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The last day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 has arrived and the week is coming to an end. As more than 10,000 founders, investors and technology leaders gather at San Francisco's Moscone West, Day 3 will feature some of the conference's most actionable and forward-looking discussions.

Explore sessions covering the next wave of AI innovation, startup growth strategies, fundraising, emerging technologies, and lessons from entrepreneurs and investors defining the future of technology. Add to that the excitement of the Startup Battlefield, peer-to-peer networking, and countless opportunities for unparalleled connections, and this is your last chance to maximize your Disrupt experience.

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Explore 320+ startups showcasing cutting-edge technologies across industries. It is the center of Disrupt, where more than 10,000 participants converge to discover new developments and make new connections.

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Make your way to the Pitch Showcase stage behind the expo hall to experience one of the most energetic formats in the conference hall: lightning-fast, one-minute pitches from some of the most promising startups representing their countries and regions.

Startup Battlefield 200 Fast Pitch – Health

Startup Battlefield 200 Fast Pitch – Consumer

Check out Disrupt's full agenda for all sessions today.

Yes, Being a Founder Is Hard: An Honest Conversation: Nell Daly (Revenge Capital), David H. Rosemary (Harvard Medical School), Jack Ininshaw (Air Speedger)

M&A is now an early-stage strategy: Carl Alomar (M13), Lindsay Mignano (Mignano Law Group), Ryan Yee (Onchain Group)

How to Create and Capitalize on Viral Growth: Zach Yadgari (Cal AI)

The First 90 Days: How Startups Get to $10M: Luc Arnault (Amiable), Ben Brokaw (Pulcia), Thomas Tungoz (Theory Ventures)

No Product Pre-Seed Winner: Puneet Agarwal (True Ventures), Austin Clements (Slauson & Co.), Sandhya Venkatachalam (Axiom Partners)

Building AI startups worth betting on: Nader Khalil (NVIDIA), Sidney Sykes (NVIDIA)

Ask the Investors: Carl Alomar (M13), Stacey Brown-Philpott (Cherryrock Capital), Dayna Grayson (Construct Capital)

What comes after the smartphone? Panos Panay (Amazon)

Can society start over? Tony Schneider (Bluesky Social), Rose Wang (Bluesky Social)

Can you bank your biology? Dr. Nabiha Saklain (Celino)

After Battlefield Launch: What Happens Next? Piotr Birski (Molecule.one), Kevin Damova (Glide), Dmitri Maksim (Nephrogen)

Startup Battlefield Finals: Carl Alomar (M13), Stacey Brown-Philpott (Cherryrak Capital), Chi-Hua Chin (Goodwater Capital), Dayna Grayson (Building Capital), Alexa Von Taubel (Inspired Capital)

Everyone can build software now. What happens next? Amjad Massad (Repeat)

Beyond the Check: The Power of Access: Bruce Lee (Keebeck Wealth Management), Mark Wahlberg (City Hall)

Announcing the winner of Startup Battlefield 2026

Building an Artificial Intelligence Product in the Age of Agents (certificate included): Dr. Marylee Nika (AI Product Academy)

Building a Growth Engine in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Lessons from a Bootstrap Unicorn: Patrick Burke (Hastinger)

Physical AI is not a model problem. It's an execution problem.: Ethan Batrasky (Venrock), Ivan Popiro (Archetype AI), Ian Rountree (Cantos)

Talent as an Operating System: How High-Performing Teams Scale in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Nomi Khodawala (Reddit)

The Agent Security Problem No One Talks About: Gavril Cohen (Nanoco), Rica Smith (Okta)

Rewriting SaaS: Why AI is Breaking the Old Business Model: Cathy Gao (Sapphire Ventures), Aaron Jacobson (NEA), Bar Moses (Monte Carlo)

Before you let AI do the work, how do you know it really can: Irene Suleiman (hugging face)

The $63 Billion Case for Your Storagemaxxing AI Stack: Kevin Cochrane (Vultr), Jake Lee (L2 Point Management), Pinaki Mukherjee (Wasabi Technologies), Stephanie Walter (HyperFRAME Research)

What's next for chatbots: Alexander Ambirikos (OpenAI)

GTM Engineer: How Artificial Intelligence Created the Next Big Tech Job: Karim Amin (Kelly)

Model Behavior: How Top Startups Get Real Value from AI Adoption: Karim Amin (Clay), David Hershey (Anthropic), Grant Lee (Gamma)

Proxy, host, operator: who can read your proxy requests? Richard Rizek (BLACKBOX AI)