Anthropic and OpenAI are joining the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 returns to Moscone Center in San Francisco from October 13-15, with an AI Stage presented by Google for Startups. The focus shifts from hype to operational specifics: how to price AI products as models commoditize, how to build go-to-market in an AI-native world, and how to secure autonomous agents running inside enterprise systems. Cat de Jong, Head of Applied AI at Anthropic, will discuss patterns observed from live enterprise Claude deployments — which workflows succeed immediately versus stall, and what distinguishes organizations extracting real value from those still running pilots after 18 months. Tara Seshan, Head of Productivity at OpenAI, will address how AI collapsed the traditional GTM stack and spawned entirely new job categories like GTM engineering. Arsalan Tavakoli from Databricks rounds out the lineup with a session on enterprise AI security — specifically how autonomous agents operating inside sensitive systems at speed have outrun existing security frameworks. The content signals a practitioner focus rather than product announcements. No product launches or research disclosures are indicated; this is a conference agenda preview. The value is calendaring and practitioner signal for those attending or tracking the enterprise AI deployment conversation.