TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 roundtables: Go deeper on the challenges founders are solving right now 

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is coming to SoWa Power Station in Boston on November 4, bringing founders, investors, and operators together for a full day of candid conversations, practical sessions, live pitching, networking, and smaller roundtables built for deeper discussion.

TechCrunch 2026 创始人峰会将于 11 月 4 日在波士顿的 SoWa 发电站举行。届时，创始人、投资者和运营者将齐聚一堂，共同参与为期一天的坦诚交流、实践会议、现场路演、社交活动以及旨在进行深度探讨的小型圆桌会议。

The roundtables are where attendees can get especially specific. Bring your questions, share what you are seeing in your own company, and join experts and fellow founders tackling many of the same challenges, from enterprise sales and vertical strategy to AI, lean teams, and building a category that does not exist yet.

圆桌会议是与会者深入探讨具体问题的场所。您可以带上自己的问题，分享公司内部的见闻，并与专家及其他创始人共同应对各种挑战，涵盖企业销售、垂直领域战略、人工智能、精简团队以及构建尚不存在的新品类等议题。

Save 25% on your ticket today, and bring a colleague along for free with our limited BOGO deal. Six roundtables to look forward to at Founder Summit.

立即购票可享 75 折优惠，并可通过我们限时的“买一送一”活动免费携带一名同事参会。以下是本次创始人峰会值得期待的六场圆桌会议。

How to Build Events Strategy Before You Can Afford a Full-Time Events Team 10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Roundtable 2. Alexandra Ames, founder and chief event strategist at Blueprint Lab, looks at how early-stage companies can use events strategically before they have the budget or headcount for a dedicated events team. Expect a practical conversation about choosing the right opportunities, defining what success looks like, and making limited resources work harder.

如何在负担得起全职活动团队之前建立活动策略（上午 10:45 – 11:15 | 圆桌会议 2）。Blueprint Lab 创始人兼首席活动策略师 Alexandra Ames 将探讨初创公司如何在没有预算或人力组建专门活动团队的情况下，战略性地利用活动。本次会议将围绕如何选择合适的时机、定义成功标准以及如何让有限的资源发挥更大效用展开务实讨论。

Your First Vertical, and It Happens to Be the Hardest One 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Roundtable 1. Chirag Shah, partner at Define Ventures, explores what happens when the market with the biggest potential is also one of the hardest to enter. Founders navigating regulated industries, complex buyers, or specialized customers can compare notes on making that first major vertical bet.

你的第一个垂直领域，恰好也是最难攻克的（上午 11:30 – 12:00 | 圆桌会议 1）。Define Ventures 合伙人 Chirag Shah 将探讨当最具潜力的市场同时也是最难进入的市场时，该如何应对。在受监管行业、面对复杂买家或专业客户的创始人，可以在此交流关于进行首次重大垂直领域布局的心得。

GraphRAG in Action: Stop Hallucinations with Knowledge Graphs 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Roundtable 2. Shishir Tewari, head of enterprise data engineering at Procore Technologies, gets into one of enterprise AI’s most persistent challenges: trust. The discussion will examine how knowledge graphs and GraphRAG can give AI systems stronger context and help founders build products that work more reliably in real-world organizations.

GraphRAG 实战：利用知识图谱消除幻觉（上午 11:30 – 12:00 | 圆桌会议 2）。Procore Technologies 企业数据工程主管 Shishir Tewari 将深入探讨企业级人工智能最持久的挑战之一：信任。讨论将审视知识图谱和 GraphRAG 如何为人工智能系统提供更强的上下文，并帮助创始人构建在现实组织中运行更可靠的产品。

The Enterprise AI Playbook: How to Close L’Oreal and Vodafone Before You Raise a Series A 1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Roundtable 2. Merve Kitapci, managing partner and CGO of ADIN.AI, breaks down what it takes to win major enterprise customers early. From long buying cycles and multiple stakeholders to the credibility that comes with landing the right logo, this is a tactical conversation for founders selling into large organizations before they have a large sales team behind them.

企业 AI 攻略：如何在 A 轮融资前拿下欧莱雅和沃达丰（下午 1:15 – 1:45 | 圆桌会议 2）。ADIN.AI 管理合伙人兼首席增长官 Merve Kitapci 将剖析早期赢得大型企业客户的关键要素。从漫长的采购周期和多方利益相关者，到获得知名品牌背书所带来的信誉，这是一场为那些在没有庞大销售团队支持下向大型组织销售产品的创始人准备的战术讨论。

Build Something We Don’t Have a Word for Yet 1:55 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. | Roundtable 2. Andy Tang, partner at Draper Associates, leads a conversation for founders building something that does not fit neatly into an existing category. How do you explain it, sell it, and get investors to understand the opportunity when the market still needs vocabulary for what you are creating?

构建尚无定义的事物（下午 1:55 – 2:25 | 圆桌会议 2）。Draper Associates 合伙人 Andy Tang 将主持一场讨论，面向那些正在构建无法轻易归入现有类别的产品的创始人。当市场尚缺乏描述你所创造事物的词汇时，你该如何解释它、销售它，并让投资者理解其中的机遇？

Small but Mighty: How AI Lets Lean Teams Outship the Giants 2:35 p.m. – 3:05 p.m. | Roundtable 1. Linden Tibbets, CEO and founder of IFTTT, explores how smaller teams can use AI to increase their speed and output without simply adding headcount. For founders thinking about hiring, efficiency, and how to structure an AI-enabled company, the discussion gets directly into what lean teams may be able to do differently now.

小而强大：AI 如何让精简团队超越巨头（下午 2:35 – 3:05 | 圆桌会议 1）。IFTTT 首席执行官兼创始人 Linden Tibbets 将探讨小型团队如何利用人工智能提高速度和产出，而无需单纯增加人手。对于正在考虑招聘、效率以及如何构建 AI 赋能型公司的创始人来说，本次讨论将直接切入精简团队现在可以采取的不同做法。

Roundtables are where the agenda becomes a conversation. The value of these sessions is not just hearing how someone else approached a problem. It is the chance to ask the question that matters to your company, compare experiences with the people around the table, and leave with ideas you can put to work.

圆桌会议是让议程转化为对话的地方。这些会议的价值不仅在于听取他人如何解决问题，更在于有机会提出对你公司至关重要的问题，与桌边的人交流经验，并带着可以付诸实践的想法离开。

And the roundtables are only one part of the day. Across the Build and Impact Stages, Founder Summit will also tackle product-market fit, hiring, founder leadership, fundraising, pitching, and what it takes to build and scale companies outside the Bay Area.

圆桌会议只是全天活动的一部分。在“构建”和“影响力”舞台上，创始人峰会还将探讨产品与市场契合度、招聘、创始人领导力、融资、路演，以及在湾区之外构建和扩展公司所需的条件。

Attendees can hear founder perspectives from leaders, such as Toast co-founder Steve Fredette, then see founders put their stories to the test during the live “So You Think You Can Pitch?” competition. A Networking Lounge with Braindate and a closing reception presented by Fidelity Private Shares create additional time to connect throughout the day.

与会者可以聆听 Toast 联合创始人 Steve Fredette 等领袖的创始人视角，随后观看创始人在现场“你认为你能路演吗？”比赛中接受考验。设有 Braindate 的社交休息室以及由 Fidelity Private Shares 呈现的闭幕招待会，为全天的交流创造了更多时间。

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