recommendations from Pear VC
list of recommended companies to join
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To help you find interesting companies we asked our friends at Pear for recommendations on some of their portfolio companies they would check out and explore if they were in the job market. Below you’ll find their answers, as well as explanations as to what makes each company particularly special
Valar
Valar Labs is a well funded, fast-growing AI diagnostics startup that is revolutionizing oncology and urology through cutting-edge technology and innovation. They are dedicated to improving patient outcomes through the development and deployment of novel AI-driven diagnostics to reduce treatment uncertainty for oncologists and patients. The team is composed of accomplished researchers, and passionate individuals committed to shaping the future of healthcare, including founders Anirudh, Viswesh, and Damir.
Manager of Billing Operations Account Executive Machine Learning Engineer
Kale
Kale’s mission is to empower people to translate their social value into economic value. With their focus on everyday creators and a content-first discovery experience, Kale is redefining social commerce. Kale’s goal is to flip influencer marketing on its head to put power back in the hands of true customers, making brand/creator relationships genuine and trustworthy. It was started by Isha and Luis who met while working at LinkedIn.
Glide
Glide is modernizing the $11 trillion traditional financial services industry. Their platform empowers legacy financial institutions to launch novel digital experiences for their customers. They help the tens of thousands of small banks across the country remain relevant in the modern marketplace. With a lean team and founder-driven sales, they've grown from 0 to multi-million ARR in a single year. Now, they're expanding their offering to cover more of the banking stack, and looking for exceptional people to join. The founding and early team comes hasengineering, product, and growth experience from Stripe, Robinhood, Google, and Amazon.
Founding Account Executive Senior Software Engineer
Orby AI
Orby is revolutionizing automation with its next-generation AI platform, designed to eliminate repetitive tasks. Powered by an action-based foundation model, Orby offers an intuitive “observe, learn, and automate” experience—identifying workflows, generating automation suggestions, and continuously improving through human feedback, all without coding.
Founded by Bella Liu (CEO, former AI leader at UiPath) and Will Lu (CTO, former engineering lead at Google), Orby’s founders bring unparalleled expertise to the space. Supported by top talent from Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Stanford, the platform has already saved significant time for major enterprise partners in beta testing. With a Series A from leading VCs, Orby is poised to define the future of automation.
Software Engineering Machine Learning
Federato AI
Insurance carriers can no longer afford to underutilize data. Federato is an underwriting platform for insurance carriers that provides real-time insights to encourage empowerment, good risk taking and strong decision-making at all levels of underwriting. Federato brings speed and precision to underwriting, resulting in better outcomes for organizations and communities. Federato has raised a total of $80 million to date, including their recently announced $40M Series C funding round.
VP of Forward Deployed Delivery
DealOps
Dealops builds intelligent, AI-driven tools to help B2B companies adopt and optimize usage-based and hybrid pricing models. Founded by Stripe alumni Fay and Spyri, they bring deep expertise in B2B pricing and a proven track record of solving complex problems in scaling businesses. With early traction from customers like Plaid and a market-transforming $25B+ opportunity, Dealops is poised for rapid growth, making this the perfect time to join the founding team.
Zaimler
Zaimler is creating the knowledge layer that will drive the future agentic world. Their proprietary model empowers enterprises to make their data seamlessly accessible, trustworthy, and AI-ready. Founded by industry veterans with over 20 years of experience leading data and AI teams at Visa, Meta, and LinkedIn, the Zaimler team brings unmatched expertise in building scalable systems for organizations with the most complex data challenges. With strong early validation from design partners and a $10T market opportunity, they are poised to transform the future of intelligence.
Machine Learning Engineer Product Designer
Clarity
Clarity is building the ultimate AI meeting notepad for busy individuals and high-performing teams. Combining a world-class user experience with a powerful intelligence layer, Clarity helps users collaborate effortlessly on a wide range of tasks. Co-founders Rohan and Austin bring deep expertise from their time at leading product companies like Palantir, Notion, Airbnb, CZI, and Explo (YC W20). Backed by Pear VC in their pre-seed round, Clarity has since raised over $5M in funding. Join Clarity’s growing team of talented engineers at their San Francisco office and help shape the future of productivity.