TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

2026-09-18

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Nvidia’s Les Karpas to discuss robotics’ ‘ChatGPT moment’ at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (Oct 13–15, Moscone West), Nvidia Inception’s Global Head of Physical AI Les Karpas will present a session arguing robotics has yet to see a ChatGPT-style breakthrough largely because the field lacks internet-scale physical datasets. Karpas will join founders from Shield AI, Colossal Biosciences, FieldAI and Foxglove to discuss simulation, synthetic data and foundation models as ways to bridge the digital-physical gap.

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2026-09-18

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Robinhood VP Abhishek Fatehpuria to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on winning the modern financial consumer

Robinhood VP of Product Management for Brokerage Abhishek Fatehpuria will present “Winning the Modern Financial Consumer” at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (Oct 13–15, Moscone West), discussing how Robinhood is expanding beyond trading into banking, credit, crypto, prediction markets and AI‑powered investing (Cortex, Agentic Trading). The company reported 28.6M funded customers and $384B in platform assets and said nearly 100,000 customers had opened Agentic Trading accounts as of Q2 2026.

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2026-09-17

STARTUPS · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Gusto, Insight Partners and Leland discuss hiring when AI is a co-founder at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (Oct 13–15, Moscone West), Josh Reeves (Gusto), Michelle Johnson (Insight Partners) and John Koelliker (Leland) will appear on the Builders Stage for a session titled “Hiring When AI Is a Co-Founder.” They will examine how early-stage startups can balance human hires and AI agents across engineering, support, research and operations, and address questions of ownership and accountability.

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2026-09-14

STARTUPS · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI