A firm scorecard from the VC Agent-Readiness Census — 25 firms, five doors each, checked 2026-11-01. Official site: pear.vc
open_api)Verdict: llms.txt, an open PearX application and the set's best-documented evaluation process; booking runs on third-party Luma/Airtable (schedule is aggregator_only) and tracking is undocumented.
Each intent is scored with one door-state, assessed from public official sources on 2026-11-01. Scoring: open_api 4 · partner_gated 2 · aggregator_only 1 · human_only 0 · unverified 0 (flagged).
| Intent | State | Route | Note | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research | open_api | Official llms.txt and PearX pages on pear.vc | llms.txt states Pear is an early-stage firm founded in 2013 partnering at the earliest stages and indexes Companies, Members, How We Invest and PearX ($250K-$2M per PearX company, pre-seed, small cohorts) | pear.vc/llms.txt checked 2026-11-01 |
| Pitch | open_api | PearX application page on pear.vc | Firm-owned self-serve application for PearX W27; page states regular applications closed October 4th and applications received after that date will be reviewed on a rolling basis - no prior relationship required | pear.vc/pearx-application/ checked 2026-11-01 |
| Diligence | open_api | Inside PearX: the interview process on pear.vc | Publishes structured evaluation expectations an agent can prepare against: Step 0 app, 10-minute intro (background, problem insight, perspective), 20-minute partner interview (deck walk-through + product demo, market depth/alternatives), final founding-partner interview; not a data-room checklist | pear.vc/inside-pearx-the-interview-process/ checked 2026-11-01 |
| Schedule | aggregator_only | Luma / Airtable (third-party platforms linked for Pear office hours and events) | Third-party Luma PearX info-session page links an Airtable form to 'Apply to Office Hours @ MIT' and to pear.vc/pearx; no firm-owned self-serve booking route was found - Pear's own llms.txt lists Events but no booking mechanism | luma.com/7w82t6i1 checked 2026-11-01 |
| Track | unverified NOT A VERIFIED ZERO | — | Application page states only rolling review after the deadline; no applicant status portal, dashboard or documented response SLA was found on the application/process pages checked - do not infer a dashboard from the portal alone | pear.vc/pearx-application/ checked 2026-11-01 |
Unverified means the state could not be established from public documentation — for most firms that is the track door, where firms rarely publish post-submission mechanics. It is reported as a documentation gap, not as proof that no door exists, and it is never presented as a verified closed door.
| Signal | What the census recorded |
|---|---|
| llms.txt | Yes — served at https://pear.vc/llms.txt |
| MCP server | None documented (checked 2026-11-01) |
| Public API | None documented (checked 2026-11-01) |
| Structured data | Yoast-generated llms.txt indexes Pages, Posts, Companies, Members and Events, including How We Invest and PearX pages |
| RSS / sitemap | sitemap.xml returns 200 (WordPress/Yoast) |
| Robots posture | Yoast block; User-agent: * Disallow: (empty); Crawl-delay: 10 |
Access gaps. PearX is an open application door, but no applicant status portal/dashboard is documented, and office-hours sign-ups run through third-party Luma/Airtable rather than a firm-owned booking route
Agent Outposts research, published 2026-11-01. Agent Outposts is not affiliated with Pear VC. This is a published census scorecard, not an Outpost: Agent Outposts operates no demand registry for venture firms and collects no intents on this page. Door-states are assessed from public sources; every state above links its evidence and carries its check date. Methodology, rubric and scoring formula: the VC Agent-Readiness Census. Companion research: the Agent Readiness Census of 43 consumer brands.
Agent Outposts — the agent-readiness registry. Agent Outposts is not affiliated with the firms listed in this census. Door-states are assessed from public sources; every state links its source and carries its assessment date.