<p>Colin Fowler and guest host, Ben Brokesh, visit TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Listen in as they meet with some of the foremost startup entrepreneurs. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Timestamps:</strong></p><p>3:24 – <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.hywatts.com/__;!!K_R5ZAeIjLw!EJ5myieUKV1lNZdY9skEYaN7n9Iczo_0FrkFghiZiHkzAgmh-7idhf1eLlulmuY-CsGy3Ez2snJ1DrF4zt5yCQPTuLYDPQ$" target="_blank">HyWatts</a> (Sam Ruben, CBDO and Co-Founder): Delivers clean, modular energy systems that turn renewable power into reliable electricity.</p><p> </p><p>14:23 – <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/tesollo.com/about/__;!!K_R5ZAeIjLw!EJ5myieUKV1lNZdY9skEYaN7n9Iczo_0FrkFghiZiHkzAgmh-7idhf1eLlulmuY-CsGy3Ez2snJ1DrF4zt5yCQPEbXJbew$" target="_blank">Tesollo</a> (Youngjin Kim, President and CEO; Wooseok Ryu, CTO): Solves complex problems and creates new value for their customers through advanced robotic automation solutions utilizing robotic grippers.</p><p> </p><p>19:46 – <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.carbonegativesolutions.com/__;!!K_R5ZAeIjLw!EJ5myieUKV1lNZdY9skEYaN7n9Iczo_0FrkFghiZiHkzAgmh-7idhf1eLlulmuY-CsGy3Ez2snJ1DrF4zt5yCQNhMk30_A$" target="_blank">Carbon Native Solutions</a> (Keith Crossland, CEO): Invented a new class of multi-objective AI that transforms local industrial waste and minerals into high-performance, carbon-negative cement materials using standard equipment.</p><p> </p><p>29:23 – <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/steg.ai/about/__;!!K_R5ZAeIjLw!EJ5myieUKV1lNZdY9skEYaN7n9Iczo_0FrkFghiZiHkzAgmh-7idhf1eLlulmuY-CsGy3Ez2snJ1DrF4zt5yCQOLuGISog$" target="_blank">Steg.AI</a> (Eric Wengrowski, CEO): Trains in-house deep learning models for watermarking and poisoning for use through APIs, web applications, and third-party integrations.</p><p> </p><p>41:27 – <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ascendersystems.com/__;!!K_R5ZAeIjLw!EJ5myieUKV1lNZdY9skEYaN7n9Iczo_0FrkFghiZiHkzAgmh-7idhf1eLlulmuY-CsGy3Ez2snJ1DrF4zt5yCQOI5v2MGw$" target="_blank">Ascender Systems</a> (Jorge Muniz, Co-Founder and CEO): Patented a climbing robot that can scale utility/light/flag poles, pipes, and columns of varying shapes from 3 inches to 22 inches.</p><p> </p><p>49:49 – <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ponderosa.ai/*content__;Iw!!K_R5ZAeIjLw!EJ5myieUKV1lNZdY9skEYaN7n9Iczo_0FrkFghiZiHkzAgmh-7idhf1eLlulmuY-CsGy3Ez2snJ1DrF4zt5yCQPZIETrmg$" target="_blank">Ponderosa.ai</a> (Scott Benson, Founding Software Engineer): Develops cost-effective AI-enabled fire suppression drone swarms that can be broadly distributed and prepositioned in areas of high risk.</p>