Cory Li
CEO at Spellbrush
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolCory Li is a serial founder and CEO based in San Francisco with 14 years of experience at the intersection of engineering, biotech, and AI-driven product development. As CEO of Spellbrush since 2018 he leads a team aiming to "make anime real," combining creative vision with technical execution, and he previously co-founded Benchling after studying bioengineering at MIT. His background includes hands-on bioautomation work—building liquid-handling solutions—and early-stage product experiments that blend user experience with technical constraints. Cory also does AI engineering work (noted on GitHub/Sizigi), signaling a shift toward applied machine learning in creative domains. He hires broadly and cultivates teams that span engineering, design, and research, bringing entrepreneurial grit and cross-disciplinary fluency to ambitious, culture-forward projects.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
North Carolina School of Science and MathematicsBachelor of Science - BS Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyS12 W18, S12 W18 at Y Combinator
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Github Skills (91)
javascript10
android10
dedicated10
sublime-text9
golang9
api9
protobuf9
python9
schema9
deep-learning9
flask9
hosting9
react-native9
multiplayer9
ios9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Cixelyn/cixelyn.github.com
Dec 2016 - Jan 2022
Contributions:5 commits, 15 pushes in 5 years 2 months
sizigi/kso-config
May 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:29 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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