As AI moves from demonstrations into businesses, vehicles, robots, and autonomous agents, safety and security are becoming part of the product. Disrupt 2026 will feature five sessions across the AI Stage and Real World AI Stage focused on building AI that people and enterprises can trust and use.
Anthropic Head of Applied AI Cat de Jong will discuss why some enterprise AI deployments deliver measurable value while others remain in pilot mode. Okta President of Products and Technology Ric Smith and NanoCo co-founder and CEO Gavriel Cohen will examine security risks associated with AI agents, including access controls, permissions, and agentic AI architecture.
AWS VP of Security Services Rudy Mitra, Luta Security CEO Katie Moussouris, and cybersecurity veteran Wendy Nather will explore security and governance requirements for deploying AI into critical enterprise systems. They will also examine observability and the infrastructure needed as AI takes on more autonomous roles.
Shield AI Chief Technology Officer Nathan Michael, General Motors Director of Robotics Strategy Mikell Taylor, and Waabi founder and CEO Raquel Urtasun will discuss how to determine when autonomous systems are safe enough to deploy. The session will cover safety culture, testing, validation, regulatory hurdles, and trust when failures can affect vehicles, aircraft, industrial systems, and critical missions.
Nvidia Inception Global Head of Physical AI Les Karpas will examine how data pipelines, simulation environments, and foundation models could help robotics overcome its data limitations. The discussion will focus on what it will take to build, test, and deploy more capable and reliable robots, with Disrupt taking place October 13-15 at Moscone West in San Francisco.