A flash sale running through Friday 7 August is trimming an extra $100 off an already-discounted TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass, pushing the total saving against full price to as much as $400. The deal expires at 11:59 p.m. PT on Friday; after that, the extra $100 disappears, and the next pricing tier takes effect on 21 August.
What the Discounted Prices Actually Look Like
The flash sale stacks on top of an existing $300 reduction. Before the extra $100 is applied, current discounted prices are: Attendee Pass $749 (down from $1,049), Founder Pass $799 (down from $1,099), and Investor Pass $899 (down from $1,199). Students and non-profits get steeper reductions, with Student Passes at $249 and Non-Profit Passes at $299.
Teams sending multiple people can compound the saving further. Groups of four to nine receive 15% off the current single-ticket price for their pass type; groups of ten or more receive 30% off.
The conference itself runs 13–15 October at Moscone West in San Francisco, drawing more than 10,000 founders, investors, and builders across three days.
What a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Pass Actually Gets You
The headliner on the Disrupt Stage lineup is Amazon’s Senior Vice President of Devices, Alexa and Leo, Panos Panay, whose session is framed around the question of what comes after the smartphone. Before joining Amazon in October 2023, Panay spent years at Microsoft as Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer, overseeing Windows and Devices. At Disrupt, he will address how AI is changing the relationship between software, hardware, and the devices people use every day, covering AI assistants, smart glasses, and new form factors, according to the Panos Panay announcement.
Replit founder and CEO Amjad Masad takes the same stage for a session titled ‘Everyone Can Build Software Now. What Happens Next?’, a conversation about the future of programming and what happens when anyone can turn an idea into a product. Masad’s path to Replit ran through Meta, where he led the JavaScript infrastructure team, and Codecademy, where he was a founding engineer.
Other confirmed Disrupt Stage speakers include Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino; Flock Safety CEO and co-founder Garrett Langley, speaking on AI, surveillance, and the future of public safety; and the full partnership at Benchmark. The Disrupt speakers page also lists Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe (session: ‘Building the Impossible’), Glean founder and CEO Arvind Jain, Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson, Databricks co-founder Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji, and Google Search VP of Product Robby Stein.
Beyond the flagship stage, TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 runs four additional dedicated stages. The AI Stage focuses on security gaps and business-model shifts AI is forcing on SaaS companies. The new Smart Money Stage covers stablecoins, instant payments, and AI’s role in financial trust. The new Smart Systems Stage examines fusion breakthroughs and grid strain as they relate to AI infrastructure. The Builders Stage, a long-standing fixture, gets tactical on raising, hiring, and scaling.
Most passes also include access to Startup Battlefield, where 200 startups compete live for the Battlefield Cup, as well as the Expo Hall and structured networking sessions aimed at founders, investors, and those still figuring out which category they belong in.
The flash sale closes at 11:59 p.m. PT on Friday 7 August. After that, the extra $100 saving is gone; regular discounted pricing holds until 21 August, when the next tier takes effect. For anyone already decided on attending, the arithmetic is straightforward.
