Looking ahead to 2026: What’s next for Startup Battlefield 200
TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 is the flagship early-stage startup competition held at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, spotlighting the world’s most…
Where are investors placing their bets next year? AI, AI, AI.
Investors at TechCrunch Disrupt did not shy away from admitting they are interested in mainly one thing: artificial…
Where are investors placing their bets next year? AI, AI, AI.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Day 2 at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco, Oct 28, 2025. ( Photo…
How OpenAI and Google see AI changing go-to-market strategies
For years, when it was time for startups to start selling their product, they could turn to any…
Glīd won Startup Battlefield 2025 by building solutions to make logistis simpler, safer, and smarter
Build Mode is back with a holiday bonus episode. This week, Startup Battlefield editor Isabelle Johannessen is joined…
How AI startups should be thinking about product-market fit
For all their pitches promising something new, AI startups share many of the same questions as startups in…
The 2025 Startup Battlefield Top 20 are here. Let the competition begin.
The Startup Battlefield is the stage where legends are made, and the next 20 contenders have arrived. These…
And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2025 is: Glīd
For three days this week, 20 startups participated in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Each was…
Digg founder Kevin Rose on the need for trusted social communities in the AI era
“The dead internet theory is real,” Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian told Digg founder Kevin Rose, referring to the…
Phia’s founders on how AI is changing online shopping
When Phia‘s founders Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni decided to build an AI startup, they targeted an area…
Here are the 5 Startup Battlefield finalists at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
After two days full of live demos and pitches, it’s time to announce the five finalists at this…
Cyphr will reveal how it makes lending easier for small businesses at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
It happened one day. Jannae Gammage was working with the Small Business Administration as a technology consultant, helping companies get access…