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

PearX’s latest demo day highlights where venture capital is concentrating: AI infrastructure and applications that reduce cost, improve privacy, and automate specialized workflows in both digital and physical environments. For CIOs, the strategic takeaway is that competitive advantage is shifting toward secure on-device inference, domain-specific AI, and tooling that can be embedded into core business processes—areas that could materially change how enterprises deploy AI, manage data, and modernize operations.