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Dennis Ren

Founder

CEO, 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.

LinkedIn ↗

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

Y Combinator

Experience

  1. Neuron IndustriesCEO, Co-foundercurrent2026 — presentEl Segundo, California, United States
  2. FreeformEngineering Manager, Electrical Engineering and Special Projects2025 — 2026Los Angeles, California, United States
  3. FreeformLead Engineer, Print Engineering2024 — 2025Los Angeles County, California, United States
  4. FreeformLead Electrical Engineer2022 — 2024Los Angeles, California, United States
  5. FreeformElectrical Engineer2021 — 2022Los Angeles, California, United States
  6. AppleHardware Design Engineer (Vision Pro)2019 — 2021Cupertino, California
  7. Amazon Lab126Hardware Development Engineer Intern, Amazon Go2018Greater Seattle Area
  8. Salk Institute for Biological StudiesExperiment Automation Engineer2016 — 2018
  9. SEDS UCSDColossus Project Manager, Chief Engineer2016 — 2018San Diego County, California, United States
  10. SEDS UCSDElectronic Systems Lead2015 — 2016UCSD
  11. AppleSystems EE Intern, iPad, Core Input Devices2017Cupertino, CA
  12. Tesla MotorsTest Equipment Engineering- Mechatronics Intern2016Fremont, California

Education

  1. UC San DiegoBachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering2014 — 2018
  2. Shawnigan Lake SchoolHigh School, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates2011 — 2014

Skills & more

Python8R&D113D Modeling21Rapid Prototyping12Leadership27PCB Design14Fundraising3Project Management22Systems Engineering10Robotics18Electrical Panel Design8Digital Circuit Design14
+12 morePublic SpeakingMachiningEmbedded SystemsTeamworkLaTeXARM MicrocontrollerMatlabSolderingResearch8051 MicrocontrollerAnalog Circuit DesignHigh Voltage

Languages 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

From Dennis's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

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UC San Diego mafia92

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Sasha OrloffBSFounded Lendup +1Rod EbrahimiBachelor of Science - BSFounded Ready For Zero +1Eric LevineBachelor of ScienceFounded Clawvisor +1Albert PurnamaBachelor of Science - BSFounded The Prompting Company +1Benjamin South LeeComputer Science/Interdisciplinary Computing and the ArtsFounded Variant +1Max MergenthalerMaster of Arts (M.A.)Founded Nixtla +1

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Same school

Also attended UC San Diego283

Elad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalMark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorHouman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesFreya Svedberg-KeatingInvestor at MedicxiJamie MontgomeryCo-Founder & Managing Partner at March Capital Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Freeform3

Mo IslamPartner at Obvious VenturesHeidi RoizenPartner at Threshold VenturesDusan PerovicPartner at Two Sigma Ventures

Also worked at Apple451

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesNicolas MetzkeInvestor at Daphni

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Also worked at Amazon Lab12617

Kevin TuPartner at DFJBeliz GunelExperts | Advisor at 212Alibek DostiyarovInvestor at FEBE VenturesBryan BalinInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsMichelle McHarguePartner at Costanoa VenturesStephanie BousheriVenture Advisor at Pier 70 Ventures

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Also worked at Salk Institute for Biological Studies11

Brittany de KouchkovskyDirector, University Relations at Osage University PartnersRichard HeymanVenture Partner at ARCH Venture PartnersMira ChaurushiyaManaging Director at Westlake Village BioPartnersPaolo Di GiorgioCEO and Managing Director at Angelini VenturesKatherine ArnoldAnalyst at Ajax HealthKellen HainesVice President at K1 Investment Management

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