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.
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· 2026-10-05
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.
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· 2026-10-05
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.
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· 2026-10-02
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.
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· 2026-10-02
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.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-02
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.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-01
Startup MyMonthlyCar, founded by Ukrainian entrepreneurs Igor Dobrianskyi, Kostiantyn Gitko and Vadym Zotov, has built an online platform letting dealerships rent out used cars on a month-to-month basis, with an option for renters to eventually buy. The company charges no listing fees but takes a 10% cut from both dealers and customers on each transaction, and has been selected for TechCrunch Disrupt's 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 cohort.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-01
Cerebras Systems co-founder and CEO Andrew Feldman is scheduled to appear at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 for a session titled 'Can AI Keep Scaling?', addressing rising demand for compute, energy and infrastructure. Cerebras builds wafer-scale AI chips as an alternative to conventional chip architectures, raised $5.5 billion in its May IPO, signed a multiyear deal with OpenAI for 750 megawatts of systems through 2026-2028, and launched its CS-4 hardware in August.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-30
TechCrunch is closing exhibit bookings for Disrupt 2026 this Friday, October 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT. The conference runs October 13-15 at Moscone West in San Francisco, and exhibitors get a $12,500 package including a table, 10 team passes, lead-generation tools, and sponsor branding.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-30
TechCrunch has announced a lineup of Side Events accompanying Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco, held alongside the main conference at Moscone West. Organizers include KOTRA, which is hosting a Korea-US networking night and offering complimentary Expo+ passes to qualified applicants, WayFounder's Born2Global founder networking event featuring 18 Korean startups, and Enterprise Ireland's returning 'Irish Shark Tank' event. SafetyWing and Descope are also listed as new event hosts for 2026.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-29
Konrad Zieliński, who lost his voice to cancer and later completed a PhD on bionic systems for laryngectomees, founded Uhura Bionics in 2023. The startup makes two non-surgical wearable devices, including a premium model called Whitney, designed to let users speak with emotional inflection rather than a flat robotic tone. Uhura will present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026's Battlefield 200 next month.
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· 2026-09-29
Anthropic's Cat de Jong will join Gamma's Grant Lee and a Clay representative on the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 for a session on how enterprises deploy AI in practice. De Jong, who works directly with enterprise Claude deployments, will discuss where implementations succeed or stall after the initial rollout.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-28
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