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Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch competition attracts thousands of applicants. We reduce these applications to the top 200 contendersand among them, the top 20 compete on the big stage to become the winner, taking home the Startup Battlefield Cup and a $100,000 cash prize. But the remaining 180 startups also blew us away in their respective categories and are participating in their own pitch competition.
Here’s the full list of government and legal startups selected for Battlefield 200, along with a note explaining why they entered the competition.
apart
What it does: Uses AI to automate legal intake forms, as well as other documents, for family law firms.
Why it’s notable: He currently specializes in divorce cases, which means he’s tackling a problem not commonly addressed by the current wave of AI legal technology.
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What it does: Ascender has created a robot that can climb utility poles and flagpoles to help with humanitarian aid and disaster response.
Why it’s notable: Part of the wave of robotic technology that is emerging to help better cope with disaster situations.
Mediation by robots
What it does: Bot Mediation uses AI to help resolve legal disputes.
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Why it’s notable: Another interesting use case for legal AI, this time to help make the mediation and litigation process more efficient.
Deep AI
What it does: Depth AI creates AI for spatial computing, creating modeling such as holographic imaging that can be used in healthcare to create 3D images of the body to diagnose diseases.
Why it’s notable: This is a technology that aims to improve the healthcare industry, which is always a good thing.
ILias AI
What it does: ILias works in the field of “smell technology” – using AI to create olfactory technology that can help, for example, dogs detect the scent of drugs.
Why it’s notable: It involves using the olfactory senses to create a product, which is not common, especially when it comes to using it in a way related to technological innovation.
JustiGuide
What it does: JustiGuide connects immigrants with lawyers and tools to help make the immigration process more efficient.
Why it’s notable: Winner of the policy and protection presentation stage at Disrupt this year, this is an evergreen product tackling the laborious and often tedious process of immigration.
Orchestra
What it does: Orchestra created a network of cameras to manage public safety and detect crimes.
Why it’s notable: This is a modern version of the security network system that has been around for decades.
Ponderosa AI
What it does: Ponderosa uses drones that can help detect and control small fires.
Why it’s notable: Fires can quickly grow out of control and cause catastrophic damage. Any technology that helps mitigate this risk is therefore timely.
Python AI
What it does: Python hopes to make the planning process more efficient for warfighters on the battlefield.
Why it’s notable: Battlefield innovation is always an interesting and curious area.
Shothawk AI
What it does: Creation of a device that can track, detect and control active shooters with pepper gel. It was founded in 2023 by Brandon Johnson, Ohm Vyas and Ved Vyas.
Why it’s notable: An innovation that addresses the increasing rate of gun crime in public places, such as schools and supermarkets, in the hope of remedying it.
Torch Systems
What it does: Torch monitors high-value assets, assessing air quality, fire risk and safety, in hopes of helping prevent wildfires as early as possible.
Why it’s notable: As climate change leads to even more devastating wildfires, any innovation that helps make these catastrophic events less disastrous is always a good thing.
