TechCrunch has published an early agenda for its 2026 Founder Summit, a one-day event scheduled for November 4 in Boston. The program is aimed at founders and investors, with sessions that lean into the decisions that tend to arrive before a company feels ready for them: fundraising, hiring, scale and choosing where to build.
The current agenda lists registration beginning at 7:30 a.m. and expo hours from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It also names several scheduled conversations, including a TDK Ventures session on identifying category winners, Cogent Security co-founder Vineet Edupuganti on choosing investors after raising a round, and HqO co-founder Chase Garbarino on building a company from Boston.
A founder event with a local frame
The agenda’s Boston emphasis is more than a venue detail. Garbarino’s listed session is built around scaling a company from the city rather than treating a move to Silicon Valley as an automatic step. Elsewhere, the event materials frame the day around practical founder concerns, from capital and growth to recruiting and operations.