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Preload

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Founded 2026Origin source ↗Checked 2026-10-26

Overview

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)

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

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.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-10-26

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

Founder profile As recorded 2026-10-26

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.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-10-26
3team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-10-26

Founded 2026 · Source

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
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