TechCrunch has revealed the full Disrupt Stage lineup for Disrupt 2026, which will run across three days from October 13 to 15 at Moscone West in San Francisco.
The Disrupt Stage will feature founders, CEOs and investors across AI, robotics, transportation, social media, biotech and venture capital. Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe will discuss building a company that designs, manufactures and scales complex physical products. Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman will explore whether AI can keep scaling as models demand more compute, energy and capital.
Science Corporation founder Max Hodak will look at technology that interacts directly with the human body, while Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley will discuss AI, surveillance and public safety. In a rare appearance, all five Benchmark partners — Jack Altman, Peter Fenton, Chetan Puttagunta, Everett Randle and Eric Vishria — will take the stage together.
Other speakers include Ricursive Intelligence co-founders Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini on AI systems that can design their own hardware, Amazon's Panos Panay on what comes after the smartphone, Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider and COO Rose Wang on whether social media can start over, and Replit CEO Amjad Masad on AI making software creation accessible to almost anyone. Mark Wahlberg will appear alongside Keebeck's Bruce K. Lee to discuss his move into investing.
Startup Battlefield 200 will also run throughout Disrupt, with founders competing live across space and physical AI, energy and manufacturing, health tech and life sciences, and enterprise and security. The 2026 finalists will compete for $100,000 in equity-free funding and the Disrupt cup.