Tesla filed a trade-secret lawsuit against Proception and founder Jay Li; the dispute was later settled and dismissed in June 2026.
SourcePublic company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Proception Inc is a Palo Alto-based robotics company founded in 2024 that builds advanced humanoid hands for dexterous manipulation. Its core products are ProHand 1.0, a 22-DoF tendon-driven robotic hand with tactile sensing, and ProGlove, a wearable data-collection glove for human demonstration data. The company is YC W25-backed, focuses on researchers and robotics companies, and is building a hardware-plus-data platform for human-like hand control.
Primary product
ProHand 1.0 dexterous robotic hand
Founded
2024
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California, United States
Team size
10 employees
Industry
Robotics Engineering
Sub-industry
Humanoid robotics / dexterous manipulation hardware
Offices
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Business model
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$11.6M
Latest round
Seed · Jun 2026
Latest amount
$11M
Public signals describe a small, fast-paced team that values ownership and momentum, with hiring language such as 'build with us' and 'cracked engineers.' The company emphasizes ambitious robotics work, rapid iteration, and building in public.
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; appears to be quote-based B2B hardware sales with open orders / waitlist for researchers and robotics companies.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
~$1.1M-$1.3M ARR (public third-party estimates)
Estimated monthly visits
3.7K
Traffic estimate as of May 2026
Tesla filed a trade-secret lawsuit against Proception and founder Jay Li; the dispute was later settled and dismissed in June 2026.
SourceProception News · Jul 2026
Official launch post for ProHand 1.0 and ProGlove, describing specs, target users, and the company's $11M seed financing.
FinSMEs · Jul 2026
Brief funding note confirming the $11M seed round led by First Round Capital with participation from Y Combinator and BoxGroup.
TechCrunch · Jun 2026
Covers the settlement of Tesla's trade-secret suit against Jay Li/Proception and the company's $11M seed raise led by First Round Capital, plus first shipments of ProHand to researchers and robotics companies.
The Next Web · Jun 2026
Summarizes the settlement and funding round, and notes Proception is now shipping dexterous robot hands to researchers and robotics companies.
Autodesk Blog · Jun 2026
A case study on how Proception used Autodesk Fusion and its Python API to accelerate CAD-to-simulation workflows for ProHand 1.0.