Preload

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About Preload

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Sensorimotor context for physical AI

Designing and iterating a multimodal hardware stack (currently ego + tactile gloves + EMG) to collect rich and scalable datasets for physical AI. Also interested in how we can use this technology to advance surgery.

Built by PhD founders (Johns Hopkins, Caltech) with world-class expertise in brain-computer interfaces (Neuralink, Meta, Paradromics)

YC batch: Fall 2026
Founded: 2026
Team size: 3
Location: San Francisco
Country: US
Status: Active
Industry: B2B
Stage: Early
Tags: Neurotechnology, Robotics, Robotic Surgery, B2B, AI
YC partner: David Lieb

Founders

Leo Li — Founder

Founder at Preload (YC F26). PhD student in Computational Neuroscience at Caltech. Previously Neuroengineer at Neuralink and software engineer at Amazon. BASc in Engineering Science (Robotics) from University of Toronto.

Surya Pandiaraju — Founder

Founder at Preload (YC F26). PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins BME, Waterloo BME grad

Previously worked at

Sonera Magnetics
iota Biosciences
NeuroPace
Paradromics

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Runming (Tony) Wang — Founder

Founder at Preload (YC F26). Biomedical Engineering PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Developed the first brain application of the Freeform Stimulator platform for focal cortical modulation. Performs animal neurosurgeries and fabricates neural recording and stimulation hardware. Previously conducted research at Emory/Georgia Tech on motor-unit coordination using EMG and motion tracking. BS in Neuroscience from Emory.