SOSV: Where Deep Tech is Headed (It’s Not JUST AI)

Westley Dang, principal, Philipp Sander, investment analyst, Po Bronson, general partner, and Sierra Brooks, senior scientist and analyst, SOSV

IndieBioSF investors reveal how deep-tech founders can turn breakthrough science into scalable, world-changing companies in biomanufacturing, materials, energy, and health.

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