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August 27, 2026
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Anthropic and OpenAI are joining the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Overview

The event brings together executives from prominent technology organizations to examine how artificial intelligence is changing business models, security practices, and job categories. Featured speakers include leaders from Anthropic, OpenAI, Databricks, Okta, and Decart. The event aims to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming startup operations, including pricing structures for commoditized models and rebuilding security frameworks for autonomous agents.

Key Takeaways

  • Speakers will address real-world challenges that founders face when scaling products and securing sensitive systems.

    The scheduled sessions highlight real deployment experiences and emerging industry roles.

  • Meanwhile, Tara Seshan, Head of Productivity at OpenAI, will explore the rise of go-to-market engineering, a role that did not exist two years ago.

    Additional sessions feature Arsalan Tavakoli of Databricks and Ric Smith of Okta discussing security architecture, as well as Dean Leitersdorf of Decart analyzing real-time visual reasoning.

  • Cat de Jong, Head of Applied AI at Anthropic, will discuss enterprise deployment patterns for Claude.

    OpenAI Head of Productivity Tara Seshan will address how artificial intelligence has established new roles like GTM engineering.

  • Okta executive Ric Smith and Databricks co-founder Arsalan Tavakoli will lead discussions focused on enterprise and agent security challenges.
  • Cat de Jong, Head of Applied AI at Anthropic, will examine what happens after enterprises deploy Claude across critical workflows.

The event aims to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming startup operations, including pricing structures for commoditized models and rebuilding security frameworks for autonomous agents. Speakers will address real-world challenges that founders face when scaling products and securing sensitive systems.

The scheduled sessions highlight real deployment experiences and emerging industry roles. Cat de Jong, Head of Applied AI at Anthropic, will examine what happens after enterprises deploy Claude across critical workflows. Meanwhile, Tara Seshan, Head of Productivity at OpenAI, will explore the rise of go-to-market engineering, a role that did not exist two years ago.

OpenAI Head of Productivity Tara Seshan will address how artificial intelligence has established new roles like GTM engineering. Okta executive Ric Smith and Databricks co-founder Arsalan Tavakoli will lead discussions focused on enterprise and agent security challenges.

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