The world’s most Groundbreaking AI Startups

Disruptors 60, curated by Greenfield Partners and unveiled live on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.

The Class of 2026 is revealed October 14th

Live at TechCrunch Disrupt. Submissions are now closed.

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The Class of 2025, in their own words

Short conversations with the founders who made last year’s list, on what a place on it actually changed.

Seeing What Lies Beneath the Ground

Jeremy Suard, CEO

AI 60 in 60 with Jeremy Suard

Meet the Class of 2025

Sixty companies across Cybersecurity, Digital Health, Horizontal AI, Infrastructure, Robotics, and Vertical AI, setting the standard the Class of 2026 has to clear.

Legora

Legora

Helps lawyers review, draft, and research faster.

Vertical AI
Nexthop AI

Nexthop AI

Builds custom networking for hyperscale data centers.

Infrastructure
Decart

Decart

Powers real-time interactive AI experiences.

Infrastructure
Harmonic

Harmonic

Builds mathematical superintelligence for verifiable reasoning.

Infrastructure
OpenRouter

OpenRouter

Routes every major LLM through one API.

Infrastructure
Torq

Torq

Automates security operations end to end.

Cybersecurity
AAI

AAI

Builds AI that drives new scientific discovery.

Infrastructure
Braintrust

Braintrust

Evaluates and observes AI agents in production.

Infrastructure
Dyna Robotics

Dyna Robotics

Ships production robots that learn real tasks.

Robotics
Exodigo

Exodigo

Maps underground infrastructure without digging.

Vertical AI

A place on this list changes the room you walk into

The Stage

Winners are unveiled live on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, in front of the audience the whole industry watches.

The Class Network

Join a cohort of 60 peers and the alumni who came before them, a network that compounds every year.

The Credential

The Class of 2026 becomes a line on your deck that the room already recognizes before you explain it.

The Nasdaq Tower

The Class of 2026 is presented on the Nasdaq MarketSite tower in Times Square.

2025 set the standard. 2026 raises it.

The Class of 2025 went on to define the year. From the Disrupt stage to the funding rounds and product launches that followed, founders who walked in as contenders walked off as the companies to watch. In 2026 the field is bigger, the sectors are sharper, and the bar is higher. The next 60 are out there right now.

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About Greenfield

Greenfield Partners is a global Early Growth investor partnering with visionary technology and tech-enabled businesses as they transition from product-market fit to scalable, efficient growth. With over $2 billion in assets under management, Greenfield applies its Greenfield Growth Momentum (G²M) operational playbooks to help founders and management teams build repeatable go-to-market engines and accelerate their path to global scale.