Full Agenda Released for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Interactive Roundtables

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is set to take place from October 13-15 at Moscone West in San Francisco, drawing over 10,000 founders, investors, operators, and technology leaders. The three-day event promises deep-dive conversations and networking opportunities, with a significant focus on interactive roundtables included in the event pass.

Attendees can currently save $100 on their registration and receive a second pass at half price. The roundtables are designed to facilitate practical discussions on pressing industry challenges, ranging from fundraising and artificial intelligence to hiring strategies, enterprise software evolution, physical AI, and company scaling.

Sessions will be hosted across two dedicated spaces throughout the conference. Notable among them is “Arm Wrestling Your Data: The Physical AI Challenge,” led by Radha Basu, founder and CEO of iMerit. Basu will address the data hurdles facing robotics and autonomous systems, including edge cases, multimodal data handling, and the creation of reliable real-world pipelines.

Another key session, “Is SaaS Dead? AI Is Exposing What Enterprise Software Got Wrong,” features Rajeev Singh, CEO of Smartsheet. He will explore how AI is revealing underlying fragmentation in enterprise software and why orchestration, organizational context, and workflow intelligence may define the next generation of business tools.

The agenda also includes financial and strategic guidance. Eléonore Crespo, co-founder and co-CEO of Pigment, and Sofia Fatakhova, senior vice president of finance and capital markets at Chime, will discuss how AI-enabled finance teams can automate processes and build IPO readiness earlier in a company’s lifecycle.

For those interested in the infrastructure of AI, Dani London, an investor at Base10 Partners, will examine the growing importance of specialized post-training data as a differentiator for models. Meanwhile, Rob Biederman, managing partner at Asymmetric Capital Partners, will look at modernizing legacy industries, suggesting that some of the largest AI opportunities lie outside traditional tech sectors.

Physical AI remains a central theme, with multiple sessions dedicated to the topic. Jackson Feder, vice president of investment at MetaProp, will discuss the shift of AI from digital to physical domains like construction and energy. Logan Farrell, co-founder and CTO of Rugged Robotics, and Austin Yount, partner at Brick & Mortar Ventures, will address the gap between impressive robotics demos and commercially viable products, focusing on reliability and ROI.

Additional sessions cover a wide array of topics, including quantum computing for investors, the rapid adoption of generative AI in healthcare, and architectural strategies for venture fundraising. Speakers include Dr. Maha Achour, co-founder and CEO of Kodamai, and Pankaj Kedia, founder of 2468 Ventures, who will explore moving agentic AI from pilot to scaled production.

The event also features sponsored sessions such as “The Rise of SoCal Hard Tech,” highlighting El Segundo as a hub for space and defense startups, and “The Founder Playbook,” led by Cassie Kozyrkov, former chief decision scientist at Google. Other prominent voices include Harrison Rolfes from PitchBook, who will analyze capital concentration in frontier AI, and Aditi Maliwal from Upfront Ventures, offering insights into the institutional investment process.

With a diverse lineup of experts ranging from VC partners to Fortune 500 executives, TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 aims to provide actionable insights for navigating the current technological landscape. The full agenda is available for exploration via the Disrupt registration portal.