Disrupt SF 2016
Robin goes all in on robotic lawn care and focuses on franchising
Robin, which pitched a combined “Uber for lawn care” and robotic-lawnmower-as-a-service at Disrupt SF’s Startup Battlefield last year, is making some big changes. It quietly sold the first part to…
TechCrunch Disrupt returns to San Francisco in September
Are you ready for this, San Francisco? TechCrunch is thrilled to announce that we are coming back to the Bay Area for Disrupt SF 2017. Mark your calendars — Disrupt SF…
Udemy co-founder Eren Bali just raised $6.5 million for his newest startup
It’s no secret that communications between patients and their doctors and pharmacists is anything but seamless. The same is true for communications between doctors and the labs and insurance companies…
Glance Clock keeps your life together with subtle yet vibrant notifications
There’s something intriguing about low-fi solutions to high-tech problems and the Glance Clock is no exception. In today’s world, a missed Uber can be the difference between a confidence-inducing 5.0…
Anyone can prototype and build with Shaper’s Origin CNC machine
With side-hustles being all the rage these days, the new Shaper Origin makes it easier than ever to start building and selling cool gadgets in your free time. While you might not be able to…
The future of human computer interaction will be multimodal
We have been using the computer mouse for decades to interact with our technology. Touchscreens brought us a new way to input commands to our gadgets, but they rely on…
Shervin Pishevar: The first Hyperloop will likely be built overseas
Shervin Pishevar, well-known venture capitalist and co-founder in the two-year-old L.A.-based futuristic transportation company Hyperloop One came to TechCrunch Disrupt today to chat about shooting across the world people and…
And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF 2016 is… Mobalytics
Startups participating in the Startup Battlefield have all been hand-picked to participate in our highly competitive startup competition. They all presented in front of multiple groups of VCs and tech…
MegaBots debuts a trailer for its new web series, outlines its giant fighting robot kit
In the shadow of AT&T Park, two Bay Area-based engineers took to the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF to showcase their plans for a new kind of sports league. Dressed…
I’m a big fan of massages, so I stopped dead in my tracks when I came across a company in the TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016 Startup Alley earlier today. Taiwan-based U-Gym…
African technology training program Andela to invest in its graduates’ startups
Andela, a company working to bring the top 1% of African tech talent to engineering teams in need of capable, skilled developers, will eventually invest in the startups from those who…
Don’t break regulation — get a policy strategy now, startups told
The days of startups being able to hit the ignition and, Uber-like, accelerate away from the law are done. The regulation disruption party is over. That was the loud-and-clear message…
$29 will get you a Stilla if you act fast. The startup’s simple security system hit Indiegogo about a week ago, and it’s already managed to pull in around $44k,…
Facebook to roll out tech for combating fake stories in its Trending topics
Following the controversial firing of the editorial team who managed the Trending Topics that appear next to Facebook’s News Feed, the company is now actively working on technology that will…
Twitch co-founder discusses the site’s efforts to move beyond live gaming content
Twitch’s co-founder wants the site to reach beyond gaming as it seeks to capture the market on all live-streamed online media. Onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF, Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear discussed the future…
Facebook denies it’s a media company despite censorship decisions
Facebook makes value judgements about what can appear in News Feed and what’s censored, but insists its a tech company not a media editor. At TechCrunch Disrupt SF, writer Josh Constine…
Watch the last day of Disrupt SF live right here!
[tc_unified_video code=”992e9b92-f331-3493-9e34-0cce21f65885″ autostart=”true”] The final day of Disrupt is upon us. Which means that I don’t have the energy for enthusiasm. That said, today’s lineup is absolutely killer. Alongside some…
These are the six finalists in the TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016 Startup Battlefield
Over the last two days, over 5,000 attendees (along with hundreds of thousands of people tuning in online) have watched 25 companies duke it out for the right to call…
White House’s DJ Patil wants to disrupt the criminal justice system with data
At TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016 today, I had a chance to chat with DJ Patil, the nation’s deputy chief technology officer for data policy and chief data scientist. We talked…
Myki rolls out a password manager that locks all your info away on your phone
Everything is getting hacked to the point that it’s getting kind of ridiculous — and everyone needs to have secure passwords. The trouble, however, is making them tough to crack…
Sensay, one contestant at the TechCrunch Disrupt SF Battlefield, is aiming to be the first breakout cross-platform chatbot — but, unlike most that provide services and information at a convenience…
Giftbit lets retailers create their own e-commerce currency
Giftbit, a company that operates a digital gift card marketplace for online retailers, is launching a new product today at TechCrunch Disrupt SF that will enable merchants to easily create…
Affectiva and Uber want to brighten your day with machine learning and emotional intelligence
Your phone doesn’t know how you’re feeling — but you may want it to if that capability came with a few fringe benefits. Affectiva makes emotion-detection software, and CEO Rana…
Spincle allows everybody to shoot VR content on their smartphones
VR content is really in the hands of the early adopters at the moment. For most consumers there’s just not much accessibility in creating VR moments. Launching today out of…
Amaryllis Nucleics makes transcribing genes quicker, better and cheaper
The ability to read and record genes sits at the base (base pair, if you will) of biotech companies worldwide. So improvements to that ability are kind of like upgrading…
Sqreen’s security shield automagically blocks attacks on your web app
French startup Sqreen protects your web apps and services with little effort from your side. If you don’t want to deal with security yourself, Sqreen is a software-as-a-service product that…
Google’s Diane Greene talks AWS and machine learning at TechCrunch Disrupt
Diane Greene, executive vice president of Google Cloud Enterprise, appeared on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco with TechCrunch editor Matt Burns today, and talked about her role running Google’s…
Create hassle-free slideshow presentations online with Slides
Meetings are probably never going to die — and, along with that, neither are presentations. But the traditional route for making presentations is getting a little outdated, with tools like…
Carbon Health wants to put medical data in one place for patients and their many doctors
For all the high-tech advances in healthcare when it comes to drugs and devices, doctors, their back offices, pharmacies, labs that conduct health tests and insurance providers aren’t exactly in…
CEO David Sacks on moving on from Zenefits’ troubled past
Zenefits at one point was one of the fastest growing software companies in the world, rocketing to a $4.5 billion valuation in 18 months. It was on track to generate…
