And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2026 is: Intero Biosystems
For three days this week in San Francisco, 20 eager startups participated in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. The top 20 were chosen to represent the best of the Startup Battlefield 200, and they competed for a chance to take home the Startup Battlefield Cup and $100,000. With that intense pitching now complete, we have a winner.
本周，20家充满活力的初创公司在旧金山参加了为期三天的TechCrunch Disrupt 2026“创业战场”（Startup Battlefield）活动。这20家顶尖企业是从“创业战场200强”中精选出来的佼佼者，它们共同角逐“创业战场杯”及10万美元奖金。随着紧张的路演环节结束，我们终于迎来了获胜者。
These startups were handpicked to compete in Startup Battlefield, and all of them presented a live demo in front of the VCs and tech leaders who judged the competition. After hours of deliberations, TechCrunch editors pored over the judges’ notes and narrowed the list down to five finalists: Apate, Flox Intelligence, Intero Biosystems, Industrial Next, and Satlyt.
这些初创公司是经过精心挑选进入“创业战场”的，它们都在担任评委的风险投资人和科技领袖面前进行了现场演示。经过数小时的审议，TechCrunch编辑们仔细研读了评委的笔记，将名单缩减至五家决赛入围者：Apate、Flox Intelligence、Intero Biosystems、Industrial Next和Satlyt。
The final five made their way to the finale to demo in front of our final panel of judges: Alexa von Tobel of Inspired Capital, Chi-Hua Chien of Goodwater Capital, Dayna Grayson of Construct Capital, Karl Alomar of M13, and Stacy Brown-Philpot of Cherryrock Capital. We’re now ready to announce that the winner of TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2026 is: Winner: Intero Biosystems
这五家公司进入决赛，并在我们的最终评审团面前进行了演示，评审团成员包括：Inspired Capital的Alexa von Tobel、Goodwater Capital的Chi-Hua Chien、Construct Capital的Dayna Grayson、M13的Karl Alomar以及Cherryrock Capital的Stacy Brown-Philpot。现在我们宣布，TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2026的获胜者是：Intero Biosystems。
Intero Biosystems is a Denver-based startup founded by Charlie Childs and Madeline Eiken that spun out of the University of Michigan. It’s developing 1mm human intestinal “organoids,” lab-grown tissue that mimics the gut, offering another way to study how drugs and other compounds might affect the human body before they are tested in people. The startup sells its flagship product, GastroScreen, to pharmaceutical, biotech, food, and chemical companies for testing drugs and other compounds.
Intero Biosystems是一家总部位于丹佛的初创公司，由Charlie Childs和Madeline Eiken创立，是从密歇根大学孵化出来的。该公司正在开发1毫米的人体肠道“类器官”，这是一种模拟肠道的实验室培养组织，为在人体测试前研究药物及其他化合物如何影响人体提供了新途径。该初创公司向制药、生物技术、食品和化学公司销售其旗舰产品GastroScreen，用于测试药物和其他化合物。
Runner-up: Apate. Apate is an Australian startup founded by Dali Kaafar, who came up with the idea while doing research at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. It deploys thousands of AI agents that masquerade as innocent victims, answering scam calls, responding to shady messages and emails, following phishing links, and joining social media groups to bait fraudsters.
亚军：Apate。Apate是一家澳大利亚初创公司，由Dali Kaafar创立，他在澳大利亚悉尼麦考瑞大学进行研究时萌生了这一想法。该公司部署了数千个伪装成无辜受害者的AI代理，通过接听诈骗电话、回复可疑短信和邮件、点击钓鱼链接以及加入社交媒体群组来诱捕诈骗者。
In addition to access to Apate’s fleet of agents, customers get an insights portal that offers intelligence and analytics on scams targeting their end users or employees, brands, products, and more. These two companies now join the ranks of Startup Battlefield winners and finalists like Trello, Discord, Cloudflare, and Mint on the Disrupt Stage.
除了使用Apate的代理集群外，客户还可以获得一个洞察门户，提供针对其终端用户或员工、品牌、产品等诈骗活动的智能分析。这两家公司现在加入了Trello、Discord、Cloudflare和Mint等曾登上Disrupt舞台的“创业战场”获胜者和决赛入围者行列。