Where does Jay Li work?

Jay Li is Founder of Proception Inc.

What companies has Jay Li invested in?

Investments tracked here include Sponge.

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).

Jay Li

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Founder at Proception Inc

Mountain View, California, United States

FoundedProception Inc · YC

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About

Jay Li studied at Stanford and is now working on humanoid robotics.

Founder at Proception Inc YC W25

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

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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Proception Inc's investors · 13

468 CapitalBerlin ALM Ventures BoxGroupNew York · $250K – $1M checks · since 2026 Day One VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks First Round CapitalSan Francisco · $100K – $20M checks · since 2026 Lynett Capital PartnersJupiter Massive Tech VenturesSeattle OurCrowdJerusalem · $604K – $65M checks SurgePoint AngelNew York Transpose Platform ManagementSan Francisco Ventioneers CapitalOakville Wayfinder VenturesSan Francisco · $300K – $1M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Proception Inc

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

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Haptics2Electrical Engineering1Engineering Management1Modeling4Machine Design3Data Analysis1Optimization3Solid Modeling2R&D2Finite Element Analysis30Signal Processing4Materials Science2

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Mechanical EngineeringSimulationsGD&TSensorsFMEACADManufacturingDesign of ExperimentsSolidworksLabviewMatlabAutoCAD

Languages 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.
What companies has Jay Li invested in?: Investments tracked here include Sponge.
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).