TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 - Startup@Taipei

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2026.07.31

Date: October 13 - 15, 2026

Location: San Francisco, USA

Scale: 10,000+ Attendees, 20,000+ Connections Made.

Track Record: $32B raised by Startup Battlefield alumni.

Founders: Scale faster through funding, exposure, networking, and startup growth insights.
Investors: Grow your portfolio by discovering breakout startups, emerging trends, and founders.
Operators: Gain practical strategies, peer insights, and tools to scale operations effectively.
Innovators: Explore breakthrough ideas, emerging tech, and connections shaping the future.

Arvind Jain - Founder & CEO, Glean
Jeff Lawson - Co-founder, Twilio
Robby Stein - Vice President of Product, Google Search
Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji - Co-founder and SVP of Field Engineering, Databricks

Building & Scaling: Practical insights for founders on fundraising, company building, scaling operations, and maintaining a founder-first approach.
AI & the Physical World: Focus on how AI is expanding in software and beyond (e.g., robotics, autonomous systems, climate tech).
Digital Finance: Discover how stablecoins, embedded finance, and digital payment infrastructure are transforming money movement.
Machines, Infrastructure & Energy: Learn how the next generation of founders is rebuilding physical-world infrastructure.

October 13 (Builders Stage): Hiring, Compensation and Culture in the Most Competitive Market Ever.
October 14 (Industry Stage - AI IRL): Operating at the Edge: How AI Works When the Cloud Doesn't.
October 15 (Builders Stage): The 90-Day GTM: Why $0-$10M ARR Is the New Baseline (And How to Actually Get There).

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