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Wilbur Li

Wildcard · DISC type csi
CEO, Co-Founder at Meticulate (YC W24)
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Wilbur Li is the CEO and Co-Founder of Meticulate (YC W24), an AI-native prospecting engine for B2B sales teams. A graduate of MIT with a degree in Computer Science, his background includes roles in commercial strategy and consulting for the energy industry at firms like McKinsey & Company and Arcadia.

Originally from Texas, Wilbur serves as a Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve. During his time at MIT, he demonstrated a passion for environmental causes by co-founding the universitys Climate Action Team. He has lived in Boston and New York City and currently resides in San Francisco.

Unique fact: He has been close friends with his Meticulate co-founder, Joseph Palakapilly, for 15 years after they grew up just two blocks away from each other in Houston, Texas.

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Experience
4 Years
Current Role
CEO, Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Wilbur shows up

Curious But Skeptical
Friendly But Slow
Requires Proof

They are unlikely to ever become strong champions even when the conversations are going well; you should focus on cultivating other champions They are often friendly and nice, but can sometimes suprise you with their piercing questions They typically tend to be late adopters even when they seem friendly and excited about what you have to sell

Priorities

Topics Wilbur cares about

AI in Sales
He is building Meticulate as an "AI-native prospecting engine" to move beyond static campaigns and reinvent B2B outbound messaging by creating sequences from scratch for each prospect.
Startup Founding
As a recent Y Combinator (W24) founder, he is focused on building his company, Meticulate, and is actively hiring for key roles like a founding engineer.
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Career

Work history

1-2024
CEO, Co-Founder
Meticulate (YC W24)
Lieutenant
United States Army Reserve
3-2022 - 5-2023
Sales Ops, Commercial Strategy, FP&A Sr Associate
Arcadia
9-2021 - 3-2022
Cleantech Consultant (Sustainability Fellow)
McKinsey & Company
3-2021 - 9-2021
Business Analyst, Strategy & Corporate Finance
McKinsey & Company
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Education details unavailable
Clements High School
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

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