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Jay Li
ROLE FOUNDERMENTIONS 1LAST SEEN JUNE 30, 2026
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Jay Li is the founder and CEO of Proception.ai, a Y Combinator W25-backed startup building dexterous manipulation technology for humanoid robots. He previously worked as an engineer on Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot program from August 2022 to September 2024, where he focused on advanced robotic hand sensors. Tesla filed a lawsuit in June 2025 alleging that Li downloaded confidential Optimus files before departing and used them to accelerate Proception's development of robotic hands.
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mention·StrictlyVC·JUNE 30, 2026
“The company also settled a Tesla trade-secret lawsuit tied to founder Jay Li's earlier work on Optimus.”
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