Meet the companies in TechCrunch's 2026 Startup Battlefield 200

TechCrunch has revealed its 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 lineup. Twenty finalists will compete for a $100,000 equity-free prize at TechCrunch Disrupt through the Startup Battlefield competition.

For AI and data professionals, the lineup offers a look at products across computing infrastructure, agent security, robotics, and healthcare. Lumai develops optical hardware for AI inference, HODOR controls AI agents' access to tools and data, and Ardook Data collects real-world household-task recordings for robotics training.

The companies below are grouped by TechCrunch's original categories, with links and one-sentence descriptions based on company websites, official product materials, and participant profiles. These descriptions summarize what the companies say they develop or provide; they do not independently validate product performance or medical claims.

Agtech and food

Canopii builds automated greenhouses for growing produce close to the communities and retailers that buy it.

Delight Food Inc. develops alternative-meat products and ingredients, including D-Light for Meat.

GreenBox provides solar-powered cold storage that helps smallholder farmers and traders preserve perishable produce.

Krokos Bio uses plant cell cultures to produce botanical ingredients, starting with saffron, without conventional farming.

Muju Earth Technologies Limited develops biodegradable soil-aeration capsules designed to relieve compaction and support healthier crop growth.

Nurtured Nuts Company develops gene-edited peanuts intended to contain lower levels of allergenic proteins for use in food products.

Tree Track Intelligence Inc. combines aerial deployment, proprietary seedpods, and software to restore forests and degraded land.

Automotive and transportation

Cautio provides AI-enabled dashcams and fleet software for monitoring vehicles, identifying risky driving, and reviewing trips.

Laplace Intelligence builds world models that generate challenging scenarios for physical AI systems.

Motion Sync Technologies Inc. develops passenger-comfort technology that anticipates vehicle motion and provides cues intended to reduce motion sickness.

MyMonthlyCar Inc. connects drivers with dealers offering flexible, month-to-month car rentals.

Neumo develops contactless neurotechnology for detecting driver fatigue, distraction, and stress in real time.

Urbanchain provides AI-enabled parking and mobility systems with vehicle access control and integrated payments.

Biotech and pharmaceuticals

Alithea Biotechnology combines mass spectrometry and AI to analyze HLA-presented peptides and support precision immunotherapy research.

Apertum Neuroscience develops noninvasive stimulation technology intended to help therapeutics cross the blood-brain barrier without modifying the drugs.

BioTrillion uses smartphone cameras and motion data to generate digital biomarkers for health monitoring and drug-development research.

BRAIV develops AI-assisted prescribing tools that help clinicians select psychiatric medications for individual patients.

ChemT Biotechnology builds AI-powered virtual cell models and cell-modulation tools for improving biologics manufacturing processes.

Efferon develops blood-purification devices designed to remove bacterial endotoxins and inflammatory molecules in critical-care settings.

Infiuss Health builds digital patient twins and AI tools to simulate treatment responses and support clinical-trial design.

Intero Biosystems develops stem-cell-derived human intestinal organoids for preclinical research and drug testing.

Lume Health Technologies estimates cortisol rhythms from wearable data calibrated with saliva samples and is developing sensors for direct hormone measurement from sweat.

MyoGene Bio develops gene-editing therapies for muscle diseases, with an initial focus on Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Nanotrace develops cancer therapeutics that combine nanoparticles with RNA targeting to improve drug delivery and selectivity.

OncoRevive combines AI and multiomic biomarker analysis to develop cancer-detection and treatment-monitoring tools.

ORAIN Biotechnologies develops tools intended to improve patient selection for clinical trials.

OrganNexus combines experiments on living human organs with computational modeling to study biological responses and support drug development.

Sit Sense, Inc. develops smart seating that identifies high-pressure areas and automatically adjusts patient positioning.

StuffThatWorks provides an AI-powered patient-data platform for clinical development and commercial research.

Sunny makes reusable menstrual cups with applicators designed to simplify insertion.

Consumer

Biuty.ai (BelleTech, Inc.) provides an AI skincare app that uses personal skin data to guide routines and aesthetic-treatment choices.

Chaos Audio LLC develops connected guitar-effects hardware and software, including AI tools for creating audio effects.

Hiyd AI develops a thin sensor that attaches beneath a conventional watch to add health and fitness tracking.

