Aaron Li is Co-Founder and CPO at Adam (YC W25), an AI-powered CAD platform transforming how mechanical engineers and designers create 3D models through natural language.

Aaron earned his Master of Design from UC Berkeley and built experience in UX and design research at VIVO, NIO, and BMW Group, where he studied how digital experiences can drive sustainable user behavior.

Aaron collaborated with Berkeley professors to build a design framework that became the foundation for a graduate-level design course, and contributed to VR and AR research at the FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality.

At Adam, Aaron leads product and design, co-building an AI-powered text-to-CAD editor that generates parametric 3D models from simple prompts, backed by a $4.1M seed round led by TQ Ventures.

Adam has attracted tens of thousands of users since launch and earned the endorsement of Vercel founder Guillermo Rauch, who called it the v0 of CAD, signaling its potential to redefine hardware design workflows.