TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 shares agenda for its Builders Stage

In short: TechCrunch has published the agenda for the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, a set of sessions focused on how startups grow.

What happened

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will take place October 13 to 15 at Moscone Center in San Francisco. TechCrunch says the event will bring together more than 10,000 founders, investors, and startup operators.

TechCrunch also released the first look at the agenda for the event’s Builders Stage. This stage is one of six tracks at Disrupt 2026, and it is aimed at founders who are trying to “scale,” meaning grow a startup into a larger, more stable company.

The announced sessions cover practical topics like fundraising, hiring, and go to market strategy, which is a company’s plan for how it will reach customers and sell its product. Several talks focus on AI, including how to compete when you are not building AI, how startups can respond if a bigger AI company releases a competing product, and how to build teams where AI tools do some of the work (like adding a new helper to the team).

Speakers listed include Grant Lee of Gamma, Leah Solivan of Precedent.vc, and Robby Stein of Google, with more speakers to be announced.

Why it matters

For people building new companies, events like Disrupt can shape what investors and founders consider “good” growth, such as how fast a startup should find customers, hire staff, or raise its next round of money. That can influence which products get built and which companies get funding.

Source: TechCrunch AI