The 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 has arrived. Organizers have selected 200 of the most promising early-stage startups from thousands of applications submitted across scores of industries and regions around the world. The companies were chosen from a vast and diverse pool, and each one will exhibit at Disrupt 2026, which runs October 13 through 15 at Moscone West in San Francisco.
Startup Battlefield has long been a launchpad for breakout companies. Past participants include Dropbox, Cloudflare, and Discord, and the program says its alumni have raised more than $32 billion and produced more than 250 exits. For this year's group, the selection opens the door to live demos, investor meetings, global media exposure, and a head-to-head pitch competition with a $100,000 equity-free prize and the Disrupt Cup on the line.
Key facts about the 2026 Startup Battlefield 200
- Event dates: October 13 through 15, 2026
- Event location: Moscone West, San Francisco
- Announcement date: August 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM PDT
- Number of startups selected: 200
- Top 20 finalists: announced live on Day 1 of Disrupt, October 13
- Grand prize: $100,000, equity-free, plus the Disrupt Cup
- Premier sponsors: Google for Startups and SAP
This year's cohort represents an unusually broad range of sectors. The complete list covers agtech, food, automotive, transportation, biotech, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, cybersecurity, e-commerce, retail, edtech, clean energy, enterprise software, media, entertainment, fintech, health, wellness, human resources, logistics, manufacturing, marketing, real estate, social impact, smart cities, infrastructure, space, and defense.
The complete list of companies
Here are the 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 companies, organized by category. They were chosen from a highly competitive applicant pool, and each will have a presence at Disrupt 2026.
Agtech and food
Canopii; Delight Food Inc.; GreenBox; Krokos Bio; Muju Earth Technologies Limited; Nurtured Nuts Company; Tree Track Intelligence Inc.
Automotive and transportation
Cautio; Laplace Intelligence; Motion Sync Technologies Inc.; MyMonthlyCar Inc.; Neumo; Urbanchain.
Biotech and pharmaceuticals
Alithea Biotechnology; Apertum Neuroscience; BioTrillion; BRAIV; ChemT Biotechnology; Efferon; Infiuss Health; Intero Biosystems; Lume Health Technologies; MyoGene Bio; Nanotrace; OncoRevive; ORAIN Biotechnologies; OrganNexus; Sit Sense Inc.; StuffThatWorks; Sunny.
Consumer
Biuty.ai (BelleTech Inc.); Chaos Audio LLC; Hiyd AI; Hot Girl Hotline; OHLA LLC; Prolo Inc.; Richualist; Swippitt; Tingit; Tressfecta; Yopi SAS.
Cybersecurity
Apate.ai; Cerberus; Cude Labs; DetectifAI Inc.; Hardshell; HODOR; Indora Labs; Magier AI; PsyberCog Labs Inc.; Rein Security; Spektrum Labs; Straiker; Trotta.
E-commerce and retail
Crease Beast; SimplicityDX; Veritas; Wear It AI Inc.
Edtech
BuddyPro; ConfiTalk Ltd (YNova.ai); Efiwe AI Nigeria Limited; Health Allied Licensure; MuseCool; ROYO; ScrollEd; Video Pro Learning; WeGlobal.
Energy and clean tech
Adden Energy; ChargeMate; Climasel Ltd.; CubeNexus; Danu Water; GinnoLab; Helix Carbon; Licube Inc.; LNK Energies; Noble Carbon; Petra Power.
Enterprise tech
AIEEV Inc; Apex Replicant; Ariso; Arusto; Bounty; Buzz & Beyond; Collar AI; Cotriply; Dosu; EasyMate AI; GUDEA; GuideAI; Intelligible; Kilo; Latch AI; Lumai; Marketrix; Mesh; Mirror Particle; Optise; Paraverse Technology Limited; PitchIN; Spiky.ai; StatGenius; Trinitite; YOUnifiedAI Inc.
Entertainment and media
Edit on the Spot; Maka Kids; Press Club; Soundcheck Live.
Fintech
Allin AI; Aparta; CedarDB; DoDocs Inc; Finaive; FirstGlance; Prismm; Tabby; TaxFigure; Zeeh Global.
Government, legal, and regulatory
Bakua AI; Legali AI; Lexsy; Pollsee; Tzun; wellplayd GmbH.
Health and wellness
Care Mojo; Circuit Breaker Labs; Forela; Greenairy Pte Ltd; Imagine Devices Inc.; Lifescapes; LumenUs; MindMuscle; Mutanex; Nervotec; Ocean Friends Inc; OmicXHealth; Predictheon Medical; Provision Surgical; Sama Fertility; TimeTeller GmbH; Uhura Bionics; Valene Health; Virtuosis; Voythos; WoafMeow.
Human resources and recruiting
AskMAE ai LLC; NTangible Inc.; Reel Analytics; SLI.pro; Your360 AI.
Logistics and supply chain
Atreus; Destro AI; Dexa; NuPort Inc; Ridelink Inc; SSINDEX | Stakeholders Sustainability Index.
Manufacturing and industrial
Airs ML; ArgosVision; Bioroom Mycelium Materials; CIT Co. Ltd.; Danu Robotics Ltd; IndustrialNext; MUI Robotics Co. Ltd.; Nexterity Inc.; Niobia AI; Ortex; Planck Lab Inc.; STRUCMEDICA.
Marketing and advertising
Connexa; Floqer; Honeyjar; Intuition Intelligence; LOOQ; onSpark; Prodisphere; Snoika OÜ.
Real estate and proptech
Blueprints AI; Propra Technologies Inc.; Titl; Vitrobot; Watad; Ziffy.ai.
Social impact
Ardook Data; Commissary Club.
Smart cities and infrastructure
ConeLabs; Flox Intelligence; Interlinked; Mosqitter Inc; Snowbotix.
Space and defense
ItsWare Inc; Lola Vision Systems; Longshot Space; Modal Motors Inc.; Public Access LLC; Rocket Fast Drones; SatEnlight; Satlyt; Spacetime Industries; Symphony Space Inc; xOrbita Inc.
A proven launchpad for breakout startups
The Startup Battlefield track record makes this list especially meaningful for early-stage founders. Alumni have gone on to build category-defining companies, including names that are now household brands in cloud storage, web infrastructure, and social communication. Dropbox, Cloudflare, and Discord are often cited as proof that the competition surfaces startups with real commercial potential.
Since its early editions, Startup Battlefield has become known for giving founders a highly visible stage at a critical moment in their growth. The program has a track record of more than $32 billion raised by alumni and more than 250 exits. Those numbers help explain why thousands of founders apply each year, even though only a small fraction can be included.
The 200 startups in this year's cohort cover deep science and frontier technology as well as consumer apps, digital health tools, financial services, climate solutions, and developer platforms. In a typical Startup Battlefield
Source: TechCrunch News