48 hours to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — hear directly from the people building what’s next
- ID
- 34287
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 12 Oct 2026, 3:00 AM
- Fetched
- 12 Oct 2026, 3:33 AM
- Provider
- TechCrunch
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/11/48-hours-to-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-hear-directly-from-the-people-building-whats-next/
- Source URL
- https://techcrunch.com/feed/
Summary
- Score
- 2.0
- Created
- 12 Oct 2026, 3:33 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- saas_foundersdevelopers
What happened
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 runs October 13–15 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, with 10,000+ founders, investors, and tech leaders, 250+ speakers, 200+ sessions, and 300+ startups. Startup Battlefield will feature a hand-picked top 200 startups. Tickets are discounted up to $100 before door rates increase October 13 at 8 a.m. PT, and a second pass is 50% off.
Why it matters
For builders not already traveling to San Francisco, this is an event promotion with no product, policy, cloud, payment, or Malaysian ecosystem change. The only concrete decision is whether to buy before the October 13, 8 a.m. PT door-rate increase and whether a three-day US conference is worth the travel cost versus regional SEA events or direct customer development.
Discussion angle
Is sending one founder to a 10,000-person US conference for three days a better use of budget than a focused SEA meetup or direct customer outreach, given the door-price deadline on October 13?