TechCrunch will probably be searching for the zeitgeist of this AI-centered era at SXSW 2025 and annual technology, music, comedy and film conference, which began in Austin on Friday.
Yes, we’re a sentence in and AI has already reached an entrance. And why not? A brief scan of the huge SXSW time plan shows that AI is in Austin – and globally on the middle. It is price noting that this yr there appears to be a deal with how AI is applied to the actual world, not nearly what it might be.
SXSW tends to take note of the tech ecosystem of founders and supporters. And it often coincides with the Hype cycle. Autonomous vehicles, Scooter Mania, Crypto, Psychedelics – all of them had their moment at SXSW.
The technical a part of the annual event began on Friday and can expire until March thirteenth. The conference begins with several tracks that fall exactly within the interests of Techcrunch, including the creator economy, culture, startups, health and medtech and energy. The AI ​​route officially begins on Sunday, however it already makes cameos. For example, Signal President Meredith Whitaker, who was interviewed on Friday, denied the Agentic AI as a security and privacy, and a health expert warned that it’s dangerous for people to be depending on AI for camaraderie.
Deep Tech like Space and Quantum Computing may even be a reputation on the show, as will the climate, sustainability – listen to the Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe's Keynote March eleventh – and transport.
Autonomous vehicles are back, but this time they’re on the go – not only the subject of conversation in a panel. At the start of this week, Uber and Waymo began a robotaxi service in Austin. The so-called “Waymo on Uber” Robotaxi service is on the market to each member of the general public who has an Uber account. And they higher consider that Techcrunch greet these robots and can talk over with human over -drivers about what they think.
Techcrunch may even speak to the VCS, founders and industry experts from SXSW to get the heartbeat how the Tech world adapts to the Trump management, and naturally find the following latest thing. We may even listen to the various keynotes and interviews with technical and business lights, particularly Alan Baratz from D-Wave Quantum, Qualcomm President and CEO Christano Amon, founder Ban Lamm, CEO from Colossal Biosciences, and ARM CEO Rene Haas.
Don't worry, we may even have a little bit fun.
