Jay Li
FounderFounder at Proception Inc
Mountain View, California, United States
FoundedProception Inc · YC
About
Jay Li studied at Stanford and is now working on humanoid robotics.
Founder at Proception IncYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Jay 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 Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Proception Inc's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Jay can intro founders to Proception Inc's investors below.
Proception Inc's investors · 5
Co-founders at Proception Inc
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Jack XuFounder
Experience
- Proception.AIFounder & CEOcurrent2024 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- TeslaTechnical Lead2022 — 2024Palo Alto, CA
- AuroraStaff Product Design2020 — 2022
- AevaSenior Product Design2018 — 2020Mountain View
- AppleSenior Product Design2015 — 2018Cupertino, CA
- WD, a Western Digital companyProduct Designer2012 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Haptics2Electrical Engineering1Engineering Management1Modeling4Machine Design3Data Analysis1Optimization3Solid Modeling2R&D2Finite Element Analysis30Signal Processing4Materials Science2
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Mechanical EngineeringSimulationsGD&TSensorsFMEACADManufacturingDesign of ExperimentsSolidworksLabviewMatlabAutoCADLanguages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jay Li?
- Jay Li studied at Stanford and is now working on humanoid robotics.
- Where does Jay Li work?
- Jay Li is Founder of Proception Inc.
- What companies did Jay Li found?
- Jay Li founded Proception Inc.
- Where did Jay Li go to school?
- Jay Li studied at Stanford University (Master's Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering); Harbin Institute of Technology (bachelor, mechanical engineering); Stony Brook University (Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering).
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Also worked at Aurora12
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