Space is open for business with Even Rogers and Max Haot at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

The article highlights the upcoming TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 event, scheduled for October 27–29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, with a special focus on the evolving space economy. The Space Stage panel will feature Even Rogers, CEO of True Anomaly, and Max Haot, founder of Launcher (acquired by Vast), who will discuss the shift from traditional space activities like rockets and satellites to new priorities such as infrastructure, autonomy, and innovative models for building and defending off-Earth assets. Rogers brings expertise from his background in national security and space systems strategy, while Haot contributes a commercial perspective as a serial entrepreneur involved in aerospace ventures, including efforts to develop artificial gravity space stations. The session aims to explore the operational future of space, emphasizing government-commercial partnerships and venture-backed orbital platforms that are driving the next wave of growth in the space sector. It promises a candid conversation on how emerging technologies and business models are transforming space from a theoretical concept into a practical, scalable economy.