Introducing the 2026 Techstars Founder Catalyst Alabama Fall Cohort
September 17, 2026
Congratulations to the startups joining the 2026 Techstars Founder Catalyst Alabama Fall cohort.
Techstars is delighted to announce the 2026 Techstars Founder Catalyst Alabama fall cohort! Led by Techstars, in partnership with the Tuscaloosa County Economic Development Authority and The University of Alabama, this 10-week pre-accelerator program supports early-stage technology founders across a wide range of industries. The program is designed to help founders strengthen their businesses, refine their strategies, and turn innovative ideas into scalable companies.
The program kicked off on Tuesday, September 15, with a cohort of 20 talented companies. Throughout the program, founders will level up their businesses through mentorship, entrepreneurial masterclasses, pitch coaching, and collaboration with fellow founders.
We are excited to begin this journey with an impressive group of startups building innovative solutions across industries. We will celebrate the culmination of the program with an End of Program Final Pitch Showcase on Tuesday, November 17th, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Details to come.
Congratulations to the 2026 Techstars Founder Catalyst Alabama Fall Cohort Companies:
AMY MD solves high healthcare costs and limited access to timely care for private health plans and their members with an AI-powered, on-demand physician telechat platform.
Brightview Group's Opisoft is an AI-powered operating system for addiction treatment clinics, unifying clinical care, operations, billing, and patient management in one platform.
Cadynce helps construction companies bid faster and win more with AI takeoffs and a bid workflow that turns spreadsheet chaos into a process your whole team can see.
Conquiro solves costly care delays and operational inefficiencies for hospitals and health systems with Investigo, a hospital operational intelligence platform powered by Conjecto AI that locates and monitors equipment, predicts maintenance needs, and optimizes hospital workflows, including surgical suite turnover.
Culper Systems solves the secure-access trust problem for defense contractors and regulated business with a post-quantum access platform, deployed inside their own boundary, that separates identity from activity architecturally — so "no-logs" is verifiable, not promised.
EQUA AIMMS is the autonomous AI OS for industrial maintenance, helping critical-infrastructure operators fix equipment faster, reduce downtime, and keep operations running by handling all the digital work from fault to fix.
FINX solves fragmented and manual onboarding, compliance, and financial operations for banks and fintechs with an AI-assisted unified control and orchestration platform.
Thousands of films go unseen every day for film distributors. FlmLnk has created the underwriting layer to identify which films will earn again.
GluTrend is an AI-powered metabolic health platform with a consumer app and clinic portal that uses AI and photo imaging to assist users in predicting personalized glucose response before eating.
Nootri is building the preventive care ecosystem that turns wellness professionals' skills into scalable businesses & strong, human-centered communities.
NutraRX solves fragmented at-home care coordination for family caregivers with a shared digital health platform for medications, nutrition, vitals, scheduling, and communication.
Popgen helps e-commerce brands use AI to create and manage on-brand product content at scale.
Popper Power is solving peak grid overload for utilities by turning existing streetlight poles into bidirectional energy networks.
QuarterMill makes the world's already-digitized historical record readable, for the institutions that hold it and the AI systems that need it, through a pipeline that turns scans into searchable, source-traceable data without custody ever leaving the institution.
Quickshots solves the problem of Film and TV libraries not being AI-ready for studios, broadcasters, and distributors by transforming them into reusable, revenue-generating assets through our IP Memory infrastructure.
Simply Succeed's flagship product, Achieve, solves administrative overload for independent college advisors by transforming their fragmented tech stack into one automated platform, aiming to save them over 300 hours a year.
We aim to solve costly, inefficient wastewater infrastructure maintenance via continuous monitoring and rapid repair methods using AI and robotics.
Status Alert solves the lack of visibility into medication adherence, treatment response, and hydration between clinical visits for healthcare organizations managing patients with chronic conditions through a behavioral intelligence platform powered by passive, low-friction data from RxKeeper® and SipNtrac®.
SyncData.ai is an AI-powered compliance platform that helps teams become audit-ready in hours. It eliminates manual workflows, reduces costs, and frees teams to focus on revenue-generating work.
Synexa solves fragmented after-sales service maintenance and uptime for equipment distributors and operators managing 1000+ assets with an AI-native platform that connects machine data, technical knowledge, and service workflows.
