Last day of Disrupt 2026

The final day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is here, and the week is ending on a high note. More than 10,000 founders, investors, and technology leaders will gather at Moscone West in San Francisco, where day three will feature some of the conference’s most practical and future-focused discussions.

Check out sessions featuring the next wave of AI innovation, startup growth strategies, funding, emerging technologies, and lessons from entrepreneurs and investors who are defining the future of technology. Add in the excitement of Startup Battlefield, peer networking, and countless opportunities for serendipitous connections, and this is your last chance to maximize your Disrupt experience.

Don’t miss your chance to join the conversation everyone will be talking about after Disrupt. Get your pass today for 75% off the original ticket price and join us on Day 3.

Highlights of day 3

Reception hours: 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Please stop by the registration desk in the Level 1 lobby of Moscone West to register in person or pick up a scannable event badge. This badge features Klik technology, which makes it easy to exchange contact information with anyone who scans your badge. The Events app allows you to access and save your contacts even after the event ends.

Expo Hall: 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Check out over 320 startups showcasing cutting-edge technology from a variety of industries. This is the epicenter of Disrupt, where over 10,000 attendees come together to discover new breakthroughs and create new connections.

Not registered yet? It’s still possible, but don’t wait. If you don’t, you will miss the opportunity. Get your tickets now and get in on the action right away. Six industry stages, interactive roundtables, Q&A breakouts, hundreds of startup exhibitors, investor and founder meetings, AI-powered matchmaking networking, and side events that keep the Bay Area tech scene buzzing throughout the week.

pitch showcase stage

Head to the Pitch Showcase stage at the back of the Expo Hall to experience one of the most shocking formats on the conference floor: electrifying one-minute pitches from the most promising startups representing their countries and regions.

pitch showcase stage

Startup Battlefield 200 Fast Pitch – Health

Startup Battlefield 200 Fast Pitch – Consumer

on-stage programming

Check out the complete Disrupt agenda for all today’s sessions.

builder’s stage

Yes, It’s Hard to Be a Founder: Honest Conversations: Nell Daly (Revenge Capital), David H. Rosmarin (Harvard Medical School), Jack Withinshaw (Airspeeder)

M&A is currently an early stage strategy: Karl Alomar (M13), Lindsey Mignano (Mignano Law Group), Ryan Yi (Onchain Group)

How to create and capitalize on viral growth: Zach Yadegari (Cal AI)

The First 90 Days: How a Startup Builds to $10 Million in Profitability: Luke Arno (Lovable), Ben Broca (Polsia), Tomasz Tunguz (Theory Ventures)

Acquired pre-seed without product: Puneet Agarwal (True Ventures), Austin Clements (Slauson & Co.), Sandhya Venkatachalam (Axiom Partners)

Building an AI startup worth betting on: Nader Khalil (NVIDIA), Sydney Sykes (NVIDIA)

Ask our investors: Karl Alomar (M13), Stacy Brown-Philpot (Cherryrock Capital), Dayna Grayson (Construct Capital)

disrupt stage

What comes next after smartphones? Panos Panay (Amazon)

Can social be restarted? Toni Schneider (Bluesky Social), Rose Wang (Bluesky Social)

Can you save your biology? Dr. Nabiha Sakraien (Cerino)

After Battlefield Launch: What Happens Next? Piotr Byrski (Molecule.one), Kevin Damoa (Glid), Demetri Maxim (Nephrogen)

Startup Battlefield Finals: Karl Alomar (M13), Stacy Brown-Philpot (Cherryrock Capital), Chi-Hua Chien (Goodwater Capital), Dayna Grayson (Construct Capital), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital)

Anyone can now build software. What happens next?Amjad Massad (Reprit)

Beyond the Check: The Power of Access: Bruce Lee (Kiebeck Wealth Management), Mark Wahlberg (Municipal)

Announcing the winners of Startup Battlefield 2026

breakout stage

Building AI Products in the Age of Agents (with Certification): Dr. Marilee Nika (AI Product Academy)

Building a growth engine for the age of AI: Lessons from bootstrapped unicorns: Patrick Burke (Hostinger)

Physical AI is not a question of models. It’s a matter of execution. : Ethan Batraski (Venrock), Ivan Poupyrev (Archetype AI), Ian Rountree (Cantos)

Talent as an operating system: How high-performance teams scale in the age of AI: Nomi Khedawala (Reddit)

Industry Stage – AI

Agent security issues no one is talking about: Gabriel Cohen (NanoCo), Rick Smith (Okta)

Rewriting SaaS: Why AI is disrupting old business models: Cathy Gao (Sapphire Ventures), Aaron Jacobson (NEA), Barr Moses (Monte Carlo)

How to know what AI can actually do before you hand it over to it: Irene Solaiman (Hugface)

$63 billion lawsuit against AI stack Storagemaxxing: Kevin Cochrane (Vultr), Jake Lee (L2 Point Management), Pinaki Mukherjee (Wasabi Technologies), Stephanie Walter (HyperFRAME Research)

What’s next for chatbots: Alexander Embiricos (OpenAI)

GTM Engineer: How AI is creating technology’s next big job Category: Kareem Amin (Cray)

Models in Action: How Top Startups Get Real Value from AI Deployments: Kareem Amin (Clay), David Hershey (Anthropic), Grant Lee (Gamma)

Proxy, Host, Operator: Who Can Read Agent Prompts?Richard Risk (BLACKBOX AI)

Securing the AI ​​enterprise: Why the cloud has become more complex: Rudy Mitra (Amazon Web Services), Katie Moussouris (Luta Security), Wendy Nather

Enterprise isn’t broken. Your assumption about it: Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji (Databricks)

round table conference

I built it before the internet existed. AI is different. : James Joaquin (Obvious Ventures)

AI native doesn’t work in enterprises: Naren Krishna (Balerion), Travis Skelly (Pruven Capital)

End the sandbox and give your agents a private cloud: Praveen Akkiraju (Insight Partners), Vasek Mlejnsky (E2B)

Berkeley Connect: Experience the world’s #1 startup ecosystem: Maryanne Alhallak (Lumeria), Anthea Guo (Lumeria), Keith McAleer (UC Berkeley SCET)

The Next Logistics Stack: Autonomy, Infrastructure, Homeland Resilience: Kofi Asante (Bluecore Energy), Kevin Damoa (Glid)

Autonomous Intelligence: Investing in companies that redefine work: Parul Singh (645 Ventures)

AI infrastructure, power, and decarbonization in conversation: An investor + CVC perspective: Jane Ge (Vectors Capital), Elias Habbar-Baylac (Cisco)

How to avoid ruining your relationship with your co-founder: Dr. Jessica Gold (Bliss Science), Tevye Krynski (Digital Wisdom)

From silicon to software: Building efficient AI inference at scale: Anush Elangovan (AMD), Junchen Jiang (Tensormesh)

There’s still time to attend Disrupt 2026

There’s still time to sign up for a pass and explore all of these activations. Get your tickets now for 75% off the original price. Tickets are on sale until this last day. Get secure today and be part of the future of technology. Don’t wait or you’ll have to wait until next year.