Browsing: TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Market research is a 90 billion dollars industry that helps brands understand how to best present themselves to potential customers. But this picture of the market…

Antonio Forenza was working as head of research and development at Rakuten Symphony, a telecommunications subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate, when he realized he needed to…

For years, when it came time for startups to start selling their product, they could turn to any number of traditional books. But as with so…

Build Mode returns with a bonus holiday episode. This week, Startup Battlefield editor Isabelle Johannessen is joined by this year’s competition winner, Kevin Damoa, CEO and…

The US immigration system is complex, difficult to navigate and expensive for immigrants. Startup JustiGuide claims it can help with this thanks to an AI-powered portal.…

Despite all their pitches promising something new, AI startups share many of the same questions as startups in years past: How do they know when they’ve…

Raising a $250 million Series D round may seem like a distant and unnecessary distraction for startup founders pitching investors for their first $1 million in…

Startups have never been able to offer the same big salaries as big tech companies. Now with companies like After and OpenAI willing to pay million-dollar…

This year, TechCrunch Disrupt showcased the incredible talent and breakthrough ideas of the 2025 Startup Battlefield 200 cohort. From thousands of applications, we selected 200 of…

While Roy Lee, the founder of Cluely, argues that startups should think more about social media virality, he also admits that brand awareness alone won’t lead…