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Attendees have until October 13 at 8 a.m. PT to purchase discounted passes for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, with savings of up to $100. Multiple ticket options are available, including discounts for pairs and groups of four or more, before the event begins at Moscone West.
Alexander Embiricos, who leads OpenAI's Dots product, will appear at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco on October 13-15, shortly after OpenAI launched Dots. Dots is described as an always-on personal AI agent that runs on its own cloud computers, connects to everyday apps, and continues working toward goals in the background. Embiricos will discuss the product's design and OpenAI's vision for personal agents in a session titled 'What Comes After the Chatbot?'
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 runs October 13-15 at Moscone West in San Francisco, expecting over 10,000 founders, investors, and operators. The event will include a series of interactive roundtables on topics like physical AI data challenges, the future of enterprise SaaS, and AI's role in IPO readiness, led by speakers including Radha Basu of iMerit, Rajeev Singh of Smartsheet, and Eléonore Crespo of Pigment.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 runs October 13-15 at San Francisco's Moscone West, expecting over 10,000 attendees, 200+ sessions across six stages, and a startup Expo Hall. Online ticket discounts of up to $100 end before doors open, with a 50% second-pass offer and a $75 Expo+ Pass for laid-off attendees. The event includes Startup Battlefield 200, a pitch competition offering a $100,000 prize, with confirmed speakers including Mark Wahlberg, RJ Scaringe, and executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, and NVIDIA.
The upcoming TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 event in San Francisco will feature a series of 50-minute breakout sessions where industry leaders will address pressing questions about AI, physical AI, and startup growth strategies. Attendees can participate in Q&A segments designed to foster deeper understanding and practical insights, with limited room capacity and first-come, first-served access.
TechCrunch has outlined programming for its Disrupt 2026 conference focused on how AI startups choose between open-source models, proprietary APIs, and multi-model architectures. One confirmed session, featuring executives from CapitalG, Together AI, and Pathway, will examine why companies use multiple AI models rather than standardizing on one, and how they weigh cost, performance, and flexibility. The event is also promoting discounted ticket pricing, including a layoff-affected attendee rate.
TechCrunch announced the five judges who will select the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2026, running October 13-15. The panel includes Stacy Brown-Philpot of Cherryrock Capital and Chi-Hua Chien of Goodwater Capital, among others, chosen from thousands of applicants narrowed to 200 startups and 20 finalist pitches. After judging concludes, the five will take part in a live audience Q&A on the Builders Stage.
TechCrunch has published the complete speaker roster for the Disrupt Stage at its Disrupt 2026 conference, running October 13-15 at Moscone West in San Francisco. Confirmed speakers include Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe, Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman, Science Corporation founder Max Hodak, Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley, and all five partners of venture firm Benchmark appearing together.
Blackstone N1 global head Jas Khaira will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on a panel titled 'Building the Next Generation of AI Giants,' discussing how the firm evaluates AI startups and how founders should approach capital decisions. The announcement highlights recent Blackstone deals, including up to $600 million in equity for Indian AI infrastructure firm Neysa and a $1.5 billion joint venture backing Anthropic's Ode implementation unit.
Clay co-founder and CEO Kareem Amin will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 about the emergence of the 'GTM engineer,' a role Clay says it coined in 2023 for people who build automated, AI-driven revenue workflows instead of manually performing sales and marketing tasks. Clay says roughly 100 such job listings now appear monthly, including at companies like Cursor and Lovable.
TechCrunch is closing exhibit table bookings for Disrupt 2026 at 11:59 p.m. PT on October 2, or sooner if tables sell out. The event runs October 13-15 at San Francisco's Moscone West and is expected to draw over 10,000 founders, investors, operators and tech leaders. Exhibit packages include five Exhibitor-Partner passes and five Expo+ passes, plus access to lead capture through the Disrupt mobile app.
MyMonthlyCar, a startup founded by three Ukrainian entrepreneurs including CEO Igor Dobrianskyi, has built an online platform connecting dealerships' unsold used-car inventory with customers seeking month-to-month rentals. The company charges no listing fees but takes a 10% cut from both dealers and renters per transaction, and also enables rent-to-own arrangements. MyMonthlyCar has been selected for TechCrunch Disrupt's 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 cohort, taking place in San Francisco in October.