{
  "id": 12200191,
  "title": "5 startups that caught VCs’ attention at the latest PearX demo day",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/5-startups-that-caught-vcs-attention-at-the-latest-pearx-demo-day",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-05T17:26:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCrunch",
    "slug": "techcrunch",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/5-startups-that-caught-vcs-attention-at-the-latest-pearx-demo-day/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Five startups caught the attention of venture capitalists at the latest PearX demo day, hosted by Pear VC's 12-week accelerator program. PearX consistently draws top VCs, reflecting the high caliber of companies in each cohort.\n\nOne standout is Speridlabs, which develops spatial foundational models for robotics, gaming, and special effects. Unlike competitors, Speridlabs' Mundus keeps geometry persistent when parts are changed, making it more versatile.\n\nSaia is working on a chip that runs AI inference directly on flash storage, eliminating the need for expensive, power-hungry memory. The startup claims its chip offers superior speeds, eight times the capacity, and four times less power than Nvidia's Jetson.\n\nAyaan Govil, founder of Ren, presented a secure AI personal assistant that focuses on privacy and security. Ren keeps data on-device or uses a secure private cloud, and its fully automated voice system eliminates human involvement to protect user privacy.\n\nVeros offers an AI-native trust and estate planning service, simplifying the often expensive and time-consuming process of setting up trusts. The startup is in the process of securing a trust charter and managing $250 million in assets under management.\n\nFinally, Datum provides an AI engineer for industrial design, helping engineers find and use previously built designs. Datum indexes a company's library of 3D designs and uses proprietary Geometric Fingerprint technology to identify parts based on shape, streamlining and automating engineering across the physical design market.",
  "summary": "TechCrunch attended Pear’s latest demo day and discovered which startups generated the most buzz, from spatial models to chips for local AI.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}