Dennis Ren
FounderCEO, Co-founder at Neuron Industries
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
FoundedNeuron Industries · YC
About
Dennis Ren is CEO and co-founder of Neuron Industries. He was previously the founding electrical engineer at Freeform, where he built the hardware stack and scaled a metal 3D printing factory to production, and worked as a Vision Pro system electrical engineer at Apple responsible for the eye tracking and Optic ID subsystems, with earlier roles at Tesla, Amazon (Go), and Apple (iPad Pro, Pencil); he holds a BSEE from UCSD.
CEO, Co-founder at Neuron IndustriesYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Dennis went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Neuron Industries's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Dennis can intro founders to Neuron Industries's investors below.
Neuron Industries's investors · 1
Experience
- Neuron IndustriesCEO, Co-foundercurrent2026 — presentEl Segundo, California, United States
- FreeformEngineering Manager, Electrical Engineering and Special Projects2025 — 2026Los Angeles, California, United States
- FreeformLead Engineer, Print Engineering2024 — 2025Los Angeles County, California, United States
- FreeformLead Electrical Engineer2022 — 2024Los Angeles, California, United States
- FreeformElectrical Engineer2021 — 2022Los Angeles, California, United States
- AppleHardware Design Engineer (Vision Pro)2019 — 2021Cupertino, California
- Amazon Lab126Hardware Development Engineer Intern, Amazon Go2018Greater Seattle Area
- Salk Institute for Biological StudiesExperiment Automation Engineer2016 — 2018
- SEDS UCSDColossus Project Manager, Chief Engineer2016 — 2018San Diego County, California, United States
- SEDS UCSDElectronic Systems Lead2015 — 2016UCSD
- AppleSystems EE Intern, iPad, Core Input Devices2017Cupertino, CA
- Tesla MotorsTest Equipment Engineering- Mechatronics Intern2016Fremont, California
Skills & more
Python8R&D113D Modeling21Rapid Prototyping12Leadership27PCB Design14Fundraising3Project Management22Systems Engineering10Robotics18Electrical Panel Design8Digital Circuit Design14
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Public SpeakingMachiningEmbedded SystemsTeamworkLaTeXARM MicrocontrollerMatlabSolderingResearch8051 MicrocontrollerAnalog Circuit DesignHigh VoltageLanguages Chinese · English
- Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate — Dassault Systèmes
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM): Fire Hazards in Oxygen Systems Training — NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dennis Ren?
- Dennis Ren is CEO and co-founder of Neuron Industries. He was previously the founding electrical engineer at Freeform, where he built the hardware stack and scaled a metal 3D printing factory to production, and worked as a Vision Pro system electrical engineer at Apple responsible for the eye tracking and Optic ID subsystems, with earlier roles at Tesla, Amazon (Go), and Apple (iPad Pro, Pencil); he holds a BSEE from UCSD.
- Where does Dennis Ren work?
- Dennis Ren is CEO, Co-founder of Neuron Industries.
- What companies did Dennis Ren found?
- Dennis Ren founded Neuron Industries.
- Where did Dennis Ren go to school?
- Dennis Ren studied at UC San Diego (Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering); Shawnigan Lake School (High School, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates).
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