TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Opens in 48 Hours in San Francisco

What happened

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 opens in less than 48 hours at San Francisco's Moscone West, running October 13-15. More than 10,000 founders, investors, and tech leaders are expected, alongside 250+ speakers across 200+ sessions on six stages and 300+ startups exhibiting. Speakers include RJ Scaringe of Rivian, Mark Wahlberg, Alexa von Tobel of Inspired Capital, Andrew Feldman of Cerebras Systems, Cat de Jong of Anthropic, and Les Karpas of NVIDIA. Tickets cost up to $100 less before door prices take effect October 13 at 8 a.m. PT.

The story so far

TechCrunch is offering 50% off all ticket types for the final two days of Disrupt 2026, October 14–15, at San Francisco’s Moscone West, after the conference’s first day concluded. The discounted two-day prices are $550 for a Founder Pass, $525 for an Attendee Pass, $600 for an Investor Pass, $250 for a Non-profit pass, $200 for a Student pass and $175 for an Expo+ Pass. Before the conference opened, TechCrunch offered savings of up to $100 on passes and 50% off a second pass of the same ticket type. A separate $75 Expo+ offer for laid-off workers was limited to the first 100 eligible buyers or until the October 13 opening at 8 a.m. PT. The conference includes two AI stages, more than 320 exhibitors and the Startup Battlefield 200 pitch competition. TechCrunch said 20 finalists would compete for a $100,000 prize and the Disrupt Cup. Announced roundtables cover physical AI data challenges, SaaS and AI, financial preparation for an IPO, post-training data and deploying AI agents in businesses.

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