Paul Leutheuser
FounderFounder at Applied Electrodynamics, Inc.
San Francisco, California, United States
About
Paul Leutheuser is a hardware product design engineer who worked on new iPhone features—including a haptic home button and an IPX8 sealed enclosure—and later led the Product Design team and shipped early-stage products at Humane. He holds 11 patents and a Mechanical Engineering degree from UC Berkeley, and now leads Applied Electrodynamics, which is developing WaveSight, sensing hardware that detects objects through walls.
Founder at Applied Electrodynamics, Inc.YC S26
Intro paths
Paul went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Applied Electrodynamics, Inc.'s batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Paul can intro founders to Applied Electrodynamics, Inc.'s investors below.
Applied Electrodynamics, Inc.'s investors · 1
Co-founders at Applied Electrodynamics, Inc.
Experience
- Applied Electrodynamics (YC S26)Co-founder, CPOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- HP IQLead Product Design Engineer2025 — 2026San Francisco, CA
- Humane™Lead Product Design Engineer2022 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- Humane™Senior Product Design Engineer2021 — 2022San Francisco, California, United States
- AppleiPhone Product Design Engineer2015 — 2021Cupertino, California, United States
- AppleiPhone Product Design Intern2014Cupertino, California, United States
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Paul Leutheuser?
- Paul Leutheuser is a hardware product design engineer who worked on new iPhone features—including a haptic home button and an IPX8 sealed enclosure—and later led the Product Design team and shipped early-stage products at Humane. He holds 11 patents and a Mechanical Engineering degree from UC Berkeley, and now leads Applied Electrodynamics, which is developing WaveSight, sensing hardware that detects objects through walls.
- Where does Paul Leutheuser work?
- Paul Leutheuser is Founder of Applied Electrodynamics, Inc..
- What companies did Paul Leutheuser found?
- Paul Leutheuser founded Applied Electrodynamics, Inc..
- Where did Paul Leutheuser go to school?
- Paul Leutheuser studied at Y Combinator; University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering); Santa Barbara City College.
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