--- title: No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows... description: AI startups are commanding outsized seed funding, raising the bar even at the pre-seed stage. A panel at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 titled 'Winning Pre-Seed... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/no-product-no-problem-this-disrupt-2026-session-shows-how-to-get-pre-seed-funding-with-conviction--248xw7oto twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling | daily.dev og:description: AI startups are commanding outsized seed funding, raising the bar even at the pre-seed stage. A panel at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 titled 'Winning Pre-Seed... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/no-product-no-problem-this-disrupt-2026-session-shows-how-to-get-pre-seed-funding-with-conviction--248xw7oto og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/248Xw7oto.png og:image:alt: No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AI startups are commanding outsized seed funding, raising the bar even at the pre-seed stage. A panel at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 titled 'Winning Pre-Seed Without a Product' will address how founders can secure early funding through conviction and storytelling alone. Three speakers are featured: Sandhya Venkatachalam (Axiom Partners, ex-Khosla Ventures), Puneet Agarwal (True Ventures), and Austin Clements (Slauson & Co., focused on economic inclusion). The session is part of the Builders Stage at Disrupt 2026, running October 13-15 in San Francisco. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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