The question we're asking across every stage at Disrupt 2026 is both simple and complex: How do you build an enduring company in the AI era?
Not the fastest company, not the most funded, but the one still standing in five years. That's the through line across many of the 200
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- Cursor, known for its AI Code Editor, is launching a new code hosting platform to rival developers' long preferred favorite, Github.
- We’ve added two new stages at Disrupt 2026 in part because we’ve gotten feedback on two important tracks for the AI-driven landscape we’re in right now: There’s the Smart Money Stage, for the capital-allocation questions investors are actually wrestling with in this market.
- Since portfolio companies often pivot and expand into competing markets, investors view occasional conflicts of interest as unavoidable for large VC firms.
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