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The applications are in. The TechCrunch Startup Battlefield squad made their decisions. Eight Australian startups person earned their spot connected the Startup Battlefield stage astatine Stripe Tour Sydney connected August 19 — and they’re acceptable to transportation for $15,000 successful Stripe interest credits, capitalist attention, and a spot successful Startup Battlefield 200 astatine TechCrunch Disrupt successful San Francisco.
They correspond the aboriginal of Australian tech — from endeavor tech to wellness and wellness tech to amusement and media. Here’s who they are.
The 8 finalists
Aigentsphere
Independent AI absorption and governance level Aigentsphere helps enterprises standard AI safely and well, giving leaders visibility, control, and accountability implicit their full AI cause workforce.
Apate.ai
Apate assistance banks, telcos, and governments dismantle scam operations by engaging scammers successful unrecorded speech and turning it into real-time intelligence.
Callease Ai
Callease Ai is the operating strategy for carnal information power rooms, starting with dependable AI that automates welfare, escalation, patrol, and galore much — the full calling engine.
Choosey App
Choosey App helps businesses prosecute instantly and workers get paid instantly done agentic AI-powered matching, workforce management, and same-day pay.
Doomers AI
Doomers AI helps AI and tech companies marque merchandise launches inclination connected X by orchestrating a vetted creator web that reaches the buyers who artifact ads.
equ
Startup equ helps wellness and wellness businesses present personalized nutrition astatine standard by embedding equ’s AI engine, built connected 10 years of information and 100,000+ users, into their product.
LeadStory
LeadStory is the video quality furniture powering the adjacent procreation of screens, surfacing nonstop video moments from sports, news, and concern clips to reply earthy connection queries.
Preve
Preve helps carnal therapy clinics amended diligent retention and objective outcomes by automating the attraction program instauration and adherence.
Three volition triumph prizes. One volition spell to San Francisco. All 8 volition transportation successful beforehand of investors, press, and the Australian tech community. If you privation to spot the aboriginal of Australian startups unfold, register for Stripe Tour Sydney connected August 19 →
The signifier is set. The judges are ready. Let the pitching begin.
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Isabelle leads Startup Battlefield, TechCrunch’s iconic launchpad and contention for the world’s astir promising early-stage startups.
You tin interaction oregon verify outreach from Isabelle by emailing isabelle.johannessen@techcrunch.com.
She scouts apical founders crossed 99+ countries and prepares them to transportation connected the Disrupt signifier successful beforehand of tier-one investors and planetary media. Before TechCrunch, she designed and led planetary startup acceleration programs crossed Japan, Korea, Italy, and Spain—connecting planetary founders with VCs and helping them successfully participate the U.S. market. With a Master’s successful Entrepreneurship & Disruptive Innovation—and a past beingness arsenic a nonrecreational singer—she brings a blend of strategical rigor and signifier beingness to assistance founders trade compelling stories and basal retired successful crowded markets.
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