What happens when your first 10 hires are not people at all? To TechCrunch disturbs 2025This is happening on October 27-29 at the Moscone West, San Francisco, we dig into the new wave of newly formed businesses that replace or increase the first employees with AI agents. Think of outgoing sales, customer debt and customer support – automated from day one.
This panel, hosted at ManufacturersIt has a combination of technical founders and experienced operators who really do it, discussing where the line between human and machine – and how far is far away.
Get to know the speakers
Caleb PefferFounder and CEO of CheatIt helps over 350,000 developers (and companies like Shopify and Zapier) to connect AI directly to the live tissue. The Dev-First platform is already reminiscent of how AI agents interact with the internet and scale with clean data.
Jaspar Carmichael-JackFounder and CEO of CraftsmanHe made waves with the “Stop Hiring Humans” campaign – and is serious. His company increased $ 35 million to build AI employees, starting with sales. Expect bold knowledge of replacing Go-To-Market groups with code.
Sarah FranklinIts chief executive Lattice And the former president of SalesForce and CMO brings hard wisdom to scaling companies with an impact. He has built and led real groups to the highest level and knows exactly where AI helps – and where it hurts.
Why this session matters
Whether you are already incorporating AI into your stack or just test the prompts in your product team, this conversation is more than an advertising campaign. It is to become real in the performance of investment, the confidence, the dynamics of the team and what it means to build a business that is moving faster than ever with less human hands.
Are you ready to find your edge?
This session is just one of the hundreds presented in five stages of industry, as well as fractures and round tables. Grab your passage to disrupt 2025 before prices jump in mid -September. Get your ticket now.
TechCrunch event
Francisco
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27-29 October 2025
