Get your Disrupt highlights here

Thursday, October 20, 2022 Posted by bloggerdaddy
TechCrunch Newsletter
TechCrunch logo
The Daily Crunch logo

By Christine Hall and Haje Jan Kamps

Thursday, October 20, 2022

Welcome to an extra-special TechCrunch Disrupt edition of the Daily Crunch. It's been three long years but, the TechCrunch team finally descended on San Francisco along with the tech industry's brightest minds to discuss all things, well, tech. Not only that, 20 startups pitched their companies as part of Startup Battlefield and the finalists were announced last night. Read on for some Disrupt highlights and stay glued to your inbox (or better yet, go watch on TechCrunch dot com) to find out who the Battlefield winner will be!

 image

Disrupt roundup

Disrupt roundup image

Image Credits: Haje Kamps / TechCrunch

Framing Innovation: Explore how AT&T's network powers innovation

Sponsored by AT&T

Real innovation happens when companies combine what they do best to connect the dots of innovation. AT&T is working with startups like Boddle Learning to reshape how kids learn, merging connectivity and education to frame innovation.

Learn More

The Battlefield 20

In case you need a refresher, here are the 20 companies that pitched onstage this week.

NXgenPort: A Saint Paul, Minnesota-based startup that's looking to remotely monitor cancer patients in between doctor visits using a port catheter.

Omneky: Leverages OpenAI's DALLE-2 and GPT-3 models to generate visuals and text that can be used in ads for social platforms.

Circular Genomics: Claims its new form of genetic testing can identify which medications will work for a patient in a fraction of that time.

Anthill: Connects frontline workers to company resources through text messaging.

AppMap: Was built on the simple idea that developers should be able to see the behavior of software as they write it so they can prevent problems when the software runs.

Mother Honestly: New commerce offering aims to give employees more freedom when it comes to caregiving spending.

Digest.ai: Beyond flashcards to create an AI dialogue assistant that we can all carry around on our phones.

Swap Robotics: Paving the way for electric solar vegetation cuts and sidewalk snow plowing.

Hormona: Hopes to encourage people with periods to do just that — add hormone-monitoring to their quantified health mix.

Staax: Thinks peer-to-peer payments can onboard a new generation of stock investors.

Ally Robotics: The company has developed a combination hardware and software solution designed to make it easier to deploy these automated solutions for those without coding/robotics experience.

Nat4bio: Makes food-grade coating to protect fruit from microscopic threat.

Minerva Lithium: Uses absorbent material to change the way we extract lithium.

Reverion: Has developed a way to get more electricity out of biogas and existing fuel-cell technology.

Incooling: Is building servers that use liquid to cool down.

Intropic Materials: Helps single-use plastics decompose from the inside out.

BetterData: BetterData taps the blockchain to help create better synthetic data.

Labby: Wants to make milk healthier and cows happier with better sensors.

Advanced Ionics: Is striving to drive down the price of green hydrogen by slashing how much electricity is needed for electrolysis by as much as 50%.

Kayhan Space: Kayhan Space is making orbit safer with timely, automatic collision warnings for satellites.

And the finalists are ….

After the pitching, TechCrunch editors and judges winnowed the list down to five companies (Advanced Ionics, AppMap, Intropic Materials, Minerva Lithium and Swap Robotics). Later today, one of them will be crowned the Battlefield winner and take home the Battlefield Cup and $100,000. Hey now.

The Battlefield 20 image

Read more stories on TechCrunch.com

Newest Jobs from Crunchboard

See more jobs on CrunchBoard

Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month.

Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Flipboard

View this email online in your browser

Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Unsubscribe

© 2022 Yahoo. All rights reserved. 110 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103

Labels:

Post a Comment