Deep Tech & Challenges: Where the Next Frontier Companies Come From
The next great deep-tech companies are already beating industrial benchmarks.
From SWE-Bench, Physics-IQ, MLE-Bench, DARPA, XPRIZE, SPRIND and Intrinsic, a new generation of benchmarks and competitions is revealing exceptional technologies.
12 companies, proven technical breakthroughs. One room.
Crowd Capital brings together the founders, investors, benchmark-creators and industry leaders shaping what comes next.
Thursday 29 October 2026 · 10:00-11:30 PT / 18:00-19:30 CET · Live on Zoom
90 Minutes. Fast paced. 12 startups who smashed a leaderboard
What to expect
Twelve deep-tech startups, hailing from competitions, benchmarks and leaderboards. Five minutes each. Founders emerging from some of the world's toughest challenges — across robotics, autonomy, physical AI, industrial AI, cybersecurity, and more.
One room connecting the people building, funding, and designing the next generation of deep tech.
The Program
I. Why Benchmarks Are Changing Venture Capital
II. Startups Who Smashed a Leaderboard
III. Behind the Curtains of Deep Tech Challenges & Industrial Benchmarks
And other industrial AI benchmarks, challenges and prize sessions to be announced soon from industry and governments.
We are curating the room. If you fit that description, request access below.
Join leaders from industry such as Airbus, Siemens and VCs from Matterwave, Sturgeon Capital, Critical Ventures, Speedinvest, JOIN Capital, CT Innovations, Blackhorn Ventures and others.
Twelve companies born in benchmarks and competitions. One room. One afternoon. See you on the 29th.
Francis Beland
Founder, Crowd Capital