Waymo co-CEO on robotaxi vandalism: ‘We’re not standing for it’

Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana opened up at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 about the vandalism of its cars and how the company pushes back on government surveillance requests.

Glīd is building an autonomous shortcut to move freight from road to rail — catch it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Damoa pinpointed the problem: the complex, multi-step process moving a container from a ship to a freight train. He founded Glīd Technologies to try and solve it.

Waymo’s co-CEO on the challenge of scaling robotaxis safely

Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana believes the robotaxi company can increase road safety by reaching scale.

MacroCycle found a shortcut for plastic recycling — catch it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

MacroCycle’s approach to recycling dramatically reduces the amount of energy needed to produce new material, potentially lowering costs to the point where it could compete with virgin plastic.

Mbodi will show how it can train a robot using AI agents at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Mbodi users prompt the software with natural language, and its cluster of AI agents works to make training easier.

Defense startup Pytho AI wants to turbocharge military mission planning and it will show off its tech at Disrupt 2025

Pytho AI wants to compress mission planning from days to mere minutes.

Strong by Form will show its ultralight engineered wood at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Strong by Form has designed a structural floor piece that can span longer distances than existing engineered wood, making it a replacement for steel or concrete. At the same time, the product is lighter than all three.

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says AI will shorten our workweek

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says that, in a few years, we should be working a 3-4 day workweek because of AI.

Roelof Botha explains why Sequoia supports Shaun Maguire after COO quit

Sequoia’s managing partner Roelof Botha defended his colleague’s controversial comments that sparked an online backlash, arguing that the VC firm needs “spiky” people.

CEO of Alphabet’s X, Astro Teller, on what makes a moonshot

Teller says X has a 2% hit rate, which means that most of the things the company tries don’t work out, and that’s okay.