Bluesky to Make the Case for Starting Social Media Over at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider and COO Rose Wang will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (October 13–15, San Francisco) to argue social media can rebuild itself. Wang has called Facebook and Twitter "basically AI companies," positioning Bluesky's open-protocol architecture — where anyone can build on a shared, transparent standard — as an alternative to AI-driven feeds displacing real human conversation online.