What if the next industrial revolution doesn’t happen on Earth? William Bruyits founder and CEO Varda Space Industriesis on a mission to prove that it can – and will – happen in orbit. He takes the Space Stage to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025taking place October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, to share how his team is transforming space into the ultimate manufacturing frontier.
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Space isn’t just for rockets – it’s for revenue
Bruey’s talk zeroes in on the factory of the future, where microgravity becomes a manufacturing tool, not a science fiction setting. It will explain how Varda is turning the vacuum of space into a production line for high-value materials — from new, life-saving pharmaceuticals to stronger fiber optic cables, and why orbit may soon be the most profitable real estate in the known universe.
Bruey is just one of the visionaries taking the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Explore the agenda of 200+ sessions, see our 250+ speakersand find your perfect ticket price before prices rise.
Building factories among the stars
As a former SpaceX engineer who helped fly Dragon on eight missions to the ISS, William Bruey knows what it takes to innovate where gravity doesn’t apply. Now at Varda Space Industries, he’s pioneering a new kind of factory—one that orbits Earth, manufactures cutting-edge materials, and then reenters the atmosphere to deliver products that can’t be made anywhere else.
Prior to launching Varda, Bruey was Head of Global Equities Technology at Bank of America and holds degrees in applied physics (Cornell) and systems engineering. A pilot and engineer at heart, he is equally at home coding algorithms or flying his own Cozy MK4 aircraft. Learn more about it in the Space Stage session.
This isn’t just a space story – it’s a startup story. Join TechCrunch Disrupt and see how vision, physics and venture collide when Bruey takes to the Space Stage.
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