TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 will take place on November 4 at SoWa Power Station in Boston, bringing founders, investors, and operators together for a day built around small-group discussion and stage programming. The event organizer has confirmed six roundtables, each assigned a specific time slot and room, alongside sessions across two stages and a live pitch competition.
Roundtable lineup and schedule
The roundtables are split between Roundtable 1 and Roundtable 2, with topics ranging from early-stage event strategy to enterprise AI sales. Each session is designed for a small group, and attendees are encouraged to bring questions and share their own company experiences.
Roundtable 2 opens the roundtable track at 10:45–11:15 a.m. with Alexandra Ames, founder and chief event strategist at Blueprint Lab, discussing how early-stage companies can build an events strategy without a dedicated team.
At 11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m., two sessions run in parallel. Chirag Shah, partner at Define Ventures, leads the vertical strategy roundtable in Roundtable 1, focused on entering the hardest first vertical. In Roundtable 2, Shishir Tewari, head of enterprise data engineering at Procore Technologies, covers knowledge graphs and GraphRAG for building trust in AI systems.
The afternoon continues with Merve Kitapci, managing partner and CGO at ADIN.AI, leading an enterprise AI playbook session in Roundtable 2 from 1:15–1:45 p.m. on closing early deals with large customers. Andy Tang, partner at Draper Associates, follows in Roundtable 2 at 1:55–2:25 p.m. with a session on building in undefined categories.
The final roundtable runs from 2:35–3:05 p.m. in Roundtable 1, where Linden Tibbets, CEO and founder of IFTTT, discusses how AI enables lean teams.
Stage sessions and pitch competition
Beyond the roundtables, the agenda includes programming on the Build Stage and the Impact Stage. Stage topics cover product-market fit, hiring, leadership, fundraising, pitching, and scaling outside the Bay Area. Steve Fredette, co-founder of Toast, is listed as a speaker offering a founder perspective.
A live pitch competition titled “So You Think You Can Pitch?” will also form part of the day. The event includes a Networking Lounge using the Braindate platform, and the closing reception is presented by Fidelity Private Shares.
Ticket offers for a limited time
Two promotions are available for a limited period. Attendees can take 25% off tickets, or use a buy-one-get-one offer that provides a second pass free with the purchase of one.
What to expect on the day
The full-day agenda combines roundtable discussions, stage sessions, networking, and the pitch competition at a single Boston venue. The roundtables are scheduled across both rooms, with the vertical strategy and lean AI teams sessions in Roundtable 1, and the events strategy, GraphRAG, enterprise AI, and new category sessions in Roundtable 2.
Registration details, including exact ticket prices and whether roundtables require separate sign-up, have not been disclosed in the event announcement. Founders planning to attend can register through TechCrunch’s event page while the discount and BOGO offers remain available.
