TechCrunch DISRUPT 2017 - San Francisco | TechCrunch | 18 September 2017 | San Francisco, CA, Pier 48 San Francisco, CA 94158

TechCrunch Disrupt is the world’s leading authority in debuting revolutionary startups, introducing game-changing technologies and discussing what’s top of mind for the tech industry’s key innovators. Disrupt gathers the best and brightest entrepreneurs, investors, hackers, and tech fans for on-stage interviews, the Startup Battlefield competition, a 24-hour Hackathon, Startup Alley, Hardware Alley, and After Parties.

2017 SPEAKERS

Sam Altman
President of Y Combinator and the co-chair of OpenAI

Alon Cohen
President and co-founder of Houzz, the leading platform for home remodeling and design, bringing together both professionals and homeowners via mobile, local and social tools.

Kevin Durant
High-profile professional basketball player

Anna Fang
CEO and Partner of ZhenFund, an angel investment fund active in China's TMT sector.

John Giannandrea
Senior Vice President of Engineering at Google, where he leads the Search and Machine Learning teams.

Kirsten Green
Equity research analyst and investor at Banc of America Securities, formerly Montgomery Securities, covering publicly-traded retail and consumer stocks.

Theresia Gouw
Engineer, an experienced entrepreneur, and successful investor in the new mobility space, focused primarily on Consumer, Social Commerce, and Security opportunities.

Justin Kan
Internet entrepreneur and investor.

Michael Kim
Founder and Managing Partner of Cendana Capital

Rich Kleiman
President at The Durant Company. Formerly he was Vice President at Roc Nation Sports, a global leader in the sports agency industry, founded by Jay-Z in April 2013.

Rebecca Lynn
General Partner of the Canvas Venture Fund, where she focuses on early-stage investments in mobile, financial services, digital health, SaaS, and consumer.

Moxie Marlinspike
Founder of Signal and Open Whisper Systems. He is a renowned cyber security expert and cryptographer.

Cindy Mi
Founder and CEO of VIPKID, an education technology company that connects K-8 students in China with teachers in North America for online English immersion.

Keith Rabois
Senior Investment Partner at Khosla Ventures since March 2013.

John Riccitiello
Since joining Unity as CEO in 2014, John Riccitiello has been a driving force in the successful launch of Unity 5 – the company’s next-generation multiplatform engine and development tools. Previously serving as CEO of Electronic Arts, John played a critical role in the company’s transformation into a mobile, online, and digital gaming leader, with subsequent revenue growth exceeding $1.6 billion during that time.

Balaji S. Srinivasan
CEO of 21.co and a Board Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. 21.co allows people to get paid in digital currency for reading and responding to email.

Adi Tatarko
CEO and co-founder of Houzz, the leading platform for home remodeling and design, bringing together both professionals and homeowners via mobile, local and social tools. Adi and her husband and cofounder, Alon Cohen, started Houzz out of challenges that they faced during their own remodeling process.

Sebastian Thrun
Scientist, educator, inventor, and entrepreneur. He is founder, chairman, and president of Udacity, whose mission is to democratize education by providing lifelong, on-demand learning to millions of students in more than 190 countries.

Dai Wei
Co-founder @ ofo

Bob Xu
Founding Partner @ ZhenFund

• Disrupt SF 2017 Sponsors

Devpost
JETRO
LiveaMoment
Nexmo
Perkins Coie
Sequoia Capital