SXSW Pitch: 45 startups live
SXSW’s Pitch ‘Meet the Startups’ ran this morning at the JW Marriott with 45 startups on stage and winners announced across nine innovation categories — health tech was a standout among the demo winners SXSW Pitch demo session and winners list.
Forty-five finalists were hand-picked from roughly 600 applications for the 18th annual SXSW Pitch [selection list]. sxsw.com The winners were announced at the SXSW Pitch Award Ceremony on March 14, 2026, an event co-emceed by Y Combinator president Garry Tan and Sequoia partner Josephine Chen. sxsw.com Health-related companies took multiple top spots: Surgicure Technologies, Inc. (Boston) won the Healthcare, AssistiveTech & BioTech category with a horseshoe-shaped airway securement device [winner]. sxsw.com Seattle’s Yuzi Care claimed the Enterprise & Future of Work category for its AI-powered postpartum platform, underscoring health‑tech crossover appeal across categories. sxsw.com Sotira (San Francisco) was named Best in Show and Rea Diagnostics SA (Lausanne, Switzerland) won Best Inclusivity; both special awards were announced alongside the nine category winners. sxsw.com Other notable category winners included OneCourt (Entertainment, tactile/haptic sports tech), AlterEcho (Intelligent Systems, remote robotic avatars), and Miyamflow (Innovative World Tech, AI-driven water‑infrastructure monitoring). sxsw.com Attendees can meet the full cohort—45 finalists plus 27 alternates, about one-quarter of whom hail from outside the U.S.—at the SXSW Pitch “Meet the Startups” demo session and the “Meet the Winners” panel on March 15 at the JW Marriott. sxsw.com
