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Aaron Li

Founder

Founder at Adam

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedAdam · YC

About

Aaron Li is a Chief Product Officer and co-founder at Adam with prior experience in design roles at VIVO, BMW, and NIO, as well as design education from Berkeley. He focuses on CAD and manufacturing software.

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Founder at AdamYC W25

Intro paths

YC

Aaron went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Adam's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Aaron can intro founders to Adam's investors below.

Adam's investors · 2

Tq Ventures LlcY Combinator

Co-founders at Adam

ZDZach Dive
Zach DiveFounder

Experience

  1. Adam (YC W25)Co-Founder & CPOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. AtlasNova AIHead of Product2024Berkeley, California, United States
  3. BMW GroupDesign Researcher2023Berkeley, California, United States
  4. FHL Vive Center for Enhanced RealityUX Researcher + Prototyper2022 — 2023Berkeley, California, United States
  5. NIODesigner2021Shanghai, China
  6. vivoDesign Engineer2019Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
  7. 奇瑞汽车 Chery Automobile Co.,Ltd.HMI Design Intern2018Shanghai, China

Education

  1. University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Design2022 — 2023
  2. Y Combinator
  3. University of WashingtonBachelor's degree, Art + Informatics2018 — 2022
  4. Lake Forest Academy2014 — 2018

Skills & more

Product Design1User Experience (UX)2User Research1Design SystemA/B TestingSketchInformation ArchitectureUser Experience TestingTypographyUser-centered DesignResponsive Web DesignUnity
+12 moreAugmented Reality (AR)Computer VisionHuman Computer InteractionWireframingUser Experience Design (UED)Adobe XDEntrepreneurshipFront-end DevelopmentAndroid DevelopmentDigital PhotographyAdobe IllustratorFigma (Software)

Languages Chinese · English

From Aaron's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

University of California, Berkeley mafia448

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ivan ZhouMolecular BiologyFounded Decagon +2Sean GroveFounded Linzumi +2Lucas HarringtonDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded Preventive +1Jinal JhaveriProfessional Certificate ProgramFounded SchoolMint +1Jacob HookerPh.D.Founded Sensorium Therapeutics +1Justin HughesBAFounded Revolution RE +1

+ 441 more

University of Washington mafia96

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Alec NielsenBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Asimov +1Emmett ShearFounded Twitch +1Gordon HemptonB.S.Founded Team Apart +1Wes HatherBachelor's degreeFounded Team Apart +1Vladimir KorshinBAFounded PathPilot +1Jai PadmakumarBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Robigo +1

+ 89 more

Lake Forest Academy mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Michael XingHigh School DiplomaFounded Pingo

Same school

Also attended University of California, Berkeley1,324

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBrendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital

+ 1,318 more

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended University of Washington266

Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzVictoria TreygerGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesJoe HorsmanInvestor at Madrona Venture GroupTed KummertVenture partner at Madrona focused on enterprise infrastructure, data, and intelligent applicationsJohn CarpenterInformation Technology Director at Madrona Venture Group

+ 260 more

Also attended Lake Forest Academy5

John LuttigPartner at Founders FundGeorge BousisCo-Founder and Managing Partner at ProtagonistFord JohnstoneAssociate at Chicago VenturesAustin GouldInvestor at Left Lane CapitalMichael XingFounder at Pingo

Shared employers

Also worked at Adam (YC W25)2

Zach DiveFounder at AdamAvi PeltzFounder at Superset

Also worked at BMW Group77

Eva KurzweilMarketing & Communications Lead at Burda Principal InvestmentsGonzalo Sánchez-ArjonaInvestment Director at Kibo VenturesItziar EstevezPartner - Growth at Iris CapitalSebastian SchuonCo-Founder at Alasco at PICUS CAPITALPhilip SpechtGeneral Partner at AENURich RobinsonInvestor at NZVC

+ 71 more

Also worked at FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality1

C.K. WolfeFounder at Tensr

Also worked at NIO3

Bohan LouInvestor at ChemistryShiyu PanInvestment Executive at PalatineHemanth SarabuFounder at One Robot