Mappa’s AI voice analysis helps you find the best job candidates and will show off its tech at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Mappa’s AI hiring platform can assess a candidate’s behavior based on voice patterns, and aims to take some of the guesswork out of hiring.

Inside CampusAI’s mission to close the AI training gap for everyday workers — check it out at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

CampusAI is an educational platform focused on making learning accessible to everyday people who want to bring AI into their everyday workflows, and a virtual ecosystem to connect like-minded people.

Mappa’s AI voice analysis helps you find the best job candidates and will show off its tech at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Mappa’s AI hiring platform can assess a candidate’s behavior based on voice patterns, and aims to take some of the guesswork out of hiring.

Khosla-backed Mazama taps super-hot rocks in race to deliver 24/7 power

Geothermal startup Mazama Energy said it drilled a borehole that set a temperature record. Such superhot rocks could make geothermal a key player in data center power.

Mirror’s founder is back with a new ‘connected screen’ startup: a gaming device called ‘Board’

Mirror’s founder is back with a connected gaming startup called Board that combines board games and video games.

Sam Altman says OpenAI will have a ‘legitimate AI researcher’ by 2028 

To achieve those goals, OpenAI is betting on two key strategies: continued algorithmic innovation and dramatically scaling up “test time compute” — essentially how long models spend thinking about problems.

CyDeploy wants to create a replica of a company’s system to help it test updates before pushing them out — catch it at Disrupt 2025

Tina Williams-Koroma said CyDeploy uses machine learning to understand what happens on a company’s machine and then creates a “digital twin” where system administrators can test updates.

Elloe AI wants to be the ‘immune system’ for AI — check it out at Disrupt 2025

Elloe AI promises a system capable of fact-checking AI outputs, making sure they don’t violate laws and regulations, and that they are safe for the users.

Cyphr will reveal how it makes lending easier for small businesses at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Cyphr’s product analyzes alternative data sources and financial patterns of small businesses to help lenders make decisions about small business creditworthiness. 

VC Vinod Khosla says the US government could take 10% stake in all public companies to soften the blow of AGI

Vinod Khosla has a bold vision for how society could be reconfigured to share the abundance created by AI technology.