Road to Battlefield 2026 names Central Eurasia’s top 3 winners

Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ took the top 3 spots at the Central Eurasia regional final of Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2026. They will represent the region in Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco on October 13–15, before more than 10,000 tech leaders.

The winners emerged from 22 finalists selected from a record 726 applications across 39 countries. The event drew nearly 50% more applications than its 2025 debut, when 485 startups from 27 countries applied. The finalists pitched before 47 jurors from 8 countries, while AI-Dana served as an independent juror for the second year.

• Cerberus won first place with an AI agent that hunts for vulnerabilities in corporate IT systems.
• WeGlobal AI took second place with an AI platform for student mental health tracking and career guidance.
• LOOQ placed third with AI-powered hardware that measures who looks at a billboard.

The competition was run by Silkroad Innovation Hub in partnership with TechCrunch, Freedom Holding, Astana Hub, and IT Park Uzbekistan. Cerberus’s victory gives Uzbekistan its first Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield champion.