Central Eurasia names its 2026 Road to Battlefield winners: Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ
Central Eurasia names its 2026 Road to Battlefield winners: Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ
中亚地区公布 2026 年“通往战场之路”获胜者：Cerberus、WeGlobal AI 和 LOOQ
Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ took the top three spots at the regional final of Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2026 and will represent Central Eurasia in Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco on October 13-15, before 10,000+ tech leaders attending. The three emerged from a field of 22 finalists, chosen from a record 726 applications across 39 countries. Meet these winners at Disrupt by registering for your ticket here. Cerberus、WeGlobal AI 和 LOOQ 在 2026 年 TechCrunch“通往创业战场之路”（Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield）区域决赛中斩获前三名。他们将代表中亚地区参加于 10 月 13 日至 15 日在旧金山举行的 TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 大会，入选“创业战场 200 强”（Startup Battlefield 200），并向现场超过 10,000 名科技领袖展示项目。这三家公司是从 39 个国家的 726 份创纪录申请中脱颖而出的 22 家决赛入围企业。点击此处注册门票，即可在 Disrupt 大会上与这些获胜者见面。
The Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield — run by Silkroad Innovation Hub in partnership with TechCrunch, Freedom Holding, Astana Hub, and IT Park Uzbekistan — drew nearly 50% more applications than its 2025 debut, when 485 startups from 27 countries applied. National rounds narrowed the field to 22 finalists, who pitched live at the Regional Final before 47 jurors from eight countries. AI-Dana, an AI judge, joined them as an independent juror for the second year. 由 Silkroad Innovation Hub 与 TechCrunch、Freedom Holding、Astana Hub 和 IT Park Uzbekistan 合作举办的“通往 TechCrunch 创业战场之路”活动，其申请数量比 2025 年的首届活动增加了近 50%（当时有来自 27 个国家的 485 家初创公司申请）。经过国家级选拔赛，最终确定了 22 家决赛入围企业，他们在区域决赛中向来自 8 个国家的 47 位评委进行了现场路演。AI 评委 AI-Dana 今年连续第二年作为独立评委参与了评审。
“Road to Battlefield 2026 had record applications and representation from more countries than ever. The companies pitching across health tech, education, productivity, enterprise, and cyber were cutting-edge and impressive. These founders are getting global visibility at TechCrunch Disrupt, and that sends a message to the next generation: You can build locally and scale globally. That visibility is a catalyst. Road to Battlefield proves this ecosystem is thriving and that there’s a real pathway for founders here to compete on a world stage,” said Isabelle Johannessen, head of the Startup Battlefield program at TechCrunch. TechCrunch 创业战场项目负责人 Isabelle Johannessen 表示：“2026 年‘通往战场之路’的申请数量创下历史新高，覆盖的国家也比以往任何时候都多。这些涵盖医疗科技、教育、生产力、企业服务和网络安全领域的公司非常前沿且令人印象深刻。这些创始人通过 TechCrunch Disrupt 获得了全球曝光度，这向下一代传递了一个信息：你可以立足本土，走向全球。这种曝光度是一种催化剂。‘通往战场之路’证明了该生态系统正在蓬勃发展，并为当地创始人提供了在世界舞台上竞争的真正途径。”
It’s also a field that has gone almost entirely AI — of the 726 startups that applied this year, 84% were building AI products. All three winners fit that mold: An AI agent that hunts for security vulnerabilities (Cerberus); an AI platform for student mental health and career guidance (WeGlobal AI); and AI-powered hardware that measures who actually looks at a billboard (LOOQ). 这也是一个几乎完全被人工智能主导的领域——在今年申请的 726 家初创公司中，84% 正在开发人工智能产品。三家获胜者均符合这一特征：寻找安全漏洞的 AI 代理（Cerberus）；用于学生心理健康和职业指导的 AI 平台（WeGlobal AI）；以及能够测量谁在观看广告牌的 AI 驱动硬件（LOOQ）。
“We had a very strong applicant pool this year, which made the final selection genuinely difficult,” said Asset Abdualiyev, founder and CEO of Silkroad Innovation Hub. “From the beginning, the idea behind Road to Battlefield has been to give talented founders a platform to be seen, heard, and connected to opportunities beyond the region. Throughout the competition, we invited experienced VCs and tech leaders from different countries, giving founders the opportunity to pitch their companies, receive feedback, and build relationships with the global startup community. The strongest teams made it through to the final, and we are proud to have TechCrunch as a partner in creating this global pathway for founders from Central Eurasia.” Silkroad Innovation Hub 创始人兼首席执行官 Asset Abdualiyev 表示：“今年的申请者实力非常强劲，这使得最终评选变得异常困难。从一开始，‘通往战场之路’的初衷就是为有才华的创始人提供一个被看见、被听见并连接区域外机会的平台。在整个比赛过程中，我们邀请了来自不同国家的资深风投和科技领袖，让创始人有机会推介公司、获得反馈并与全球创业社区建立联系。最强的团队进入了决赛，我们很自豪能与 TechCrunch 合作，为中亚的创始人开辟这条全球化道路。”
The rest of the top 10 Road to Battlefield finalists included Suriy (Mongolia), TelAgri (Georgia), SeaDar (Azerbaijan), Kaptın Kaptın (Türkiye), Admyra (United States), MVSxAI (Qatar), and Soup (Kazakhstan). 进入“通往战场之路”前十名的其他决赛入围者包括：Suriy（蒙古）、TelAgri（格鲁吉亚）、SeaDar（阿塞拜疆）、Kaptın Kaptın（土耳其）、Admyra（美国）、MVSxAI（卡塔尔）和 Soup（哈萨克斯坦）。
