2 days left to save up to $200 on a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass — reason 4 of 5 to attend
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Two days left to save up to $200 on a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass. The pitch is simple: fewer predictions, more answers you can use at work.
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TechCrunch is putting a deadline on its Disrupt 2026 ticket sale: the discount of up to $200 ends September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT, and buyers can bring a second guest for half price. The event runs October 13-15 at San Francisco’s Moscone West.
This year’s sales pitch is not about vague inspiration. It’s about practical answers to the messy questions people are actually stuck on: how to defend a company when an AI platform can launch into your category, how to get that first institutional check, how to hire in an AI market that won’t sit still, how to price AI products without painting yourself into a corner, and when M&A stops being a rumor and becomes a strategy.
That framing runs through the agenda. The Builders Stage is set up around the hard parts of company-building: fundraising, hiring, product-market fit, product strategy, and growth. Smaller roundtables are meant to get more interactive, and the breakouts are built for direct questions to panelists. Across the wider program, the conversations stretch from AI agents and enterprise adoption to fintech, infrastructure, robotics, energy, security, and the economics of building tech now.
TechCrunch says more than 250 leaders will appear, including founders, VCs, and operators from Anthropic, OpenAI, Rivian, Cerebras, and Replit, plus guest Mark Wahlberg. And there are 200+ sessions across six stages, roundtables, and breakouts, which is a lot of room for one useful thing: leaving with better decisions, not just better notes.
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
This is the rare conference pitch that understands the assignment: less worship at the altar of “innovation,” more help with the ugly stuff like pricing, hiring, and fundraising. That’s the right call, because the industry is awash in grand claims and oddly thin advice. If events want to matter, they should be places where people admit what’s not working without needing a logo wall to say it out loud.
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