"Glīd (pronounced "Glide") aims to streamline the complex, multistep process involved in moving a container from a ship to a freight train. The company, founded by Kevin Damoa (pictured), 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."
"Nephrogen is a biotech startup that uses AI and advanced screening to develop a specialized delivery system for safely getting gene-editing medicines into the exact cells in the kidney. Founder Demetri Maxim says that after three years of development, Nephrogen has succeeded in creating a delivery mechanism that is 100 times more efficient at transporting medicine to the kidney than the "vehicles" cur"
Twenty startups competed over three days at Startup Battlefield during TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, each chosen from the Startup Battlefield 200 to vie for the Startup Battlefield Cup and $100,000. Editors and judges reviewed presentations and narrowed the entrants to five finalists: Charter Space, Glīd, MacroCycle, Nephrogen, and Unlisted Homes. The final judging panel included Aileen Lee and Kevin Rose. Glīd won the competition with GliderM, a hybrid-electric vehicle designed to pick up 20-foot containers and take them directly to railheads, reducing time and cost. Nephrogen placed runner-up with an AI-driven kidney-targeted gene-editing delivery system claiming roughly 100x improved efficiency.
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