According to TechCrunch, the Builders Stage returns to Disrupt 2026 with sessions on the unsexy work of scaling: fundraising mechanics, hiring strategy, distribution, AI adoption, and day-to-day operations. Speakers include Gamma CEO Grant Lee, Precedent.vc founder Leah Solivan, and Google product VP Robby Stein. The event runs October 13–15 at San Francisco's Moscone Center.
This agenda is a market signal. Founders aren't shopping for big ideas or visionary speeches. They're hunting for survival math, distribution playbooks, and proof that AI won't crater the org chart before the next fundraise. What a conference stages tells you what the audience actually needs to buy.
The startup world keeps pretending charisma scales companies. It doesn't. A stage built around hiring plans, product decisions, and go-to-market mechanics shows where the real pressure sits. Investors want discipline. Operators want playbooks. Founders want fewer vibes and more answers before they walk into Moscone with a badge and a burn rate.
Filed to the Technology desk · Sep 2