Proception Inc YC Application

Winter 2025Active

Proception Inc went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2025 batch as a Industrials company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Winter 2025
Industry: IndustrialsManufacturing and Robotics
Team size: 10
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Jay LiFounder
Jack XuFounder

Proception Inc's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Proception Inc, Winter 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Proception Inc

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Making humanoids dexterous enough to thread a needle

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We build humanoid robots with fine motor skills that can handle extremely delicate tasks, like threading a needle. Our product is a combination of AI-powered control software and robotic hardware designed to bring human-level dexterity to manufacturing and industrial settings where precision is crucial.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in San Francisco, CA and after YC the company will remain based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

SF has the best talent pool for robotics and AI, and proximity to manufacturing partners locally and in Asia is essential. This allows us to iterate hardware and software quickly.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Proception Inc YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Proception Inc's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Proception Inc would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.