Hot Girl Hotline provides a conversational AI companion for everyday personal challenges, relationships, and self-reflection.

OHLA LLC develops cross-sensory interfaces that communicate information through light, touch, and other sensory outputs.

Prolo Inc. develops a wearable ring controller for operating computers, phones, and extended-reality devices.

Richualist makes a hair-styling device that combines detangling, warmed product dispensing, and styling for textured hair.

Swippitt develops a phone-case and hub system that exchanges external batteries instead of requiring users to wait for charging.

Tingit connects customers with specialists who repair, clean, and restore clothing, footwear, and accessories.

Tressfecta develops technology to automate hair-separation work before braiding textured hair.

Yopi SAS develops the Yomy connected cat feeder, which dispenses wet and dry food and lets owners manage meals through an app.

Cybersecurity

Apate.ai deploys conversational AI bots to engage scammers, gather intelligence, and disrupt fraud operations.

Cerberus develops penetration-testing technology through C7 Security to help security teams assess and investigate vulnerabilities.

Cude Labs develops software that governs which information people and AI systems can see during their work.

DetectifAI, Inc. builds AI models for detecting synthetic speech, verifying speakers, and identifying voice impersonation.

Hardshell provides data-security tools for AI knowledge bases, model training, and fine-tuning, with a focus on preventing sensitive-data exposure.

HODOR provides an MCP security gateway that controls AI agents' identities, tool permissions, data access, and audit trails.

Indora Labs develops endpoint software that identifies regulated data, applies contextual security policies, and records enforcement decisions.

Magier AI provides tools for monitoring enterprise AI use, discovering unauthorized AI services, and documenting governance and compliance.

PsyberCog Labs, Inc. helps organizations analyze the conditions behind risky cybersecurity decisions and measure changes in security behavior.

Rein Security provides runtime security that monitors and controls the actions of custom-built enterprise AI agents.

Spektrum Labs provides software for verifying cybersecurity controls and collecting evidence of ongoing security and compliance.

Straiker provides AI-agent discovery, security testing, and runtime controls for identifying and blocking malicious behavior.

Trotta develops security software designed to identify and block social-engineering threats before delivery.

E-commerce and retail

Crease Beast makes memory-foam inserts designed to reduce creasing in sneakers.

SimplicityDX creates AI-powered campaign storefronts that turn social content into shopping experiences connected to retailers' catalogs.

Veritas combines embedded microchips and digital certificates to authenticate and track luxury goods.

Wear It AI, Inc. uses AI to turn personal photos and fashion inspiration into shoppable outfit content that can earn creators commissions.

Edtech

BuddyPro helps experts and coaches create AI counterparts that deliver personalized guidance based on their knowledge.

Efiwe AI Nigeria Limited provides mobile-first coding education with interactive challenges and AI tutoring for learners with limited connectivity.

MuseCool provides software for managing music lessons, tracking student progress, and delivering personalized practice exercises.

ROYO creates personalized, curriculum-aligned books that help children practice early reading skills.

ScrollEd develops a short-form video learning platform that lets users explore educational topics in progressively greater depth.

Video Pro Learning analyzes students' math work to identify misconceptions and generate personalized instructional videos and practice activities.

WeGlobal provides AI-assisted career guidance and university-admissions support for students and schools.

YNova.ai builds conversational AI learning tools, including an IELTS speaking coach with personalized practice and feedback.

Energy and clean tech

Adden Energy develops solid-state battery technology for electric vehicles, with a focus on fast charging and battery durability.

ChargeMate provides an AI assistant that troubleshoots failed electric-vehicle charging sessions and coordinates support for drivers and operators.

Climasel Ltd. develops phase-change thermal-storage panels intended to reduce cooling demand in commercial buildings.

CubeNexus combines sensor readings with time and three-dimensional location data to support analysis of energy assets and field operations.

Danu Water develops onsite water-treatment systems that remove salts from industrial wastewater and cooling water for reuse.

GinnoLab develops graphene and ceramic coatings for heat management, fire protection, and industrial energy efficiency.

Helix Carbon develops electrochemical technology for managing carbon-based feedstocks in heavy industry.

Licube, Inc. develops high-purity lithium compounds for batteries and other industrial applications.

LNK Energies develops powertrain systems that release hydrogen from liquid organic carriers for use in engines and fuel cells.

Noble Carbon makes retrofit smart circuit breakers that add circuit-level energy monitoring and control to existing electrical panels.

