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And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2026 is: Intero Biosystems |
For three days this week in San Francisco, 20 eager startups participated in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. The top 20 were chosen…
Meet the five companies competing in the Startup Battlefield finals at Disrupt 2026 |
Over the past two days, 20 startups have been pitching onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, presenting live demos and answering tough questions from our expert…
The 2026 Startup Battlefield Top 20: From organs to orbit and everything in between |
Twenty founders just earned their shot at Disrupt glory. They’re headed to the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt to compete for the $100,000 prize and…
This AI startup says it can generate permit-ready blueprints in minutes |
Nearly two decades ago, a young college student wrote his final thesis about software capable of generating design documents for school buildings. Al Dram was…
Apple discloses deal to hire team and license tech from personalized podcast startup Huxe |
12:50 PM PDT · October 10, 2026 Apple revealed in a regulatory filing that it has reached an agreement to bring on team members and…
Cal AI’s 19-year-old founder just raised $10M for his new AI startup |
Zach Yadegari, the teen co-founder of calorie tracking app Cal AI, has launched Persona, a new AI agent startup, and already raised $10 million. Vine…
A startup founder who served time in prison is looking to court an untapped market: ex-cons |
Richard Bronson, an entrepreneur who recently launched a startup called Commissary Club, has an unusual background for a founder: in a previous life, he spent…
Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia |
In Brief Posted: 4:36 PM PDT · October 7, 2026 Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots…
AI computing startup Lambda to raise $4B ahead of planned IPO |
In Brief Posted: 1:00 PM PDT · October 6, 2026 Cloud provider Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money valuation,…