Intero Biosystems wins the 2026 Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt, earning recognition for its work developing miniature human intestinal organoids. The Denver-based startup spun out of the University of Michigan and sells GastroScreen to pharmaceutical, biotech, food, and chemical companies to test how drugs and other compounds affect the body. Its lab-grown gut tissue offers researchers another way to study compounds before testing them in people.
Discord rolls out a revised age-verification policy that sorts users into Adult, Teen or Unconfirmed groups using account age, server membership and activity, without inspecting messages or calls. The company expects about 90 percent of users to need no further action if assigned to the correct group. Unconfirmed users can verify adulthood through options including payment and app-store credentials, AgeKey, ID scans or video selfies; teens face restrictions on messages, sensitive content and profile visibility.
