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TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Day One With Astro Teller, Vinod Khosla and Startup Battlefield

Today marks the first day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, and before we dive into our packed agenda, remember that it’s not too late to get a ticket for our entire three-day event: You can watch the Disrupt Stage programming right here, and we’ll be broadcasting the following sessions for anyone to watch live. Stay tuned…

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Today marks the first day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, and before we dive into our packed agenda, remember that it’s not too late to get a ticket for our entire three-day event:

You can watch the Disrupt Stage programming right here, and we’ll be broadcasting the following sessions for anyone to watch live. Stay tuned for Tuesday and Wednesday when we’ll be broadcasting the rest of our Disrupt Stage sessions.

Opening remarks, Startup Battlefield Session One: 10-11:45am
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’s Katelin Holloway, Precursor’s Charles Hudson and Nicolas Sauvage of TDK Ventures.

The Self-Driving Reality Check: 11:15-11:45am
Tekedra Mawakana, Co-CEO of Waymo, takes the stage to talk about where AVs actually stand, what it’s taken to get to real deployments, and why the race isn’t just about tech, it’s about trust.

Startup Battlefield Session TwoL 1:30-2:45pm
The second lineup of Battlefield competitors take to the stage, where they’ll be vetted by our panel of judges featuring Eryk Dobrushkin of Index Ventures, Nvidia’s Jen Hoskins, Insight Ventures’ Thomas Krane, DXV’s Jon McNeil and Katie Stanton of Moxie Ventures.

What Sequoia Sees Coming Next: 2:45-3:15pm
Roelof Botha is among the most influential VCs of the modern era, and this is your chance to hear how today’s most ambitious founders are navigating AI, geopolitics, and a shifting capital landscape.

Moonshots, AI, and the Future of Alphabet: 3:15-3:45pm
Astro Teller leads the lab where Alphabet incubates the nearly impossible, and he’s going to provide a rare look into what’s succeeding within X, how their “fail fast” mantra is faring, and his perspective on, you guessed it, AI.

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At this point, not implementing Waymo all over the world is negligence. Millions of deaths would be avoided.

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This Removable Brain-Computer Implant Feels ‘Like Telekinesis’

We visited the headquarters of Precision Neuroscience in New York to check out its removable, upgradable brain-computer interface. You can find the products mentioned in this video linked below *CNET may get a commission on these offers Read more about it on CNET.com Timecode Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:41 The Implant 2:07 The Surgery 2:22 Purpose…

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We visited the headquarters of Precision Neuroscience in New York to check out its removable, upgradable brain-computer interface.

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Amazon and others are done keeping their data center deals secret | Equity Podcast

Amazon says it will stop using NDAs when negotiating data center deals with local governments, following a similar move from Microsoft earlier this year. Secrecy has fueled community backlash against AI infrastructure, with opposition leading to hundreds of proposed and enacted moratoriums from New York to San Francisco. Meanwhile, a wave of startups is betting…

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On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Anthony Ha, Sean O’Kane, and Rebecca Bellan dig into whether ditching NDAs will change how data center deals get done, why trust may be the real product for personal AI startups, plus a couple of deals of the week.

We’ll see you next week at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026! Get 25% off your tickets with code Equity25, and we’ll see you on the Builders Stage Tuesday at 9 am.

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00:00 Intro

0:55 Trump’s “superintelligence force” and the great AI rebranding

3:19 Amazon drops NDAs on data center deals

9:17 Why the AI industry has a communication problem

12:51 Personal AI agents: finding money in your inbox

15:27 Ghost’s $3,500 computer built for personal AI

19:16 Trust is the product: privacy-first agent startups

27:36 Lambda’s $4B raise and the neo cloud backlog problem

31:22 Uber’s $2.3B move into catering

35:10 Outro

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Apple’s Welcome Home Event: Everything Leaked! Apple TV 4K, HomePods and a New Hub | One More Thing

Apple has a ‘Welcome Home’ event on Tuesday, and we’re expecting big changes coming to smart home products, including a new countertop Hub, HomePod mini speakers and Apple TV 4K box. Bridget Carey breaks down the rumors and what has her excited. You can find the products mentioned in this video linked below Apple 2022…

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Timecode Chapters:
0:00 A new HomePod is coming
1:05 Hidden Apple code shows new HomePod Mini 2 colors
1:36 HomePod Mini 2 chip upgrades
1:49 Living in a world with 2 Siris
2:02 Smarter Siri for new Apple HomePods
2:25 Apple brings HomePod Mini surround sound into the home theater
2:36 Could a new Apple TV 4K box be on the way?
2:48 New Apple TV 4K box details
2:54 Apple TV 4K hardware upgrades
3:26 Are we getting a new Apple TV remote?
3:42 Here comes the HomeHub speaker with a screen
3:53 Apple HomeHub details from Bloomberg’s reporting
4:11 HomeHub screen could minic iPhone Duo
4:24 How will a HomeHub contribute to the smart home?
4:36 Possible HomeHub versions
4:52 Countertop HomeHub design
5:05 More smart home devices expected from Apple
5:23 Snoopy and the HomeHub
5:54 Are you ready for Apple’s new smart home products?

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Host: Bridget Carey
Scripted by: Bridget Carey
Producer: Carly Marsh
Camera: Carly Marsh, Celso Bulgatti, Bridget Carey, CNET Archive
Video Editor: Carly Marsh
Thumbnail Designer: Zooey Liao