Startup Battlefield 2026 will bring 20 startups to the TechCrunch Disrupt stage for six-minute pitches, with a $100,000 prize for the winner.
The lineup includes projects in satellite computing, product-authenticity chips and AI-assisted wildlife redirection.
The article introduces the companies and their stated goals ahead of four semifinal sessions on October 13–14.
The companies will present their work in four semi-final sessions on October 13 and 14.
Tuesday 13 October
The first session is scheduled from 10:00 to 11:15 and concerns space and artificial intelligence used in the physical world.
- Longshot Space: It wants to send cargo into orbit around the Earth at a cost of $50 per kilogram, using hydrogen launchers.
- Truths: It develops microchips that confirm whether luxury products are genuine.
- Laplace Intelligence: It creates models that help cities, ports and airports examine possible future scenarios before acting.
- Flox Intelligence: It uses artificial intelligence to detect animals and safely direct them away from airports and railways, aiming to prevent deadly collisions.
- Satellite: It wants to harness the unused computing power of satellites for artificial intelligence applications.
The second session is scheduled from 13:00 to 14:15 and concerns energy and industry.
- LNK Energies: It presents a compact hydrogen technology, which it describes as cheaper than diesel and compatible with existing diesel installations.
- Helix Carbon: It wants to convert gases produced in blast furnaces into fuel, reducing emissions and fuel costs.
- IndustrialNext: It develops robotic assembly systems that learn from production data and adapt when products change.
- Niobia AI: It wants to reduce the time it takes to find the cause of problems in industrial processes and materials from weeks to minutes.
- Licube: It produces high-purity lithium and two forms of lithium, Li-6 and Li-7, for nuclear fusion and the development of advanced materials.
Wednesday October 14
The third session is scheduled from 10:00 to 11:15 and concerns health and life sciences.
- Mosquito: It uses sensor networks to provide timely information about mosquito-borne diseases.
- Hiyd AI: It combines data on sleep, movement, and nutrition, using a wearable meter and an artificial intelligence app.
- TimeTeller GmbH: It uses molecular tests and artificial intelligence to measure biological rhythms and suggest the right time for a treatment. The goal is for the treatment to have better results and fewer side effects.
- Tangible: It rates the performance of athletes under pressure to help coaches and teams in their choices.
- Intero Biosystems: It produces miniature human organs for drug evaluation and wants to reduce the cost of clinical trials.
The fourth session, on business services and security, is scheduled from 13:30 p.m. to 14:45 p.m.
- Apate.ai: It uses programs that chat with scammers and give information to banks, telecommunications companies, and governments.
- CedarDB: It combines trading and data analysis in one system. According to the company, its rules cannot be bypassed by artificial intelligence programs.
- Prism: It automates processes that help banks securely manage a family's inheritance and finances, maintaining their relationship with its members from generation to generation.
- Floqer: It aggregates customer data from more than 80 sources and organizes it into a single timeline, which artificial intelligence programs can use.
- GUDEA: It analyzes audience behavior, how they interact with content, and how information is disseminated. It wants to help organizations plan their communication.
Five of the 20 companies will advance to the final on Thursday, October 15. Earlier that day, at 11:30, Glīd, Nephrogen and Molecule.one will return to the stage to talk about their journey since participating in a previous Startup Battlefield.
The winner will be announced at 16:15 and will receive $100.000 and the Disrupt Cup. The event is supported by Google for Startups and SAP.
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