Osto at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

October was an exciting month for Osto in San Francisco. TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and SF Tech Week brought together founders, operators, investors and builders across the startup ecosystem. Through conversations at the booth and community events, we shared our vision for a one-stop cyber platform, exchanged ideas and learned how growing companies are approaching security.

Osto at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

From October 13 to 15, Osto exhibited at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 at Moscone West, San Francisco, welcoming attendees at Booth CY9.

Organized by TechCrunch, Disrupt is one of the startup ecosystem’s best-known annual gatherings. It brings together early-stage founders, fast-growing companies, investors, technology leaders, operators and service providers. The 2026 event promoted a community of more than 10,000 attendees, alongside startup showcases, investor conversations, expert sessions and the Startup Battlefield competition.

It is the kind of environment where a first-time founder might be speaking to a potential investor in one corner, while a scaling company is discussing enterprise readiness or its next product launch in another.

At Booth CY9, the team introduced founders to Osto’s approach across cloud, code, applications, APIs, endpoints, network and identity security, as well as compliance workflows, VAPT, vCISO support, security questionnaires and access to cyber insurance.

More than 200 people visited our booth

We had more than 200 people visit and interact with us at Booth CY9 during TechCrunch Disrupt. Each introduction brought a different perspective on what growing companies need from cybersecurity.

That figure captures just one part of the experience. Each conversation began somewhere different. Some visitors were preparing for enterprise security reviews. Others were thinking about SOC 2, application and API testing, or how to protect infrastructure without adding disconnected tools to an already busy stack.

The common thread was the need for cyber to support growth, rather than become another operational hurdle.

Sharing Osto’s vision on camera

Our co-founder and CEO, Karmesh Gupta, gave multiple interviews during TechCrunch Disrupt, speaking about what we are building at Osto, the vision behind a one-stop cyber platform and the questions founders and teams have about protecting their businesses. The interviews were another opportunity to explain why we believe startup cybersecurity needs a simpler, more connected approach.

A little something for the community

Alongside the conversations at our booth, we presented Osto goodies bags to several attendees as a small thank-you for connecting with us at TechCrunch Disrupt.

Beyond the booth: connecting at SF Tech Week

Osto also participated in SF Tech Week, held October 5–11, 2026. The citywide series of startup gatherings brought founders, builders, investors and operators together for meetups, conversations and community events.

For Osto, Tech Week was about being part of those smaller, more spontaneous conversations: meeting founders at community events, swapping notes with people building in AI and SaaS, and connecting with operators who understand what it takes to grow a company.

Across these gatherings, we met people working on different problems and at different stages of their startup journey. The conversations went beyond cybersecurity to the practical realities of building, raising capital, finding customers and expanding into new markets.

These meetings were a reminder that some of the most useful ideas emerge through candid conversations with people who are building and learning in real time.

What these conversations mean for Osto

Across the exhibition floor and community gatherings, one theme kept returning: startups move fast, and their security needs evolve just as quickly. Enterprise customers ask for evidence, applications and APIs need protection, and compliance requirements can arrive early in a company’s growth.

Osto is building around the idea that these needs should not force every startup to piece together separate products and service providers.

These are not separate conversations for the companies building tomorrow’s products. They are different parts of the same challenge: earning trust while continuing to build.

Until the next conversation

To everyone who stopped by Booth CY9, spoke with the team during Tech Week, introduced us to someone new, asked a hard question or took the time to share feedback: thank you.

The events strengthened relationships across the startup community, brought useful feedback and reinforced our conviction in what Osto is building. We are carrying those conversations into our work on a stronger product and a simpler cyber experience for startups.