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TechCrunch Disrupt: Where the startup ecosystem moves forward

Each year, TechCrunch Disrupt brings together more than 10,000 founders, investors, and startup community members, driving innovation forward. And for our event this year, you’ll find a keen focus on building and developing in the AI era across all of our stages of programming. If you want to be on the cutting edge running into 2027, this is the event for you.

And you don’t have to be a founder to get value out of Disrupt. Whether you’re raising capital, scouting investments, hiring talent, launching a startup, or building strategic partnerships, Disrupt puts you in the middle of the conversations shaping what’s next and can help you make the connections that propel your next year of growth.

Here’s just a glimpse of what you gain by attending:

• Actionable insights from founders, operators, and VCs actively building and investing in today’s market. Our agenda features a wide range of topics, curated to focus on insights that lead to action.
• Direct access to investors looking for their next portfolio company and founders seeking the right partners. Plus, you can get AI-powered networking opportunities through our app or take deeper dives through our many Side Events.
• Early visibility into emerging technologies and startups before they break into the mainstream through our Exhibit Hall.
• High-value connections that lead to funding, partnerships, customers, and career opportunities. Disrupt is about growth, both for startups and yourself!

What’s new at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Keeping that focus on building companies in the AI era in mind, we have a great slate of new stages and programming to inspire and educate:

• Real World AI Stage: AI is moving beyond the screen and into the physical world. Explore how robotics, autonomous systems, manufacturing, healthcare, and defense are turning AI breakthroughs into real-world products and businesses.
• Smart Money Stage: Follow the money. From fintech to stablecoins to payments, embedded finance, and AI-driven financial services, this stage explores how technology is reshaping the movement of capital.
• Smart Systems Stage: Every AI breakthrough depends on the infrastructure behind it. Discover the innovations in chips, compute, energy, networking, and data centers that will determine the next generation of technology companies.

Our Disrupt, AI, and Builders Stages are also returning this year, and we have excellent speakers joining us across them all: 

You can explore the rest of our extensive speaker lineup right here! 

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Samsung’s Galaxy S26 FE is nearly fully exposed before launch. A set of 26 purported promotional images surfaced Aug. 19, showing the phone’s design, camera layout, display and other hardware details.

The images add to hands-on footage and earlier specifications leaks, while Samsung has already confirmed plans to launch a new S26 FE. The emerging picture is a modest refresh: much of the S25 FE’s hardware appears to carry over, putting more pressure on the Exynos 2500 processor, revised camera design and potential efficiency gains to justify an upgrade.

Leaked images fill in the S26 FE hardware picture

The latest promotional-image leak shows a flat frame and rear panel with three cameras grouped inside a vertical island. The materials label the finishes Blueberry, Graphite and Pistachio, expanding on an earlier look at apparent S26 FE color options before launch.

Samsung had already referred to the “new S26 FE” during its July 30 earnings call. The phone’s name has since appeared in a Samsung Poland document listing seven versions in the SM-S741 model family, although Samsung has not formally unveiled the device or confirmed its final specifications.

Leaked hands-on footage shows the phone running Android 17 with One UI 9. A WinFuture data sheet lists a 6.7-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display with a 120Hz refresh rate, 2,340-by-1,080 resolution and brightness of up to 1,900 nits in high-brightness mode.

The same leak points to an Exynos 2500 processor, 8GB of RAM and 128GB or 256GB of storage. The reported camera system includes a 50MP main camera, 12MP ultrawide, 8MP telephoto with 3x optical zoom and a 12MP selfie camera.

Other reported specifications include a 4,900mAh battery, 45W wired charging, IP68 resistance, a 7.4mm thickness and a weight of 193 grams. European pricing remains unsettled: an earlier French pricing leak listed a €749 starting price, while WinFuture later reported €799. Samsung has not announced pricing.

Familiar hardware puts pressure on the upgrade case

European energy-label data point to longer rated endurance but lower cycle durability. The S26 FE is rated for up to 50 hours of use, compared with roughly 42.5 hours for the S25 FE. Its battery is rated for 1,200 full charge cycles before dropping below 80% capacity, down from 2,000 cycles for its predecessor.

