TechCrunch is offering a half-price second pass to Disrupt 2026 through the conference’s opening morning, alongside a separate $75 Expo+ offer for people affected by layoffs.
TechCrunch is promoting a half-price second pass for its Disrupt 2026 conference, encouraging attendees to bring a colleague, partner or peer to the San Francisco event. The offer applies to two passes of the same type and expires October 13 at 8 a.m. Pacific time, when the venue opens, according to the event information and the publication’s October 2 roundup.
Disrupt is scheduled for October 13–15 at Moscone West. TechCrunch says it expects more than 10,000 founders, investors and technology leaders, with over 300 startups showcasing products, more than 200 tactical sessions and over 250 speakers across six stages. These are the event’s advertised figures; the supplied material does not independently verify expected attendance.
The second-pass promotion’s maximum advertised savings range from $162 for Expo+ to $450 for Investor passes. Current listed prices are $949 for Attendee, $999 for Founder, $1,099 for Investor, $399 for Non-Profit, $349 for Student and $299 for Expo+. Each is advertised at $100 below regular pricing. The offer is restricted to two passes of the same type, rather than a discounted pair with different categories.
Separate group pricing offers 15% off orders of four to nine passes and 30% off groups of 10 or more. Those discounts cannot be combined with the two-pass deal and generally require one pass type in a single order. Teams will therefore need to compare the offers based on group size and pass category. The published information does not provide a cost comparison for every possible combination.
The October 2 roundup also lists an Expo+ pass for $75 for people affected by layoffs. The supplied material does not state other eligibility requirements, how many discounted passes are available or whether this offer can be combined with another promotion. Expo+ is the lowest-priced standard category listed, while Founder and Investor passes are marketed around more targeted networking and programming.
Founder-pass messaging highlights access to the Deal Flow Café, curated investor meetings, an opt-in investor list, growth-stage and IPO programming, and the live Top 20 startup pitch competition. Those features emphasize fundraising connections, but the material does not promise that attendees will secure meetings or investment. The roundup also points to a Disrupt feature with Blackstone’s Jas Khaira on building the next generation of AI companies, bringing an institutional-investor perspective to the conference coverage.
The promotions arrive amid continuing attention to AI’s commercial prospects and risks, but the supplied October 2 material does not announce a model release from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta or an open-source developer. It also contains no startup funding round or major technology-company strategic move. The reported development is conference pricing and programming, not a product or financing announcement.
That distinction matters for founders and investors weighing event marketing against concrete industry news. Disrupt’s advertised agenda centers on startups, investor connections and AI company-building, but the roundup gives no deal terms, product specifications or new investment figures. Its immediate news is access to the conference at promotional prices, with the half-price second-pass offer ending as the event begins.
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