There are only two days left to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass, and we’re on reason 4 of 5 why you should attend. While most tech events can give you plenty to think about, the useful ones also give you something to do differently when you get back to work.
Before we dive into the next reason, secure your pass before these savings disappear after September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Bring a second guest at 50% off.
Reason No. 4: Practical answers
Across three days at Disrupt, happening October 13-15 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, some of the biggest questions facing founders, investors, and technology leaders are being turned into working conversations. How do you build defensibility when an AI platform can ship into your category? What does it actually take to land a first institutional check? How should startups compete for AI talent? How do you price AI products sustainably? When should M&A become part of your strategy? What separates a company that investors find interesting from one they are prepared to fund? These aren’t theoretical questions for the people answering them.
Bring the problem you’re dealing with now to Disrupt
The Builders Stage is built around the realities of building and scaling companies: fundraising, hiring, product-market fit, product strategy, and growth. Roundtables go smaller and more interactive, creating space to get into the decisions behind the headlines. Breakouts are where you go to ask direct questions to a panel of leaders.
Across the wider agenda, founders, investors, and operators are tackling questions around AI agents, enterprise adoption, fintech, infrastructure, robotics, energy, security, and the changing economics of building technology companies. The point isn’t to collect more predictions — it’s to understand how people dealing with these shifts right now are responding to them.
Hear from 250+ leaders who’ve made waves across the tech ecosystem, including founders, VCs, and operators from Anthropic, OpenAI, Rivian, Cerebras, Replit, and more, alongside featured guest Mark Wahlberg. Grab your pass now to save up to $200 before September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
Get closer to how decisions actually get made
If you’re raising, you can hear investors explain what moves a company from a first meeting toward a term sheet. If you’re building, you can hear how other founders are thinking about product differentiation, AI economics, hiring, distribution, and scale. If you invest, you can see how operators are adapting their companies in real time and where new problems — and potentially new markets — are emerging.
And if you lead product or technology, you can compare how companies across different sectors are approaching many of the same decisions you’re making internally. The goal is to leave with a sharper view of the options in front of you.
Turn notes into next moves
Across 200+ sessions and six stages, roundtables, and breakouts, you can prioritize the sessions that answer the questions that matter most to you now. Ask fellow speakers and attendees what worked. Ask what didn’t. Ask what they would do differently. Then take those answers back into your own decisions. Because the best thing you can bring home from TechCrunch Disrupt isn’t a notebook full of quotes. It’s a better idea of what to do next.
2 days left to save up to $200 on your Disrupt pass
Ticket savings for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 end September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register now to save up to $200 on your ticket and get a second ticket of the same type at 50% off. Groups of four or more can save up to 30%.
Two days left. Bring your biggest questions. Leave with better ways to answer them.
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