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Jay Li

Co-founder and CEO of Proception. Former technical lead on Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot program. Tesla sued Li in June 2025 alleging trade secret theft; the case was settled and dismissed in June 2026.

· 1 current role · 1 founding

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  • Proceptionverified→
    Founder

    Silicon Valley startup developing dexterous robotic hands for humanoid manipulation.

    Seed · $11M1 incident2 models
  • Teslaverified→
    Former Technical Lead, Optimus Humanoid Robot Program

    Electric-vehicle and AI company (NASDAQ: TSLA), founded 2003 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, with a physical-AI program spanning three robotics fronts: a [r

    26 verified deployments · Semi at Munich, Germany →101 incidents4 models

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  • Tesla Technical Lead, Optimus Humanoid Robot Program2022-07-02 to 2024-07-02Reported, not verified

Sources (1)

  1. https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/29/robot-hand-company-settles-tesla-trade-secret-suit-and-announces-11m-raise/

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