TechCrunch slashes Boston summit ticket prices by 25 percent

TechCrunch is discounting tickets for its Founder Summit 2026 by 25 percent. The event is scheduled for November 4 at SoWa Power Station in Boston. This price reduction accompanies a limited-time buy-one-get-one offer that allows attendees to bring a colleague for free.

The summit aims to gather founders, investors, and operators for a day of conversations and live pitching. Organizers have also scheduled six small-group roundtables. These sessions are designed for detailed discussion, inviting participants to bring their own questions and describe specific challenges within their companies.

The morning programming begins at 10:45 a.m. with Alexandra Ames, founder of Blueprint Lab. She will lead a session on strategic event approaches for early-stage companies that lack full-time events teams. The discussion will cover selecting opportunities and defining success with limited resources.

Two sessions run concurrently at 11:30 a.m. Chirag Shah, a partner at Define Ventures, will address the difficulties of entering regulated industries and markets with complex buyers. Simultaneously, Shishir Tewari, head of enterprise data engineering at Procore Technologies, will discuss how knowledge graphs and GraphRAG can improve the reliability of AI systems in real-world organizations.

The afternoon schedule starts at 1:15 p.m. with Merve Kitapci, managing partner of ADIN.AI. She will examine how founders can secure major enterprise customers early, citing her experience closing deals with L'Oreal and Vodafone before a Series A funding round. At 1:55 p.m., Andy Tang, a partner at Draper Associates, will lead a conversation on selling products that do not fit into established categories.

Linden Tibbets, CEO of IFTTT, will conclude the roundtables at 2:35 p.m. He will explore how smaller teams can use AI to increase speed and output without adding headcount. The session will focus on hiring, efficiency, and structuring AI-enabled companies.

These roundtables are part of a larger program. Main stage sessions will cover product-market fit, hiring, and fundraising. Steve Fredette, co-founder of Toast, is among the leaders scheduled to share perspectives. Founders will also participate in a live competition called "So You Think You Can Pitch?" Networking opportunities include a Braindate lounge and a closing reception presented by Fidelity Private Shares.