Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top 200 contenders, and of them, the top 20 compete on the big stage to become the winner, taking home the Startup Battlefield Cup and a cash prize of $100,000. But the remaining 180 startups all blew us away as well in their respective categories and compete in their own pitch competition.
Here is the full list of the government and legal Startup Battlefield 200 selectees, along with a note on why they landed in the competition.
What it does: Uses AI to automate legal intake forms, as well as other documents, for family law firms.
Why it’s noteworthy: It specializes in, at the moment, divorce cases, which means it is tackling an issue not commonly addressed by the current wave of AI legal tech.
What it does: Ascender has created a robot that can climb utility poles and flagpoles to help assist with humanitarian assistance and disaster response.
Why it’s noteworthy: Part of the wave of robotic technology that is emerging to help better address disaster situations.
What it does: Bot Mediation uses AI to help settle legal disputes.
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Why it’s noteworthy: Another interesting use case in legal AI, this time to help make the mediation and dispute process more efficient.
What it does: Depth AI creates AI for spatial computing, building modeling such as holographic imaging that can be used in healthcare to create 3D images of the body for diagnosing illness.
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