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Jeff Lawson, who co-founded and scaled Twilio to over $4 billion in revenue, is now leading Inertia, a fusion energy startup. He will speak about this career shift at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in a fireside chat on the Smart Systems Stage, discussing how his software background applies to a capital-intensive deep tech venture involving lasers and manufacturing.
Kyber, a Y Combinator-backed startup building an AI-native document platform for insurance and enterprise workflows, is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to manage technical relationships with its enterprise clients. The company reports 50x growth in platform volume over the past year, has become profitable, and has signed multi-year contracts with major insurance firms while partnering with Guidewire, Majesco, and Twilio Sendgrid. The new hire will handle everything from technical scoping and custom integrations to first-line bug triage for customers.
Adeela Johnson of Béis and Khozema Shipchandler of Twilio discussed how leaders should respond to persistent volatility driven by AI disruption, geopolitical tension, and rising costs. Both executives argued that traditional crisis management—cutting costs and waiting for stability to return—no longer fits a business environment where uncertainty has become permanent rather than temporary.