Samsung’s official S25 FE specifications confirm that the outgoing model already has a 6.7-inch 120Hz display, 4,900mAh battery and a 50MP, 12MP and 8MP rear-camera setup. That leaves the Exynos 2500, revised design and real-world efficiency gains to separate the two generations.

For organizations managing Galaxy device fleets, the modest hardware shift puts more weight on acquisition price, software-support length and regional carrier support when deciding whether to refresh existing FE devices. Software longevity could also affect that calculation as older Galaxy phones approach the Android 17 cutoff. Leaked promotional material points to seven major OS upgrades and seven years of security updates for the S26 FE, but Samsung has not formally published its support terms.

Samsung has not announced the S26 FE’s launch date or regional availability. Reports point to an early-September debut, leaving official pricing and independent performance and battery testing as the biggest remaining unknowns.

Read more: Earlier launch clues surfaced when the Galaxy S26 FE appeared in a Google app list alongside Samsung’s upcoming tablets, providing another sign that software preparations were already underway.

China could soon disappear from Google’s Pixel manufacturing map. The company reportedly plans to move production of all Pixel phones, smartwatches, and wireless earbuds out of China starting in 2027.

Nikkei Asia reported that Google has told suppliers to prepare for the shift, with Vietnam and India expected to take on the work. Google has not publicly confirmed the plan, which would expand both countries’ roles in its years-long effort to reduce Pixel manufacturing dependence on China.

Vietnam lays the groundwork for Google’s China exit

Google has spent years expanding Pixel production outside China. Nikkei reported that the company plans to move all Pixel device production out of the country starting in 2027.

The technical groundwork accelerated in January 2026, when Nikkei reported plans to shift new product introduction work for flagship Pixel phones to Vietnam while development of the lower-cost A-series remained in China at the time. New product introduction, or NPI, includes the process development, verification, and refinement required before mass production.

Google has already mass-produced high-end Pixel phones in Vietnam, according to the January reporting. The latest report says successful development and production there, including investments in testing equipment and tooling, increased Google’s confidence that it could move additional manufacturing out of China.

Vietnam is also taking on more advanced electronics work. Samsung Display reportedly began producing foldable OLED panels in Vietnam for Apple this year, adding to the country’s role in higher-value electronics manufacturing.

Google’s relatively small Pixel volumes could make the transition easier. Nikkei reported that the company shipped about 12 million Pixel phones in 2025 and asked suppliers to prepare for an 8% to 10% increase in 2026. The report also noted that Google does not officially sell Pixel phones in China.

India’s Pixel manufacturing role is already growing

Google announced plans in October 2023 to manufacture Pixel phones in India, starting with the Pixel 8 and working with international and domestic manufacturers.

By August 2024, Google had confirmed Made-in-India Pixel 8 production was underway. India has since become increasingly important to global electronics manufacturing, with suppliers such as Tata Electronics expanding their role in device production despite operational risks highlighted by a major supplier data breach in June.

The latest reporting does not specify how Google would divide Pixel phones, watches, and earbuds between India and Vietnam. Moving final device manufacturing out of China also would not eliminate every China-linked dependency, because components and materials can still flow through regional supply chains exposed to concentration around critical hardware inputs.

For hardware procurement and supply-chain teams, the shift could reduce geographic concentration in Google’s manufacturing network without eliminating upstream exposure to China. It also reflects the growing ability of India and Vietnam to handle more strategically important electronics production rather than basic assembly alone.

Google’s confirmation is the key missing piece. Until the company details its 2027 timetable and country-by-country production plans, the move out of Chinese Pixel manufacturing remains a reported strategy rather than a confirmed schedule.

Read more: Google’s manufacturing push comes as its hardware ambitions expand with the new Pixel 11 lineup and deeper Gemini integration, raising the stakes for the supply chain behind its flagship devices.