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Proception Inc

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Making humanoids dexterous enough to thread a needle

Winter 2025Founded 202410 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA

Founders ยท 2

Jay Li
Jay LiFounder
Stanford

Working on humanoid. Stanford alumni

Jack Xu
Jack XuFounder
Tesla

UWaterloo Alumni, Ex-Tesla Engineer, Ex-Trexo [YC 19]

Launch

Launched on Y Combinator ยท Feb 2025
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We make humanoids dexterous enough to thread a needle

Proception develops advanced humanoid robotic hands and aims to ship a research-focused hand prototype soon, using human-driven data collection to train AI for manipulation. The company plans to expand to fully autonomous humanoid robots across healthcare, manufacturing, and logistics in the coming years.

IndustrialsManufacturing and RoboticsArtificial IntelligenceRobotics

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