Petra Power develops onsite power systems using fuels including natural gas, diesel, and hydrogen for industrial and data-center applications.

Enterprise tech

AIEEV Inc provides distributed GPU cloud infrastructure for running AI workloads through remote machines, containers, and APIs.

Apex Replicant turns specialists' experience into digital assistants that answer domain-specific questions and escalate cases to human experts.

Ariso provides AI tools for coordinating work, tracking projects, and helping managers connect daily execution with business goals.

Arusto uses AI to turn source materials into structured courses, presentations, videos, and assessments.

Bounty operates a marketplace where users post paid tasks for AI agents to complete.

Buzz & Beyond operates Vling, a platform for discovering YouTube creators, analyzing channels, and managing influencer campaigns.

Collar AI provides AI-assisted investor-relations and equity-research tools for public companies with limited analyst coverage.

Cotriply develops an AI concierge for planning and coordinating group travel.

Dosu captures knowledge from software teams and their AI agents and makes it reusable across development workflows.

EasyMate AI provides AI assistants that handle lead capture, customer questions, follow-ups, and administrative work for service businesses.

GUDEA analyzes how narratives emerge and spread online to help organizations identify reputational risks and plan communications.

GuideAI combines AI assistance and browser automation to complete customer workflows such as applications, enrollment, and account activation.

Intelligible creates reusable representations of enterprise data's meaning and relationships so AI systems can reason with organizational context.

Kilo develops an open-source AI coding agent that works across development environments, command-line tools, and cloud workflows.

Latch AI develops AI software that identifies customers at risk of leaving and supports client retention.

Lumai develops optical computing hardware for accelerating AI inference in data centers.

Marketrix uses AI-generated personas to simulate user behavior and test how products, messages, and business decisions may be received.

Mesh automates accounting accruals and prepayments using procurement, accounts-payable, and contract data with traceable calculations.

Mirror Particle develops AI models that simulate how people perceive, make decisions, and respond to products, messages, and events.

Optise combines website management, content creation, analytics, and automated improvements for business-to-business marketing teams.

Paraverse Technology Limited provides cloud rendering and streaming technology for interactive 3D, extended-reality, and digital-twin applications.

PitchIN uses AI to help life-science startups find investors and strategic partners through company profiles and business events.

Spiky.ai analyzes sales conversations and other customer interactions to provide real-time coaching and identify effective selling behaviors.

StatGenius provides automated quantitative-research and data-mining tools for scientific and enterprise applications.

Trinitite provides enterprise AI controls that assess risks, check actions against policies, and turn observed failures into evaluation tests.

YOUnifiedAI, Inc. connects business applications to provide shared analytics and automate workflows across sales, finance, and operations.

Entertainment and media

Edit on the Spot automatically edits livestreams and event recordings into branded video segments for distribution.

Maka Kids develops an ad-free video app for young children with curated programming and parent-controlled viewing limits.

Press Club provides AI-assisted personalized media outreach for founders seeking press coverage.

Soundcheck Live provides crew-management software for organizing the people working on live events.

Fintech

Allin AI uses AI to match public companies with investors and support secondary fundraising transactions.

Aparta co-invests in homes, allowing residents to buy a property jointly with the company or sell it a partial ownership stake.

CedarDB develops a PostgreSQL-compatible database that runs transactional and analytical workloads on the same data.

DoDocs Inc uses AI to collect financial documents, extract their contents, reconcile transactions, and post entries to accounting software.

Finaive provides payment-protection tools and an AI-assisted marketplace for business transactions.

FirstGlance connects investors with startups through searchable company profiles, progress tracking, and direct introductions.

Prismm provides software for banks and credit unions to manage beneficiary information and account transitions after a customer's death.

Tabby provides AI-assisted bookkeeping, invoicing, bill management, and tax-readiness tools for small businesses.

TaxFigure provides AI-assisted tax research, planning, modeling, and return-review tools for tax professionals.

Zeeh Global combines identity verification, open-banking data, and cross-border credit information to support lenders' underwriting decisions.

Government, legal, and regulatory

Bakua AI develops software to coordinate validation, certification, and permitting for physical AI systems entering new cities.

Health Allied Licensure helps healthcare students navigate the transition into licensed professional practice.

Legali AI develops AI tools for legal education, personal record organization, and professional legal workflows.

