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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is the definitive conference for startups at every stage of growth. From early-stage founders with breakthrough ideas to scaling companies and investors searching for the next big opportunity, Disrupt delivers resources, insights, and connections to move ventures forward. The event features Startup Battlefield, keynotes, panels, works…

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57Speakers
25Sponsors
16Sessions
80Companies · in total

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Speakers

Programmed at TechCrunch, in alphabetical order.

Aaron Levie
Co-Founder & CEO · Box
Abhishek Fatehpuria
Head of Product at Robinhood · Robinhood
Aklil Ibssa
Head of Corporate Development and M&A · Coinbase
Alexa von Tobel
Founder & Managing Partner · Inspired Capital Partners
Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji
Co-founder and SVP of Field Engineering · Databricks
Arvind Jain
Founder & CEO · Glean
Assaf Rappaport
Co-Founder and CEO · Wiz
Atli Thorkelsson
VP, Talent Network · Redpoint Ventures
Austin Clements
Managing Partner · Slauson & Co.
Barr Moses
CEO & Co-founder · Monte Carlo
Brynn Putnam
Founder, MIRROR, and CEO · Board
Carlotta (Lotti) Siniscalco
Partner · Emergence Capital
Chet Kapoor
VP, Security Services & Observability · Amazon Web Services
Colin Kaepernick
Founder and CEO · Lumi
David H. Rosmarin
Associate Professor · Harvard Medical School
David Kirtley
CEO · Helion
Dean Leitersdorf
CEO and Co-founder · Decart
Denise Dresser
Chief Executive Officer · Slack from Salesforce
Elia Wallen
Founder and CEO · Engine
Gavriel Cohen
Co-founder and CEO · NanoCo
Grant Lee
CEO & Co-founder · Gamma
Hannah Bozian
VP, Agentic Partnerships & Strategy, American Express · American Express

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Fidelity Private SharesPlatinum
Google CloudPlatinum
Greenfield PartnersPlatinum
KOTRAPlatinum
Schneider ElectricPlatinum
SEW.AIPlatinum
Signify Business Cash World Elite Mastercard® by Wells FargoPlatinum
Silkroad Innovation HubPlatinum
TriNetPlatinum
Barcelona Catalonia Startup EcosystemGold
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)Gold
FormidiumGold
ICRGold
LiberNovoGold
4YFNSilver
Always FridaySilver
CartaSilver
DescopeSilver
InsygnaSilver
MWC BarcelonaSilver
Oguz Law P.C.Silver
Stelmakh & Associates | Business ImmigrationSilver
TechstarsSilver
Twin Peaks Wealth AdvisorsSilver
WhatsDoSilver

Agenda

Selected from 16 sessions.

  • 1:00PM – 1:40PM

    M&A Is Now an Early-Stage Strategy

    The smartest founders today aren’t just building for IPOs, they’re building with acquisition in mind from day one. As exits shift and capital tightens, understanding M&A early has …

    Builders Stage
  • 1:00PM – 1:40PM

    Winning Pre-Seed Without a Product

    Founders are increasingly expected to compete for capital before they even have a product. At the pre-seed stage, investors are betting on story, conviction, and founder-market fit…

    Builders Stage
  • 10:15AM – 10:50AM

    Trust, AI Agents & Verification in Financial Infrastructure

    Payments, investing, and financial infrastructure are being rebuilt in real time. In this fireside, Abhishek Fatehpuria, Head of Product at Robinhood, explores how new technologies…

    Industry Stage – Smart Money
  • 10:30AM – 11:10AM

    What Happens When OpenAI Ships Your Roadmap

    Nearly all AI founders have the same worry these days: what if OpenAI or Anthropic launch a product that competes with mine? Even strong products are at risk of becoming features o…

    Builders Stage
  • 10:30AM – 11:10AM

    Winning Pre-Seed Without a Product

    Founders are increasingly expected to compete for capital before they even have a product. At the pre seed stage, investors are betting on story, conviction, and founder market fit…

    Builders Stage
  • 10:50AM – 11:15AM

    Rebuilding Global Finance for the Internet Economy

    Global payments and financial infrastructure were not built for the speed of modern internet businesses. In this fireside, Jack Zhang, cofounder and CEO of Airwallex, shares how co…

    Industry Stage – Smart Money
  • 1:20PM – 1:55PM

    The AI Power Crisis: Who's Solving the Datacenter Energy Problem

    AI is scaling faster than the grid that powers it. As datacenters push toward gigawatt level demand, hyperscalers are racing to secure energy and rethink compute infrastructure. Th…

    Industry Stage- Smart Systems
  • 2:10PM – 2:40PM

    From MVP to Billions of Users: How Product Decisions Must Change at Scale

    The instincts that win when building your first minimum viable product can break you at a billion-user scale. In this fireside, Robby Stein, VP of Product at Google, shares how pro…

    Builders Stage
  • 2:10PM – 2:40PM

    From MVP to Billions: When Product Decisions Change at Scale

    The product instincts that win at MVP can break at billion user scale. In this fireside, Robby Stein, VP of Product at Google, shares how product decision making changes when every…

    Builders Stage
Company intelligence

An audience of 80 companies, parsed from the program.

80 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
25Sponsoringsponsor only
55Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

96% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite2442%
  • Founder / Owner2340%
  • VP-level47%
  • Director / Head of47%
  • Other roles24%

Of 57 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
14YFNSponsor · Silver-
2Always FridaySponsor · Silver-
3Barcelona Catalonia Startup EcosystemSponsor · Gold-
4CartaSponsor · Silver-
5DescopeSponsor · Silver-
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)Sponsor · Gold-
7Fidelity Private SharesSponsor · Platinum-
8FormidiumSponsor · Gold-
9Google CloudSponsor · Platinum-
10Greenfield PartnersSponsor · Platinum-
11ICRSponsor · Gold-
12InsygnaSponsor · Silver-
13KOTRASponsor · Platinum-
14LiberNovoSponsor · Gold-
Sponsors by tier
platinum9
36% of 25
gold5
20% of 25
silver11
44% of 25
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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Partner conferences

Listed on this event's own sponsor page