AI hires or human hustle? Inside the next frontier of startup operations at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

August 28, 2025 TechCrunch Events

What happens when your first 10 hires aren’t people at all? At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, we’re digging into the new wave of startups replacing or augmenting early employees with AI agents.

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