TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
7 storiesTechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is a tech conference run by TechCrunch from October 13 to 15, 2026 at Moscone West in San Francisco, expected to draw more than 10,000 founders, investors and tech leaders, 300+ startups and 250+ speakers. Recent coverage has focused on tickets and the agenda: Bluesky announced an expansion of its Attie platform, and speakers include OpenAI's Alexander Embiricos, Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman, Anthropic's Cat de Jong and Nvidia executives, covering post-chatbot products, compute limits, enterprise Claude deployments and open versus closed models.
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At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Bluesky announced an expansion of its experimental Attie platform, adding AI-powered tools so everyday users can create websites, quizzes, games and polls. These experiences live on the AT Protocol and tie into users' social identities. CEO Toni Schneider called it 'social vibe coding' for communities.
Alexander Embiricos, OpenAI's product lead for Dots, will speak on the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 about what comes after the chatbot. Dots connect to everyday apps and work toward goals in the background, raising key questions about autonomy, privacy, and trust.
Cerebras Systems co-founder and CEO Andrew Feldman will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 about rising demand for compute, energy and infrastructure, how Cerebras approaches those constraints differently, and what comes next if today's AI hardware reaches its limits.
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026's AI Stage, Anthropic's Head of Applied AI Cat de Jong and leaders from Gamma and Clay will discuss patterns in enterprise Claude deployments. The session explores why some organizations reach production while others remain stuck in pilots for 18 months.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, running October 13-15 in San Francisco, offers 50% off a second ticket of the same type until 8 a.m. PT on October 13. The event expects 10,000+ founders, investors and tech leaders, 300+ startups and 250+ speakers.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will run Oct. 13-15 at Moscone West in San Francisco, drawing more than 10,000 founders, investors and tech leaders. The current ticket pricing window ends Sept. 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT, with savings of up to $200 for those who register before the deadline.
Nvidia's Nader Khalil and Sydney Sykes will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on October 13-15 in San Francisco about how startups should choose between open and proprietary AI models. Nvidia says 145 papers at ICML 2026 cited its Nemotron open models, yet frontier proprietary labs keep advancing, and the choice affects cost, infrastructure and differentiation.
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