TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Startup Battlefield 200: Celebrating outstanding achievements

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Startup Battlefield 200: Celebrating outstanding achievements

This year, TechCrunch Disrupt showcased the incredible talent and groundbreaking ideas of our 2025 Startup Battlefield 200 cohort. Out of thousands of applications, we selected 200 of the most promising startups, each bringing unique innovations to their respective industries. The competition culminated in an electrifying event where these startups had the opportunity to pitch and…

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Scenes from TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Scenes from TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Thanks to everyone who made this year’s San Francisco event what it was — and to the 10,000 of you who filled the halls, made the connections, and left with more than you came with. Couldn’t make it? The images below offer a glimpse into what you missed. Until next year. Vinod Khosla, telling attendees…

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2024’s Startup Battlefield runner-up geCKo Materials reveals four new products at TechCrunch Disrupt

2024’s Startup Battlefield runner-up geCKo Materials reveals four new products at TechCrunch Disrupt

The 2024 runner-up in the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield, geCKo Materials, returned to the stage at this year’s show to debut new products as it pushes deeper into commercializing its tech. Founder Dr. Capella Kerst revealed four new uses of geCKo’s super-strong dry adhesive: a semiconductor wafer handling tool, a robotic gripper for smooth surfaces…

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