5 startups that caught VCs’ attention at the latest PearX demo day

By Marina Temkin · TechCrunch · Monday, 5 October 2026 at 17:26 (2h ago) · Original article ↗

TechCrunch attended Pear’s latest demo day and discovered which startups generated the most buzz, from spatial models to chips for local AI.

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