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Over 10,000 tech leaders will attend to hear pitches from 300 startups; the AI industry separately proposes removing nondisclosure agreements to address data center opposition.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on The Weekend Shift
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  1. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentTechCrunch Disrupt starts Tuesday in San Francisco, with over three hundred startups pitching ten thousand tech leaders, and you can save a hundred dollars if you register before the doors open.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThree hundred startups! One of them is going to invent the next thing I'll stare at for six hours.

  3. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentMost of them will invent a subscription.

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