TechSparks 2026 returns, centring on ‘The New Tech Order’
TechSparks 2026, to be held in Bengaluru from October 13-15, will bring together founders, policymakers, investors, enterprises, developers, and creators to shape the next era of technology and innovation.
Technology is redrawing the map of power, access, and opportunity at a breakneck pace. With AI lowering barriers, compressing timelines, and opening the field, the question no longer is who gets access to technology but who can move fastest, build best, and solve real problems.
That is the backdrop for TechSparks 2026, YourStory's flagship startup-tech summit, which returns to Bengaluru from October 13-15 with a theme that captures this moment: The New Tech Order.
This year's summit is built around a simple idea. The future is not waiting to be discussed; it is being built in real time. TechSparks is where the people shaping that future come together to exchange ideas, form partnerships, test assumptions, and turn conversations into action.
Over three days, founders, policymakers, investors, enterprises, developers, researchers, creators, academics, and emerging innovators from across India will gather to explore how technology is reshaping industries, institutions, and economies—and what comes next.
What to expect at TechSparks 2026
TechSparks 2026 is built around a simple premise: technology is moving too quickly for passive observation.
Across three days, conversations will focus on how emerging technologies are reshaping industries, institutions, and markets, and what that means for the people building within them. The programme combines keynote sessions, fireside chats, workshops, demonstrations, masterclasses, roundtables, and interactive experiences that connect big-picture shifts with practical execution.
Discussions will explore everything from India's role in a changing global technology landscape to the realities of deploying new technologies within businesses and institutions. Alongside those conversations, hands-on sessions will delve into enterprise workflows, governance frameworks, and operational challenges.
At the centre of the agenda is a common thread: how can startups, enterprises, and policymakers translate technological progress into meaningful outcomes? As technology reshapes access, opportunity, and influence, TechSparks 2026 will examine what it takes to turn potential into impact.
Tech30 by YourStory, the definitive list of India's 30 most promising early-stage startups, returns with the theme 'Builders of the New Order'. The programme will spotlight founders tackling complex challenges across frontier technologies and emerging sectors, offering a glimpse into the ideas and companies shaping what comes next.
The conversations arrive at a moment when India has an opportunity to play a larger role in defining the future of technology. With its digital public infrastructure, deep talent pool, and expanding deeptech ecosystem, the country is positioned not just to adopt innovation, but to drive it.
Why TechSparks matters
From a single stage in 2011, TechSparks has grown into the annual heartbeat of India's startup movement.
Over 16 years, it has evolved alongside India's innovation ecosystem: from the rise of consumer internet and SaaS to the emergence of AI and deeptech. Along the way, it has become a meeting ground for founders, investors, policymakers, technologists, and operators working to build the future.
The Tech30 programme alone has spotlighted more than 350 startups, many of which went on to become category leaders and unicorns.
YourStory began with a belief that every story has value and that no founder is too small to matter. Since 2010, the platform has served as a front-row seat to India's startup and technology journey, helping showcase, catalyse, and strengthen the ecosystem. Over the years, startups associated with the platform have collectively raised more than $2 billion in funding, created over 2.5 million jobs, and generated more than 1.5 million meaningful connections across the ecosystem.
Those numbers tell only part of the story.
Over the years, TechSparks has brought founders, investors, policymakers, and industry leaders into the same conversations at moments when ideas were still taking shape. This is where partnerships have started, opportunities have surfaced, and many entrepreneurs have found the visibility and connections needed for the next step in their journey.
TechSparks has also welcomed some of the most influential voices in government, business, technology, and entrepreneurship. Past speakers have included Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry; Amitabh Kant, former G20 Sherpa and former CEO of NITI Aayog; S. Somanath, former Chairman of ISRO; Nithin Kamath of Zerodha; Ronnie Screwvala of upGrad; Sameer Nigam of PhonePe; and Alakh Pandey of PhysicsWallah.
As the contours of a new technology era continue to take shape, TechSparks 2026 offers an opportunity not only to understand the changes under way but also to help shape them.
The New Tech Order is already here. Will you be there to help build it?