TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 to be held in Boston

TechCrunch will host the Founder Summit 2026 on November 4 at the SoWa Power Station in Boston. Organized in collaboration with Fidelity Private Shares, the event is designed as a practical workspace for founders, investors, and operators to address the real-world challenges of building and scaling startups.

The summit will feature a mix of keynote presentations and interactive roundtables. Keynote speakers include Steve Fredette, co-founder of Toast, who will discuss continuous company reinvention, and Kent Bennett of Bessemer Venture Partners, who will address identifying product-market fit. Other sessions will cover scaling strategies, building AI-native companies, and effective pitching.

Moving beyond traditional stage presentations, the event emphasizes small-group roundtables. These discussions will focus on specific operational hurdles such as enterprise sales, vertical strategies, lean team management, and AI development—specifically addressing the “trust gap” in AI through technologies like GraphRAG.