https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/11/exhibit-free-at-tc-disrupt-2022-as-one-of-the-startup-battlefield-200/

Exhibiting your early-stage startup at TechCrunch Disrupt this year looks a whole lot different than any previous year, and it’s really big news. For the first time ever, TechCrunch will invite a curated cohort of 200 early-stage startups — officially known as the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 —  to TC Disrupt.

The only way an early-stage startup can exhibit at Disrupt or — pay close attention, folks — compete in the world-renowned Startup Battlefield, is to go through the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 application process. The chosen 200 will receive free exhibition space on the show floor for all three days of Disrupt. You read that right. Say goodbye to pay-for-play.