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Disrupt 2026 puts building companies in the AI era on the agenda
TechCrunch announces Disrupt at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 13 to 15. Its program combines AI, infrastructure and startup funding. The previews published by the organizer describe the planned meetings without establishing the commercial outcomes they might produce.
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TechCrunch announces that Disrupt 2026 will take place at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 13 to 15. In its event previews, the organizer places building companies in the AI era at the center of the program. It announces more than 250 speakers and more than 200 sessions, with discussions covering AI, robotics, infrastructure and investment, among other topics.
Announced speakers include Andrew Feldman of Cerebras Systems, Cat de Jong of Anthropic and Les Karpas of NVIDIA. The program also includes topics relating to startup growth and scaling. This variety could help connect technical questions with funding and organizational decisions, but the actual content of the discussions remains to be seen.
TechCrunch’s guide identifies several needs for founders: testing a project, seeking capital, recruiting or finding partners. The Builders Stage is scheduled to address funding, recruitment, product and growth, among other topics. Networking tools and the Deal Flow Café are presented as ways to arrange discussions between founders and investors.
This information describes a program announced by its organizer. Accounts of successful meetings at a previous edition do not allow predictions about the funding or partnerships that will result from this one. The value of the event will therefore need to be assessed based on the discussions that actually take place and the announcements that are actually made.