Day 2 of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is under way at San Francisco's Moscone West, with the conference programme spanning AI, robotics, AI hardware, public safety and venture investment.
Speakers include leaders from Nvidia, Waabi, Flock Safety and Ricursive Intelligence, alongside Benchmark's full partnership. Sessions on the Disrupt Stage include a talk on AI, surveillance and the future of public safety with Garrett Langley of Flock Safety, and a discussion on AI designing its own hardware with Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini of Ricursive Intelligence.
The Real World AI Stage features sessions on deploying AI in physical environments, including a live robot demonstration. Speakers include Raquel Urtasun of Waabi, Les Karpas of NVIDIA and Jonathan Hurst of Agility Robotics, who will appear with the humanoid robot Digit.
Startup Battlefield 200 continues with healthtech and life sciences, plus enterprise and security, as contenders pursue a place in the final and $100,000 in equity-free funding. The Expo Hall is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, with more than 300 startups exhibiting.