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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will take place Oct 13–15 at Moscone West in San Francisco, bringing more than 10,000 founders, investors and tech leaders, 250+ speakers across 200+ sessions, and 300+ startups in the Expo Hall. Ticket promotions include up to $100 off, a 50% off second-pass offer, and a Layoff to Liftoff Expo+ pass for $75; door rates rise on Oct 13 at 8 a.m. PT.
TechCrunch published the final Disrupt Stage lineup for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, taking place Oct. 13–15 at Moscone West in San Francisco, featuring sessions from leaders including Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman, Ricursive Intelligence co-founders Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini, Replit CEO Amjad Masad, and many founders, investors, and Startup Battlefield finalists.
Alexander Embiricos, product lead for OpenAI’s new personal-agent product Dots, will appear on the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco days after OpenAI unveiled Dots; his session 'What Comes After the Chatbot?' will discuss the design and the privacy/trust implications of always-on agents that run in the cloud and connect to user apps. The visit highlights OpenAI’s effort to promote Dots and to shape industry and public conversation about agent autonomy and data access.
Circuit Breaker Labs, a very early-stage startup founded by siblings Shirali and Arul Nigam, has developed an AI safety testing platform that uses simulated users representing diverse ages, languages, cultures and slang to red-team models for psychologically risky interactions; the company is operating with a small team and undisclosed marquee customers and will pitch at TechCrunch Disrupt. The platform runs tens to hundreds of thousands of simulated interactions per day and produces auditable scores intended for high-risk applications such as AI mental-health or coaching agents.
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Jas Khaira — global head of Blackstone N1 and Blackstone Growth — will present “Building the Next Generation of AI Giants,” outlining what Blackstone looks for when backing category-defining AI companies and how founders should approach financing large-scale growth. The preview cites Blackstone’s recent investments as context, including up to $600 million in Neysa and participation in a $1.5 billion joint-venture backing for Anthropic’s Ode.
Anthropic’s Head of Applied AI Cat de Jong will join Gamma CEO Grant Lee and Clay CEO Kareem Amin on the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to discuss what Anthropic observes when enterprises deploy Claude and how founders turn AI features into products people actually use. The session contrasts Anthropic’s cross-customer deployment patterns with Gamma and Clay’s firsthand product and adoption experiences.
TechCrunch reports that Cal AI — an image-recognition nutrition app co‑founded by Zach Yadegari — grew to roughly 15 million downloads and about $30 million in annual revenue before being acquired by MyFitnessPal in a deal that closed in December 2025. Yadegari, whose seven‑person team and standalone app were reportedly retained, will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 about how Cal AI achieved and tried to capitalize on rapid, distribution-driven viral growth.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will be held Oct. 13–15 at Moscone West in San Francisco. The event’s current ticket pricing window closes Sept. 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT (prices rise afterward); the last day to book an exhibit table is Sept. 18.
Hello Robot CEO Aaron Edsinger will demo Stretch 4 on the Real World AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt (Oct 13–15) in San Francisco. Stretch 4, a compact wheeled home-assistance robot with a telescoping arm that launched in May, reportedly sold out its first production run and includes a full‑stack open‑source software platform shaped by six years of customer feedback.
Robby Stein, VP of product for Google Search, will lead a fireside chat at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco focused on how product decisions must change when serving billions of users, including lessons from introducing generative AI features in Search (Google said AI Mode surpassed 1 billion monthly users in May).
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.
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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