Lexsy provides a software platform for managing legal work for startups and their investors.

Pollsee provides AI-assisted tools for drafting policy proposals, collecting community feedback, and sharing proposals with elected representatives.

Tzun creates tamper-evident records that link AI recommendations with human decisions, verified identities, timestamps, and model versions.

wellplayd GmbH provides governance software that helps sports clubs manage safeguarding policies, background-check records, and confidential reporting.

Health and wellness

Care Mojo combines edge AI wearables and home sensors to help families and care teams monitor changes in older adults' health and routines.

Circuit Breaker Labs stress-tests generative AI systems with simulated interactions to identify safety failures, including risks in clinical contexts.

Forela combines medical history and patient-reported information to support longitudinal endometriosis care and coordination.

Greenairy Pte Ltd develops connected plant towers intended to improve indoor air quality.

Imagine Devices Inc. develops integrated monitoring technology for neonatal and pediatric critical care.

Lifescapes develops brain-computer interface technology for rehabilitation of hand paralysis following stroke or spinal cord injury.

LumenUs develops a platform that helps families navigate bereavement, administrative tasks, benefits, and access to support.

MindMuscle develops EEG-based neurofeedback technology for clinician-guided attention and self-regulation training for children with ADHD and autism.

Mutanex combines electronic health records, genomics, imaging, and AI-assisted clinical analytics in a platform for precision medicine.

Nervotec develops camera-based software that estimates vital signs from face videos for wellness monitoring.

Ocean Friends Inc combines AI and data analytics with tools for pediatric therapy providers and families to coordinate care and document sessions.

OmicXHealth combines machine learning and genomic analysis to develop blood-based tests for early cancer detection and monitoring.

Predictheon Medical develops predictive-monitoring software that models anesthesia effects and potential adverse events to support clinicians' decisions.

Provision Surgical develops augmented-reality navigation technology for tracking bones and implants during orthopedic surgery.

Sama Fertility provides app-guided fertility care that combines remote monitoring with in-person IVF procedures.

Sound AiSleep uses AI voice cloning to create children's audio stories narrated in a parent's voice.

TimeTeller GmbH develops tests that characterize an individual's circadian rhythm to inform daily routines and treatment-timing research.

Uhura Bionics combines hardware and software to develop noninvasive communication devices for people with impaired or lost speech.

Valene Health develops AI agents for patient intake, clinical documentation, prior authorizations, medication monitoring, and billing workflows.

Virtuosis analyzes acoustic features of speech to generate indicators for health screening, monitoring, and well-being.

Voythos develops predictive tools and AI models to support screening, surveillance, and clinical decisions for aortic disease.

WoafMeow develops a sensor-equipped orthopedic dog bed that tracks resting activity and physiological signals through a companion app.

Human resources and recruiting

AskMAE ai LLC turns specialist knowledge, methods, and workflows into customized AI assistants with human oversight.

NTangible Inc. provides cognitive and mental-performance assessments to support athlete development, evaluation, and recruiting.

Reel Analytics uses computer vision to extract athletic-performance measurements from game footage for players, coaches, and recruiters.

SLI.pro provides AI-assisted career tools that help professionals identify and communicate their distinctive strengths and experience.

Your360 AI uses voice-based AI interviews to collect 360-degree workplace feedback and generate development priorities.

Logistics and supply chain

Atreus develops AI software that helps airlines coordinate disruption recovery across aircraft, crews, and passengers.

Destro AI develops shared AI control software for coordinating robots and workflows in warehouses and factories.

Dexa develops drone-delivery services that connect local businesses with nearby customers.

NuPort Inc develops retrofit autonomy systems that add automated-driving capabilities to existing commercial trucks.

Ridelink Inc combines freight matching, cross-border workflow automation, and shipment tracking in a logistics platform.

SSINDEX (Stakeholders Sustainability Index) collects and analyzes stakeholder feedback to help organizations assess environmental, social, and governance risks.

Manufacturing and industrial

Airs ML develops edge AI sensing technology for real-time industrial asset monitoring and electric-vehicle applications.

ArgosVision develops panoramic three-dimensional vision sensors that support robots' navigation, obstacle detection, and human interaction.

Bioroom Mycelium Materials develops biodegradable packaging materials made from mushroom mycelium.

CIT Co., Ltd. develops copper-clad laminates and glass substrates for semiconductor packaging and high-speed electronics.

