Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest attracts thousands of applicants. We cut applications down to top 200 contendersand among them, the top 20 compete on the big stage to become the winner, taking home the Startup Battlefield Cup and a cash prize of $100,000. But the remaining 180 startups also wowed us in their respective categories and competed in their own pitch competition.

Here’s the full list of government and legal Startup Battlefield 200 picks, along with a note on why they landed in the competition.

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What it does: AI is being used to automate legal application forms, as well as other documents, for family law firms.

Why it matters: It specializes in, at the moment, divorce cases, which means it is dealing with an issue that is not usually addressed by the current wave of AI legal tech.

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What does it do?: Ascender is creating a robot that can climb utility poles and flagpoles to help aid in humanitarian aid and disaster response.

Why it matters: Part of the wave of robotic technology emerging to help better address disaster situations.

Bot mediation

What it does: Bot Mediation uses AI to help settle legal disputes.

Why it matters: Another interesting use case for legal AI, this time to help make the mediation and dispute process more efficient.

Deep AI

What it does: Depth AI creates AI for spatial computing, building modeling such as holographic imaging that can be used in healthcare to create 3D images of the body for diagnosing disease.

Why it matters: This is a technology that seeks to make the healthcare industry better, which is always good.

Ilias AI

What it does: Ilias is working on “scent tech” – using AI to help develop olfactory technology that helps, for example, dogs detect the smell of drugs.

Why it matters: It uses the olfactory senses to create a product, which is not something that is usually done, especially when it comes to using it in a way that is related to technological innovation.

JustiGuide

What it does: JustiGuide connects immigrants with attorneys and tools to help make the immigration process more efficient.

Why it matters: Winner of the policy and protection category at Disrupt this year, this is a consistently timely product that addresses the painstaking and often tedious immigration process.

Orchestra

What it does: Orchestra created a camera network to manage public safety and detect crime.

Why it matters: This is a modern take on the network security system that has been around for decades.

Ponderosa AI

What it does: Ponderosa uses drones to help detect and prevent small fires.

Why it matters: Fires can quickly get out of control and cause catastrophic damage, so any technology that helps mitigate that risk is timely.

Python AI

What it does: Pytho hopes to make the planning process more efficient for warfighters.

Why it matters: Changing the battlefield is always an interesting and changing place.

Shothawk AI

What it does: Developed a device to help track, identify, and subdue active shooters using pepper gel. It was founded in 2023 by Brandon Johnson, Ohm Vyas, and Ved Vyas.

Why it matters: The innovation addresses the increasing rate of gun crime occurring in public places, such as schools and supermarkets, with the hope of doing something about it.

Torch Systems

What it does: Torch monitors high-altitudes, assesses air quality, fire risks, and security to hopefully help prevent wildfires early.

Why it matters: As climate change leads to more destructive fires, any innovation that helps make such catastrophic events less destructive is always good.