June 23, 2025

K1 Semiconductor pitched at the inaugural Deep Tech Demo Day hosted by Pear VC in San Francisco, as part of the SF Deep Tech Week, alongside 26 incredible startups from University of Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Northwestern University.

K1 Semiconductor’s Co-founder and CEO, Connor Horn, highlighting how K1 is revolutionizing semiconductor wafer processing. (Photo by The Polsky Center)

The private, invite-only demo day brought together nearly 175 Bay Area investors to hear pitches from startups working across cleantech, AI, robotics, quantum, and more, at Pear VC in San Francisco.

Networking reception following the event. (Photo by The Polsky Center)

The event took place during SF Deep Tech Week, which draws thousands of founders, investors, researchers, and industry leaders and also featured a Fireside Chat with Andrew Ferguson, Head of Databricks Ventures, and Ce Zhang, CTO of Together AI, an SF-based AI company recently valued at $3.3 billion.

Explore all the participating startups and learn more about the event.

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