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Twenty startups pick a fight for a $100,000 Disrupt prize
The twenty finalists will compete on the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt for a hundred thousand dollars and the Disrupt Cup; the cup is the cheaper part.
On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN NewsroomPublished
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- First reported by TechCrunch: “The 2026 Startup Battlefield Top 20: From organs to orbit and everything in between”.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 11:05 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
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Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentTwenty startups just made the Startup Battlefield list at TechCrunch Disrupt, and they will compete on the main stage for a hundred thousand dollars and the Disrupt Cup.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe list runs from organs to orbit, so somebody is pitching a spleen and somebody else is pitching a satellite, and I need to see both.
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