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Etsy CEO Josh Silverman will be replaced by Kruti Patel Goyal, former Depop CEO, at the beginning of next year.

This is the third and final day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 at Moscone West in San Francisco. Register here to get a 50% discount and don't miss out on innovation and scaling. Disrupt won' come back for another year.

The U.S. inked Technology Prosperity Deals (TPD) with Japan and South Korea with an eye towards spurring collaboration on AI, semiconductors, quantum computing, biotech, space, 6G and other technologies.

Grammarly is renaming itself as Superhuman, after acquiring Superhuman email client in July

Key updates include the introduction of QR codes that let you identify and shop for items in tagged videos, AI-powered upscaling, and improved search.

After facing lawsuits and public outcry following the suicides of two teenagers, Character.AI says it's making changes to its platform to protect children, changes that could affect the startup’s bottom line.

Phia founders, Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, are building an AI assistant that aims to help you shop, and save.

Mogul is a film studio fantasy platform where players draft a team of actors, directors, and movies to earn points.

The move puts Uber in direct competitor with Waymo, which has dominated the metro area.

The partnership aims to issue about 2 million fixed-deposit-backed credit cards in the next 12 months.

Security researchers found a government hacking campaign that relies on Windows spyware developed by surveillance tech maker Memento Labs. When reached by TechCrunch, the spyware maker's chief executive blamed a government customer for getting caught.

Korean telecom giant LG Uplus is the third major phone provider in the past six months to report a cybersecurity incident.

A security researcher found the Indian automotive giant exposing personal information of its customers, internal company reports, and dealers’ data. Tata confirmed it fixed the issues.

After two days full of live demos and pitches, it's time to announce the five finalists at this year's Startup Battlefield.

Actor Thomas Middleditch had a planned takeover of Australian startup Othelia’s presentation at the pitch showcase stage. 

The move comes as Waabi announced earlier this year that it was partnering with Volvo Autonomous Solutions to build a custom purpose built truck based on Volvo’s auto autonomy platform using Waabi's software stack.

Unlisted is like Zillow but for homes that are not yet on the market.

Founded by a former math teacher and Googler, Super Teacher's AI tutor is being used in public school in New York, New Jersey, and Hawaii.

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.

CampusAI is like “Coursera meets Github meets Tinder in the metaverse” — an educational platform focused on making learning accessible to everyday people who want to bring AI into their everyday workflows, and a virtual ecosystem to connect like-minded people.

Unthread builds Slack-native, AI-powered support bots for high-profile customers like Intuit, Lemonade and Automattic.

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.

Aurora's first driverless route was from Dallas to Houston. This next one is Fort Worth to El Paso.

Mirror's founder is back with a connected gaming startup called Board that combines board games and video games.

Netflix CTO Elizabeth Stone says company is experimenting with vertical video, but isn't trying to be TikTok.

Netflix announces new Kids' profiles with real-time recommendations, a 'My Netflix' hub, and more.

Viewers will be able to vote while watching live content to directly influence the outcome of what they're watching on their TV or mobile device.

OpenAI says its deep learning systems are rapidly advancing, with models increasingly able to solve complex tasks faster. So fast, in fact, that internally, OpenAI is tracking towards achieving an intern-level research assistant by September 2026, and a fully automated “legitimate AI researcher” by 2028, CEO Sam Altman said during a livestream Tuesday.  

Charter Space wants to change how spacecraft are insured.

Tina Williams-Koroma said CyDeploy uses machine learning to understand what happens on a company’s machine and then creates a “digital twin” where system administrators can test updates.

Cyphr is a Kansas-city based company focused on making the lending process easier for lenders and small businesses.

The startup’s platform is built on several modular systems that clients can purchase individually or as a complete suite.

Elloe AI promises a system capable of fact-checking AI outputs, make sure they don’t violate laws and regulations, and that are safe for the users.

Khosla Ventures founder, Vinod Khosla shares his ideas about sharing the abundance of AI.

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 9 a.m. PT.