TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s new Real World AI Stage features Nvidia, robots, and extinct animals
On our new Real World AI stage, we’ll be focusing on the intersection between the digital and physical, and all the ways we’ll continue to see a blending of the two.
TL;DR
- TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is expanding its AI coverage with two dedicated stages: the AI Stage and the new Real World AI Stage.
- The Real World AI Stage will focus on the intersection of digital and physical realities, including autonomous hardware, public spaces, battlefields, homes, and re-entering extinct species.
- Sessions will cover topics such as closing the data gap for general-purpose robotic intelligence, building AI systems where failure is not an option, engineering nature's comeback through de-extinction, operating AI at the edge without cloud connectivity, and scaling AI prototypes to production.
- Speakers include representatives from Nvidia, Shield AI, Colossal Biosciences, FieldAI, Foxglove, MBRYONICS, Bedrock Robotics, and Eclipse Ventures.
- The event will be held at San Francisco's Moscone West from October 13-15.