Friday, October 2, 2026
7:30 AM – 7:00 PM EDT
TiECON East 2026: The Next Growth Playbook
About this event
TiE Boston's flagship annual conference, themed for 2026 around product, market and capital in the age of AI. A full day in Burlington with keynotes from Jeff Elton and David Friend, and panels on differentiating products in AI-native markets and raising capital against them.
TiECON East is TiE Boston's flagship, billed as the region's largest entrepreneurial conference, and the 2026 theme puts AI at the centre: product, market and capital in the age of AI. TiE New York co-hosts for the first time this year.
Programme
Keynotes come from Jeff Elton on life sciences and a closing keynote from David Friend. Session topics include product differentiation in AI-native environments, translating customer value, buyer behaviour in complex markets, capital formation, scaling after launch, and long-term organisational resilience.
Announced panelists include Lily Lyman, Ellen Rubin, Vivjan Myrto, Nitzan Shaer, Omri Traub, Tushar Katarki, Rahul Singhvi, Asa Kalavade, Vinay Seth Mohta, Palash Soni, Matthew Commons, Sean Cataldo, Zenobia Moochhala and Jean Pham.
Who attends
Founders, operators, investors and venture capitalists across software, AI, life sciences, fintech, healthcare, climate and industrial tech. This is a company-building conference that has taken an AI frame, so expect commercial strategy rather than model internals.
Practical notes
One day, 7:30am registration through a 7pm close, at the Boston Marriott Burlington on the Route 128 corridor. Ticket tiers were not published on the organiser's site at the time of listing, and TiECON East has historically been a paid conference, so confirm current pricing at registration.
Organized by
Boston chapter of TiE, the global entrepreneurship nonprofit, active since 1997. It runs TiECON East, which it bills as the region's largest entrepreneurial conference, alongside TiE ScaleUp and year-round founder programming. TiE New York co-hosts the 2026 edition.