Disrupt 2026 previews enterprise AI talks from Anthropic, Clay, and Blackstone

TechCrunch previews Disrupt 2026 AI sessions on Claude deployments, Clay’s GTM engineer, and Blackstone’s AI financing.

TechCrunch is previewing AI Stage sessions at Disrupt 2026, October 13-15 at Moscone West in San Francisco. Anthropic Head of Applied AI Cat de Jong will discuss where Claude enterprise deployments succeed or remain stuck in pilots, alongside Gamma CEO Grant Lee—whose product was reported approaching 100 million users—and Clay CEO Kareem Amin; Clay was a launch integration when Anthropic added workplace tools inside Claude. A separate preview says Amin will explain the GTM engineer role, which Clay says it coined in 2023, citing roughly 100 related job listings a month and Claygent, an OpenAI-powered agent that automates research and outreach. Clay reportedly tripled ARR to $100 million, held a tender at a $5 billion valuation, and in September raised a $115 million Series D at $7.1 billion, along with a $1 million GTM-engineer scholarship. Blackstone N1 global head Jas Khaira will discuss scaling AI companies, with TechCrunch citing up to $600 million in primary equity from Blackstone and co-investors for Indian AI infrastructure firm Neysa, which planned another $600 million of debt, and July's $1.5 billion joint venture—Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs—behind Anthropic implementation company Ode. The reports do not conflict; they cover different Disrupt sessions and company figures.

• TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 runs October 13-15 at Moscone West in San Francisco.
• Anthropic Head of Applied AI Cat de Jong will discuss where Claude enterprise deployments succeed or stall in pilots.
• Gamma CEO Grant Lee joins after the product was reported approaching 100 million users; Clay CEO Kareem Amin will also speak.
• Clay says it coined the GTM engineer title in 2023; about 100 related listings appear monthly, including at Cursor and Webflow.
• Clay reportedly tripled ARR to $100 million, held a tender at a $5 billion valuation, and in September raised a $115 million Series D at $7.1 billion, plus a $1 million GTM-engineer scholarship.
• Claygent, an OpenAI-powered agent, automates research and outreach; Clay was a launch integration when Anthropic added workplace tools inside Claude.
• Blackstone N1 global head Jas Khaira will discuss financing durable AI companies; Blackstone and co-investors pledged up to $600 million in primary equity for Indian AI infrastructure company Neysa, which planned another $600 million of…
• Ode, an Anthropic implementation company, launched in July through a $1.5 billion joint venture including Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs.