Execs from Gamma, Engine's, and GV join Disrupt 2026

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will feature Gamma CEO and co-founder Grant Lee, Engine founder and CEO Elia Wallen, and GV (Google Ventures) general partner Crystal Huang on the Builders Stage for “The Zero-to-1K Playbook: How to Get Your First 1,000 Customers Without a Marketing Budget.” The session will focus on tactics founders are using to land early users—community building, product-led growth, founder-led sales, strategic outbound, and word of mouth. The announcement highlights Lee’s experience scaling Gamma to nearly 100 million users after reaching $100 million in annual recurring revenue in 2025, alongside work at firms including Optimizely and ClearBrain. Wallen is expected to add a track record from bootstrapping Travelers Haven since 2008 and growing Engine to more than 30,000 businesses and one million travelers.