TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Announces Side Events in San Francisco During Conference Week
A series of founder-focused gatherings, workshops, and demonstrations will run alongside the main TechCrunch Disrupt conference from October 7–15, 2026.
Quick Look
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will host Side Events across San Francisco from October 7–15, featuring voice-restoration tech demos, product strategy workshops, and hardware networking happy hours, leading into the main conference at Moscone West.
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Why It Matters
TechCrunch Disrupt is an annual technology conference that includes Side Events to foster networking and deeper engagement among founders, investors, and tech leaders.
TechCrunch Disrupt is where the tech community comes together to build, debate, and connect. And during Disrupt Week, that conversation doesn’t stop when the doors to Moscone West close.
Our Side Events program brings founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders together across San Francisco for everything from intimate roundtables and founder gatherings to happy hours, dinners, workshops, and community meetups.
Whether you’re looking to make a few new connections, find your next collaborator, go deep on a specific industry, or just get out of conference mode for a minute, there’s a lot happening beyond the show floor.
Explore the 2026 Side Events, and find your people.
More Side Events
Pursuit of Happiness: Revolutionary Demonstration of Whitney Electrolarynx by Uhura Bionics
October 7 | 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. PT
Experience a live demonstration of voice-restoration technology as Uhura Bionics co-founder Konrad Zieliński showcases the Whitney Electrolarynx for a U.S. audience. The event explores how technology can help people reclaim their voices and agency following cancer treatment.
Hosted by: Uhura Bionics
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Find the 10x Opportunity Hiding in Your Product
October 10 | 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PT
Learn how first-principles thinking can uncover overlooked customer needs, strengthen product-market fit, and reveal opportunities for significant growth. The session will use a real-world case study to explore how founders and product teams can identify new opportunities within products they already have.
Hosted by: PrincipiumX
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Long Lead Time: A Hardware Happy Hour
October 12 | 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. PT
Connect with founders, engineers, and operators building robotics, chips, rockets, and other frontier hardware. This casual, presentation-free gathering offers a chance to swap ideas, share experiences, and meet others working on the challenges of building physical technology.
Hosted by: Syntro
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Check the chronological schedule regularly as new Side Events are added weekly.
While you’re in San Francisco…
If you’re building your Disrupt Week calendar, don’t forget the main event.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 takes over Moscone West October 13-15, bringing thousands of founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders together under one roof. Come for the programming, stay for the hallway conversations, and leave with a calendar full of people you didn’t know you needed to meet.
Open Questions
- How many Side Events will be offered in total for Disrupt Week 2026?
- Are the Side Events free or require payment to attend?
- Will recordings of the Side Events be made available after the event?
