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.

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. 

COI Energy solves a conundrum: Letting businesses sell unused electricity — catch it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Large enterprises routinely buy more electricity than they use. COI Energy has a patented platform that lets them sell and share.

Biotech Nephrogen combines AI and gene therapy to reverse kidney disease — check it out at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Although Maxim was convinced that gene therapy could reverse PKD, the biggest hurdle was creating a mechanism to deliver the drugs directly to the diseased cells.

Miraqules will showcase its blood clotting technology at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

India-based Miraqules developed a nanotechnology that mimics blood clotting proteins to quickly stop heavy bleeding.

Oxford spinout RADiCAIT uses AI to make diagnostic imaging more affordable and accessible — catch it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

“What we really do is we took the most constrained, complex, and costly medical imaging solution in radiology, and we supplanted it with what is the most accessible, simple and affordable, which is CT,” Sean Walsh, RADiCAIT’s CEO told TechCrunch. 

Skyline Nav AI’s software can guide you anywhere, without GPS — find it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

The company’s so-called Pathfinder software can look at almost anything — buildings, tree-lined roads, even aerial views — and quickly match it to a database and generate real-time navigation.

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: How to watch Astro Teller, Startup Battlefield, and more live

If you’re not able to attend in person, the next best thing is to check out our livestream of the Disrupt Stage. Tune in right here starting at 10 a.m. PT.