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Every year, thousands of founders dream of stepping onto the Disrupt Stage for the ultimate startup pitch competition, Startup Battlefield 200, at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Just 200 early-stage founders earn the chance to compete for the global spotlight, and even fewer make it to the live competition taking place October 13-15 in San Francisco. When…

Teragen Energy, co-founded by CEO Ruofan Wang, PhD, EWMBA 25, Chief Commercial Officer Emerson Reiter, EMBA 24, and CTO Joshua Persky, just closeda $6 million pre-seed funding round. Teragen is developing advanced fuel cell systems to power data centers, advanced manufacturing, and other industries. In this Q&A, Wang and Reiter discuss the problem Teragen is…