Disrupt The last day of 2026 has arrived
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TechCrunch Disrupt The last day of 2026 has arrived in San Francisco. Moscone West will continue to host multiple discussions focusing on innovation, entrepreneurial growth, financing, and emerging technologies related to AI. There will also be Startup Battlefield finals and exhibition area activities.
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The last day of 2026 has arrived, and this week will also come to a close in a high-spirited atmosphere. With over 10,000 founders, investors, and technology leaders gathering in San Francisco, the third day of the conference will bring some of the most practical and future-oriented discussions.

Participants can join sessions focusing on the next wave of AI innovation, growth strategies for startups, financing, emerging technologies, as well as sharing experiences between entrepreneurs and investors who shape the future of technology. Coupled with the intense competition and peer exchanges of Startup Battlefield, along with numerous opportunities for encounters and networking, this will be the last time to fully utilize the experience of Disrupt.

Don’t miss out on becoming part of the topic that everyone will still be talking about after Disrupt is announced. You can now purchase tickets at a 25% discount from the original price by joining the third-day event.

Highlights of Day 3

Registration time: from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

You can go to the registration desk on the first floor of Moscone West for on-site registration, or collect a readable event badge. The badges use Klik technology, which makes it convenient for you to exchange contact information with those who scan your badge. Through the event app, even after the event is over, you will still be able to access and keep these contacts.

Exhibition Area Opening Hours: 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM

Welcome to explore over 320 startups exhibiting cutting-edge technologies across various industries. This is the core area of Disrupt, where more than 10,000 attendees will gather to discover new breakthroughs and establish new connections.

If you haven't registered yet, you can still do so now – but don't wait too long, or you'll miss out. Purchase your ticket now to enter the event site directly: six industry stages, interactive roundtable discussions, Q&A forums, hundreds of startups participating in the exhibition, meetings between investors and founders, AI-powered networking opportunities, and a variety of peripheral activities that will light up the tech community in the Bay Area throughout the week.

Pitch Showcase Stage

Head to the Pitch Showcase stage at the back of the exhibition area to experience one of the most exciting aspects of the conference: a quick one-minute flash presentations by some of the most promising startups from various countries and regions.

Pitch Showcase Stage

Startup Battlefield 200 Quick Roadshow – Health

Startup Battlefield 200 Quick Roadshow – Consumption

Main Stage Program

View the complete Disrupt schedule to learn about all today's sessions.

Builders Stage

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

"M& A Is Now an Early - Stage Strategy": Karl Alomar ( M13 ), Lindsey Mignano ( Mignano Law Group ), Ryan Yi ( Onchain Group )

"How to Create Viral Growth and Capitalize On It ": Zach Yadegari ( Cal AI )

" The First 90 Days : How Startups Build Toward $10M ARR ": Luke Arno ( Lovable ), Ben Broca ( Polsia ), Tomasz Tunguz ( Theory Ventures )

" Winning Pre - Seed Without a Product ": Puneet Agarwal ( True Ventures ), Austin Clements ( Slauson & Co .), Sandhya Venkatachalam ( Axiom Partners )

《Building AI Startups Worth Betting On》: Nader Khalil ( NVIDIA ), Sydney Sykes ( NVIDIA )

"Ask the Investors ": Karl Alomar ( M13 ), Stacy Brown - Philpot ( Cherryrock Capital ), Dayna Grayson ( Construct Capital )

Disrupt Stage

"What Comes After the Smartphone ?": Panos Panay ( Amazon )

"Can You Bank Your Biology?": Dr . Nabiha Saklayen ( Cellino )

《After Startup Battlefield : What Happens Next ?` : Piotr Byrski (`Molecule.one`), Kevin Damoa (`Gl īd`), Demetri Maxim (`Nephrogen`)

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

"Everyone Can Build Software Now . What Happens Next ?": Amjad Masad ( Replit )

《Beyond the Check : The Power of Access》: Bruce Lee (Keebeck Wealth Management), Mark Wahlberg (MUNICIPAL)`

Startup Battlefield 2026 Winners Announced

Breakout Stage

《 Build an AI Product in the Age of Agents ( Certification Included )》: Dr . Marily Nika ( AI Product Academy )

" Building a Growth Engine in the AI Era : Lessons from a Bootstrapped Un Token issuance rn》: Patrick Burke (Hostinger)

Physical AI Isn is not a Model Problem. It's an Execution Problem.: Ethan Batraski ( Venrock ), Ivan Poupyrev ( Archetype AI ), Ian Rountree ( Cantos )

《 Talent as the Operating System : How High - Performance Teams Scale in the AI Era 》: Nomi Khedawala ( Reddit )

Industry Stage – AI

《The Agent Security Problem Nobody Is Talking About》: Gavriel Cohen ( NanoCo ), Ric Smith ( Okta )

《Rewriting SaaS : Why AI Breaks the Old Business Model》: Cathy Gao (Sapphire Ventures), Aaron Jacobson (NEA), Barr Moses (Monte Carlo)

"Before You Let AI Do the Job , How Do You Know It Actually Can ": Irene Solaiman ( Hugging Face )

" The $63 Billion Case for Storagemaxxing Your AI Stack ": Kevin Cochrane ( Vultr ), Jake Lee (L2 Point Management), Pinaki Mukherjee (Wasabi Technologies), Stephanie Walter (HyperFRAME Research)

《What Comes After the Chatbot 》: Alexander Embir Token Issuance ( OpenAI )

" The GTM Engineer : How AI Created Tech 's Next Big Job Category ": Kareem Amin ( Clay )

《Model Behavior : How Top Startups Get Real Value From AI Adoption》: Kareem Amin ( Clay ), David Hershey ( Anthropic ), Grant Lee ( Gamma )

" Proxy , Host , Operator : Who Can Read Your Agent 's Prompts ?": Richard Rizk ( BLACKBOX AI )

Securing the AI Enterprise : Why the Cloud Just Got a Lot More Complicated : Rudy Mitra (Amazon Web Services), Katie Moussouris (Luta Security), Wendy Nather

"The Enterprise Isn 't Broken . Your Assumptions About It Are .": Arsalan Tavakoli - Shiraji ( Databricks )

Roundtable Discussion

《I Built Before the Internet . AI Is Different .》: James Joaquin (Obvious Ventures )

" AI - Native Won ’t Work for the Enterprise ": Naren Krishna ( Balerion ), Travis Skelly ( Pruven Capital )

" Sandboxes are Dead , Give Your Agent 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 and National Resilience》: Kofi Asante (Bluecore Energy), Kevin Damoa (Gl id)》

《Autonomous Intelligence : Investing in the Companies Redefining Work》: Parul Singh (645 Ventures)》

" AI Infrastructure & Power & Decarbonization in Dialogue : Investor CVC Perspective ": Jane Ge ( Vectors Capital ), Elias Habbar - Baylac ( Cisco )

"How Not to Ruin Your Co - Founder Relationship ": Dr . Jessica Gold ( Bliss Science ), Tevye Krynski ( Digital Wisdom )

《From Sil Token Issuance n to Software : Building Efficient AI Inference at Scale》: Anush Elangovan (AMD), Junchen Jiang (Tensormesh)`

Still possible to add Disrupt 2026

There is still some time before the registration period for participating in and experiencing all the events. Tickets are now available at a 25% discount from the original price, and they can only be purchased on the last day. Lock in your ticket now and join the future of technology. Don't wait, or you'll have to wait until next year.

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