What if the next industrial revolution doesn’t happen on Earth? William Bruey, founder and CEO of Varda Space Industries, is on a mission to prove it can — and will — happen in orbit. He’s taking the Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, to share how his team is transforming outer space into the ultimate manufacturing frontier.
Savings won’t last long. Save up to $444 on your pass before doors open on October 27, and grab a plus-one ticket for 60% off while you’re at it. Teams save even more with 15% to 30% off group passes.
Space isn’t just for rockets — it’s for revenue
Bruey’s talk zeroes in on the factory of the future, where microgravity becomes a manufacturing tool, not a setting for sci-fi. He’ll unpack how Varda is turning the vacuum of space into a production line for high-value materials — from new, lifesaving pharmaceuticals to more powerful fiber optic cables and why orbit may soon be the most profitable real estate in the known universe.
Bruey is just one of the visionaries taking the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Explore the 200+ session agenda, see the 250+ speakers, and find your perfect ticket price before prices rise.
Building factories among the stars
As a former SpaceX engineer who helped fly Dragon on eight missions to the ISS, William Bruey knows what it takes to innovate where gravity doesn’t apply. Now at Varda Space Industries, he’s pioneering a new kind of factory — one that orbits Earth, manufactures breakthrough materials, then reenters the atmosphere to deliver products that can’t be made anywhere else.
Before launching Varda, Bruey led Global Equities Technology at Bank of America and holds degrees in applied physics (Cornell) and systems engineering. A pilot and engineer at heart, he’s equally at home coding algorithms or flying his own Cozy MK4 aircraft. Learn more about this in his Space Stage session.
This isn’t just a space story — it’s a startup story. Register for TechCrunch Disrupt and see how vision, physics, and venture collide when Bruey takes the Space Stage.
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October 27-29, 2025
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