Startup Battlefield 200
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Industrial Next wants factory robots to switch tasks in minutes, not weeks
In most factories, automation is fixed: robots and machines are programmed for one specific task and product. Changing a line…
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Helix Carbon says it can make iron cheaper by recycling blast furnace pollution
The iron and steel industries are among the biggest polluters in the world. Plenty of startups have tried to cut…
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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…
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Honeyjar offers AI tools to improve PR and comms at every company
Journalists, entrepreneurs, and even some public relations professionals will tell you that the PR process is broken (buy me a…
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Dawn Myers is making it easier to style, detangle, and care for curly hair
Normally, Dawn Myers wears her hair up in a big old afro, and anyone with an afro can attest that…
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Efferon wants to eradicate the devastating toll of pediatric sepsis
Sepsis, an acute inflammation triggered by infection, is a leading cause of childhood mortality, claiming roughly 3 million children under…
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3 days to Disrupt 2026: Meet the startups before they hit mainstream
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 starts in just three days. Moscone West is getting ready, hundreds of startups are preparing to show…
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Hot Girl Hotline is like ‘Dear Abby’ for the AI era
Women throughout history have always sought out relationship advice, whether from newspaper columnists like “Dear Abby,” letters to Cosmo, or…
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The full Disrupt Stage lineup
The biggest stage at TechCrunch Disrupt is where the people building the future come to talk about what happens next…
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Circuit Breaker Labs hopes to make AI safer for your kids (and you)
With all the talk about how AI might one day kill us all, it’s easy to forget that AI has…
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This startup wants to turn idle user car inventory into rental revenue
When Igor Dobrianskyi looks at a car dealership lot, he sees a wasted opportunity. “Millions and millions of used cars…
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