Startup Battlefield 200

October 16, 2026

Tressfecta wants to make hair braiding a less arduous task for hairstylists

Aisata Diallo, 24, calls herself a lifelong braider. “I’ve always braided my hair growing up and, at some point in…
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October 16, 2026

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.…
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October 14, 2026

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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October 14, 2026

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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October 13, 2026

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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October 12, 2026

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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October 11, 2026

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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October 11, 2026

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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October 10, 2026

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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October 9, 2026

LumenUs helps automate tedious paperwork in times of grief

When Sara Tashakorinia’s husband died in a car accident eight years ago, the last thing she needed was the roughly…
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October 5, 2026

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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October 5, 2026

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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