Danu Robotics Ltd builds AI-controlled robots and computer-vision systems for sorting recyclable materials in waste-processing facilities.

IndustrialNext builds adaptable robotic manufacturing cells that learn tasks through simulation and demonstration.

MUI Robotics Co. Ltd. develops scent-detection and environmental-monitoring systems that turn chemical signals into actionable measurements.

Nexterity, Inc. builds computer-vision-enabled robotic tools that automate pipeline-joint bolting and unbolting under remote human control.

Niobia AI uses AI to analyze manufacturing and materials data for research, process troubleshooting, and quality control.

Ortex develops credit infrastructure to support critical-mineral production, according to its Startup Battlefield company profile.

Planck Lab Inc. develops maskless lithography and precision-patterning equipment for semiconductor research and industrial applications.

STRUCMEDICA combines nondestructive sensors and predictive software to assess concrete deterioration, durability, and environmental impact.

Marketing and advertising

Connexa helps people capture contacts, preserve conversation context, and manage relationships formed at in-person events.

Floqer uses AI agents to enrich customer records, research accounts, and automate sales and marketing data workflows.

Honeyjar provides AI tools for planning communications campaigns, finding journalists, creating outreach materials, and tracking results.

LOOQ develops physical-media measurement tools that connect displayed content with aggregated movement and dwell-time data.

onSpark uses AI to match businesses, creators, consultants, and agencies with potential commercial partners.

Prodisphere combines athlete profiles, performance insights, and brand-partnership tools to support sports scouting and sponsorship.

Snoika OÜ helps brands monitor and improve their visibility in AI-generated search answers through content and search-optimization tools.

Viralizer - Intuition Intelligence uses predictive AI to assess content resonance and early performance so brands and creators can refine campaigns.

Real estate and proptech

Blueprints AI uses AI to generate architectural and engineering drawings and construction-document sets.

Propra Technologies Inc. provides property-management software that automates accounting and administrative workflows for Canadian real-estate operators.

Titl uses AI to organize land records, extract ownership information, and automate parts of property-title searches and examination.

Vitrobot builds facade-inspection robots that use computer vision to identify building defects and generate repair-cost reports.

Watad connects construction buyers with materials suppliers and provides procurement-management and financing tools.

Ziffy.ai combines AI-assisted investment-property discovery and financial analysis with access to real-estate financing.

Social impact

Ardook Data collects multimodal recordings of real household tasks and turns them into training datasets for robotics and embodied AI.

Commissary Club develops AI agents that help people navigate and complete applications for employment, housing, and benefits.

Smart cities and infrastructure

ConeLabs turns inspection imagery into three-dimensional models and provides tools for assessing buildings and infrastructure.

Flox Intelligence combines AI, bioacoustics, and behavioral science to monitor wildlife and deter animals from hazardous infrastructure areas.

Interlinked uses AI and real-time environmental data to assess wildfire and disaster risks and support emergency-response planning.

Mosqitter Inc develops mosquito traps designed to attract and capture insects as an alternative to conventional insecticide spraying.

Snowbotix builds modular electric robots for year-round outdoor maintenance under human supervision.

Space and defense

ItsWare Inc combines RFID tags and software to track tools, assets, maintenance records, and production workflows.

Lola Vision Systems develops edge AI software for sensor fusion, real-time inference, and secure communications in defense and autonomous systems.

Longshot Space develops reusable ground-based accelerators for hypersonic testing and future space-launch applications.

Modal Motors, Inc. develops electric motors and generators, including designs that avoid rare-earth materials.

Public Access LLC develops additive-manufacturing technology for aerospace components, including titanium parts for defense, industrial, and space applications.

Rocket Fast Drones develops reusable electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing drones for applications including medical delivery, reconnaissance, and surveying.

SatEnlight develops optical communication systems that use light's orbital angular momentum to carry multiple data streams in a single beam.

Satlyt connects satellite tasking, in-orbit computing, and data processing across constellations through a shared software control plane.

Spacetime Industries develops software and autonomous-system integrations for inspecting and responding to incidents at critical infrastructure sites.

Symphony Space Inc develops a modular, autonomous orbital platform that can host multiple customers' payloads without each customer building a spacecraft.

xOrbita Inc. develops satellite guidance and control software for collision avoidance, rendezvous, and proximity operations.