Exciting Finalists Announced for JS Disrupt 2025
We are thrilled to announce the 20 exceptional finalists selected to speak at JS Disrupt 2025, happening from October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. After a rigorous review process, 10 finalists have been chosen for breakout sessions and another 10 for roundtable discussions.
Now, it’s up to you to make the final decision. Audience Choice voting is now open until May 30 at 11:59 p.m. PT. You can vote for as many sessions as you like, with one vote per session.
The top 5 breakout sessions and top 5 roundtable sessions with the most votes will earn the opportunity to take the stage at the event.
Meet the Finalists
Breakout Sessions
- How to Get Acquired in Tech (Without Selling Out): M&A Tips for Founders and Builders – Aklil Ibssa, Head of Corporate Development and M&A, Coinbase
- Agentic AI for Startups: Automate, Adapt, and Accelerate Growth – Anmol Rastogi, Head of Product, Amazon Business – AI & ML, Amazon
- Automation with Agents: From Work Enablement to Work Completion – Chet Kapoor, Chairman and CEO, DataStax
- AI at the Brink: Strategic Playbook for National Security – Dan Hendrycks, Executive and Research Director, Center for AI Safety (CAIS)
- Leading a Series A Round in 2025 and Sustaining Momentum – Gabriel Kra, Managing Director, Prelude Ventures
- The Agentic Apocalypse: Securing the Enterprise in the Age of 1 Billion AI Agents – Jack Hidary, CEO, SandboxAQ and Jim Breyer, Founder and CEO, Breyer Capital
- Embracing AI for a Better Digital Future – Matt Madrigal, Chief Technology Officer, Pinterest
- Mining for Millions with GenAI’s 4 Ds: Striking Trust, Delight, and Dividends – Michael Stewart, Managing Partner, M12
- From Data to Agents: Building the AI-Native Enterprise – Sridhar Ramaswamy, Chief Executive Officer, Snowflake
- From Vibes to Velocity: How AI Tools Can Help You Achieve Your Development Goals – Tim Rogers, Staff Product Manager, GitHub Copilot, GitHub
Roundtable Sessions
- Future of Space Economy in the Low Earth Orbit – Abhijeet Kumar, Invited Lecturer – New Space Economy, UC Berkeley | Tech and Strategy Lead, Archer
- From Startup to Scale-Up: A GTM Blueprint – Anjai Lal, Head of Strategy and Enablement, Google Cloud
- From Code to Capital: How VCs Spot the Next AI Powerhouses – Avi Bharadwaj, Investment Director, Intel Capital
- The Winning Formula: Turning Your Business Into a Trusted, Scalable Community To Drive Growth – Justine Palefsky and Tasneem Amina, Co-founders, Kindred and Vlad Loktev, Partner, Index Ventures
- How to Train Your Model: Taming AI Agents Without Breaking Them – Kyla Guru, Head of Model Cyber Policy, Anthropic and Alex Moix, Investigations Lead, Safeguards, Anthropic
- Going a Layer Deeper: Why the future of AI investments lies with infrastructure and applications – Paul Drews, Managing Partner, Salesforce Ventures
- Scaling Search and AI for Millions: Lessons from Reddit Search – Rachel Miller, Product Manager, Reddit
- AI Evaluation 101: Addressing Challenges to Real-World AI Applications – Rohit Patel, Director, Generative AI, Meta
- From Workarounds to Breakthroughs: How UpLink Lets Users Connect Any App—No Integration Needed – Scott Weinert, CTO and Co-founder, Atomic
- Whose Company Is It, Anyway?: What You Lose When You Accept Outside Capital – Sridhar Vembu, Chief Scientist, Zoho
