You don’t attend TechCrunch Disrupt to sit in the audience. You go to gain leverage. If 2026 is a build year, a fundraise year, a hiring year, or a scale year, this is where momentum compounds. With just four days left before Super Early Bird pricing ends on February 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT, this is your opportunity to save up to $680 on your pass and secure your spot at the center of the tech ecosystem.
From October 13 to 15 at Moscone West, over 10,000 founders, operators, and venture capitalists will converge for three days of high-signal conversations and deal-making. Disrupt is not just content. It is access. You gain tactical insights from operators actively building in today’s market. You get direct conversations with investors writing checks. You find exposure to emerging startups before the rest of the market catches up. You experience curated networking designed to produce real outcomes. Last year alone, more than 20,000 curated meetings took place. In 2026, upgraded networking tools will make those connections even more targeted and efficient. One conversation can change your trajectory. At Disrupt, that is the point.
Disrupt has long been a stage for founders and investors who define eras. These are the kinds of voices that are candid, tactical, and often unfiltered. Previous speakers have included leaders of category-defining startups and top-tier venture firms, such as Christine Barman, CEO of Slate Auto; Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors; Roelof Botha, managing partner of Sequoia Capital; Tekedra Mawakana, co-CEO of Waymo; and Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic. In 2025, Disrupt featured over 200 onstage conversations with more than 250 leaders shaping AI, venture capital, hardware, growth strategy, and more. Expect that same caliber of insight in 2026.
Startup Battlefield returns with 200 pre-Series A companies competing for $100,000 in equity-free funding, global visibility, and direct investor access. Alumni include Discord, Cloudflare, and Trello. If you want to see what and who is next, and hear directly from top VCs on what it takes to scale a viable startup, the Disrupt stage is where it happens.
You can also discover the next breakout innovation in the tech ecosystem. More than 300 startup exhibitors will showcase new products across the venue, especially in the Expo Hall, where deal flow and discovery collide. You are not just observing trends. You are seeing them before they scale.
The opportunities to connect extend beyond the main event. From October 11 to 17, TechCrunch Disrupt Side Events take place across the Bay Area, including breakfasts, cocktail hours, panels, and founder meetups. The main event is powerful. The surrounding ecosystem makes it even stronger.
Super Early Bird pricing ends February 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT. If you plan to be in the rooms where capital moves, companies scale, and ideas turn into industries, now is the time to lock it in.