"After two days full of live demos and pitches, it's time to announce the five finalists at this year's Startup Battlefield. These finalists were selected from an initial pool of thousands of applicants, with TechCrunch's editorial team narrowing the field down to the 200 companies that all joined us here at Disrupt, with the Top 20 competing on the Disrupt Stage."
"Glīd (pronounced "Glide") aims to streamline the complex, multistep process involved in moving a container from a ship to a freight train. The company has developed several hardware and software products to speed up and reduce the cost of getting shipping containers to the railhead and eventually their destination. Its first product is GliderM, a hybrid-electric vehicle with a hook on the back that can pick up and move 20-foot containers directly to the rail without the need for forklifts of hostler trucks."
Five startups were named finalists for Startup Battlefield 2025 after thousands of applicants were narrowed to 200 onsite companies and a Top 20 pitch competition. Finalists will present again at 11:30 a.m. PT on Wednesday to compete for $100,000 in equity-free funding and temporary custody of the Startup Battlefield Cup, with the finals livestreamed on the conference website and held on the Disrupt Stage. Charter Space offers a dev tool capturing manufacturing and test data to feed an underwriting interface for spacecraft insurance and potential credit products. Glīd builds hardware and software, including the GliderM hybrid-electric vehicle, to move 20-foot containers to railheads more efficiently.
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