CNBC Disruptor 50 2025
CNBC Disruptor 50 2025 by CNBC: 50 startups ranked, led by Anduril. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.
- Publisher
- CNBC
- Published
- June 10, 2025
- On this page
- 50 of 50 ranked
- Method
- Mixed
- Reliability
- Grade B
13th edition. Defense tech company Anduril took No. 1 from OpenAI (No. 2), the first defense company to top the list. A new VC advisory board joined the academic board this year.
CNBC added a venture capital advisory board alongside its academic advisory board.
The full list
| Rank | Name | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anduril | Up 1 |
| 2 | OpenAI | Down 1 |
| 3 | Databricks | Up 2 |
| 4 | Anthropic | Up 3 |
| 5 | Canva | |
| 6 | Ramp | Up 26 |
| 7 | Flock Safety | |
| 8 | AlphaSense | Up 32 |
| 9 | Octopus Energy | |
| 10 | Stripe | |
| 11 | Revolut | |
| 12 | Thrive Market | |
| 13 | Metropolis | |
| 14 | Transcarent | |
| 15 | Lead Bank | |
| 16 | Carbon Robotics | |
| 17 | Virta Health | |
| 18 | Fruitist | |
| 19 | Saronic Technologies | |
| 20 | GrubMarket | |
| 21 | MoonPay | |
| 22 | Writer | |
| 23 | ŌURA | |
| 24 | Einride | |
| 25 | Abnormal AI | |
| 26 | Iambic Therapeutics | |
| 27 | Perplexity | |
| 28 | Scale AI | Down 16 |
| 29 | Rippling | |
| 30 | Gecko Robotics | |
| 31 | Footprint | |
| 32 | Harvey | |
| 33 | Apptronik | |
| 34 | Notion | |
| 35 | Waabi | |
| 36 | Zum | |
| 37 | Formation Bio | |
| 38 | Shield AI | |
| 39 | Navan | |
| 40 | VAST Data | |
| 41 | Rad AI | |
| 42 | Glean | Up 1 |
| 43 | ElevateBio | Down 35 |
| 44 | Exotec | |
| 45 | Figma | |
| 46 | Zipline | |
| 47 | Abridge | |
| 48 | Sierra | |
| 49 | Esusu | |
| 50 | Runway |
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