The Winners / 获胜者
Cerberus (Uzbekistan) Cerberus（乌兹别克斯坦）
First-place winner Cerberus is an AI-powered cybersecurity startup that automatically hunts for vulnerabilities in corporate IT systems. The company is addressing a problem it sees in the current generation of AI-driven security tools: Many rely heavily on general-purpose language models that can hallucinate, with potentially serious consequences when given access to corporate systems. Cerberus has already gone through 500 Global Eurasia and has been accepted into the Alchemist Silkroad — Silicon Valley Residency program. 冠军得主 Cerberus 是一家人工智能驱动的网络安全初创公司，能够自动搜寻企业 IT 系统中的漏洞。该公司旨在解决当前一代 AI 安全工具中存在的问题：许多工具过度依赖通用语言模型，而这些模型可能会产生“幻觉”，在获得企业系统访问权限时可能导致严重后果。Cerberus 此前已通过 500 Global Eurasia 加速器，并被 Alchemist Silkroad 硅谷驻场项目录取。
“We were simply glad to be part of Road to Battlefield. Competing against 726 applications from 39 countries is valuable in itself, whatever the outcome,” said Aziz Akhmedkhodjaev, founder and CEO of Cerberus. “What made our pitch unique is that we’re solving a problem the market is already feeling. Everyone is writing code with AI now, vulnerabilities are appearing faster than teams can find them, and there’s no established way to let an AI agent test real infrastructure safely. We believe the judges recognized that, and we’ll do our best, treating it as a serious responsibility. We don’t intend to let our region down.” Cerberus 创始人兼首席执行官 Aziz Akhmedkhodjaev 表示：“我们很高兴能参与‘通往战场之路’。无论结果如何，能与来自 39 个国家的 726 个申请者同台竞技本身就非常有价值。我们的路演之所以独特，是因为我们正在解决市场已经感受到的痛点。现在每个人都在用 AI 写代码，漏洞出现的速度超过了团队发现它们的速度，而且目前还没有一种成熟的方法让 AI 代理安全地测试真实基础设施。我们相信评委们认可了这一点，我们将尽最大努力，将其视为一项严肃的责任。我们绝不会让我们的地区失望。”
The win also gives Uzbekistan its first Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield champion, as the country looks to bring more of its emerging technology companies onto the international stage. 此次获胜也让乌兹别克斯坦迎来了首位“通往 TechCrunch 创业战场之路”冠军，该国正致力于将其更多新兴科技公司推向国际舞台。
“Uzbekistan’s startup ecosystem has changed significantly in the past few years,” said Sherzod Shermatov, Minister of Digital Technology of Uzbekistan. “We are seeing more founders building sophisticated technology products and thinking about international markets from the beginning. Cerberus taking first place and advancing to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 is a strong example of that progress, and an important opportunity to show the global technology community what founders from Uzbekistan can build.” 乌兹别克斯坦数字技术部长 Sherzod Shermatov 表示：“乌兹别克斯坦的创业生态系统在过去几年发生了巨大变化。我们看到越来越多的创始人正在构建复杂的科技产品，并从一开始就考虑国际市场。Cerberus 获得第一名并晋级 TechCrunch 创业战场 200 强，是这一进步的有力证明，也是向全球科技界展示乌兹别克斯坦创始人能力的绝佳机会。”
WeGlobal AI (Kazakhstan) WeGlobal AI（哈萨克斯坦）
Second-place winner WeGlobal AI built its platform around a shortage of school psychologists in Kazakhstan, giving schools AI tools to track student mental health and offer career guidance at a scale no hiring push could match. 亚军得主 WeGlobal AI 的平台旨在解决哈萨克斯坦学校心理咨询师短缺的问题，为学校提供 AI 工具，以追踪学生心理健康并提供职业指导，其规模是任何招聘计划都无法比拟的。
“Road to Startup Battlefield was an incredible experience for our team,” said Bolat Ashim, co-founder and CEO of WeGlobal AI. “Going through the National and Regional rounds gave us the opportunity to challenge our thinking, sharpen our story, and meet some amazing founders along the way. Finishing second and earning the opportunity to join TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 in San Francisco is a huge milestone for us. We’re excited to represent Kazakhstan on a global stage and introduce what we’re building at WeGlobal AI to the wider tech community.” WeGlobal AI 联合创始人兼首席执行官 Bolat Ashim 表示：“‘通往创业战场之路’对我们的团队来说是一次不可思议的经历。通过国家级和区域级比赛，我们有机会挑战自己的思维，打磨我们的故事，并在此过程中结识了一些了不起的创始人。获得第二名并赢得参加旧金山 TechCrunch 创业战场 200 强的机会，对我们来说是一个巨大的里程碑。我们很兴奋能代表哈萨克斯坦登上全球舞台，并向更广泛的科技社区介绍我们在 WeGlobal AI 所做的事情。”
For Kazakhstan, WeGlobal AI’s result also comes as the country puts AI at the center of its digital development agenda and looks to connect more of its technology companies with international markets. 对于哈萨克斯坦而言，WeGlobal AI 的成绩正值该国将人工智能置于其数字发展议程的核心，并寻求将其更多科技公司与国际市场对接之际。
“AI is creating an opportunity for countries like Kazakhstan to compete globally in ways that were not possible a decade ago,” said Zhaslan Madiyev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Artificial Intelligence… “人工智能正在为像哈萨克斯坦这样的国家创造机会，使其能够以十年前无法想象的方式在全球范围内竞争，”哈萨克斯坦副总理兼人工智能部长 Zhaslan Madiyev 表示……