The next era of the space economy isn’t just about rockets and satellites — it’s about infrastructure, autonomy, and entirely new models for building and defending off-Earth assets. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 this October 27–29 in San Francisco’s Moscone West, the Space Stage is where this shift gets real.
SpaceX’s plans to launch Starship from Florida could have implications for the state’s booming airports.
Pixel Journal is a new journaling app from Google that uses on-device AI to suggest writing prompts.
FieldAI builds foundational AI models that help all kinds of robots learn and adapt to new environments using physics.
Google has agreed to pay $30M to settle a lawsuit over children’s data collection, though the company denies wrongdoing.
From no-code to AI-assisted dev environments, “vibe coding” is changing how early-stage startups build — and who they need to hire. The once-standard idea of landing a “10x engineer” as your first critical hire is getting a serious reality check with Lauri Moore (Bessemer) and David Cramer (Sentry) on the Builder Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in October at San Francisco’s Moscone West.
The round, which pushes Databricks’ valuation to $100B, was co-led by Insight Partners and Thrive. CEO Ali Ghodsi says he’s found an enormous untapped AI agent market to spend the funds.
There’s still time to book your exhibit table, but space is disappearing fast. The brands that move now will be the ones getting the face time, the leads, and the traction that matters most.
Firecrawl nabbed Shopify’s CEO Tobias Lütke as an investor from a gutsy email after they discovered he was using the product.
