Steven Ren

Founder and product leader focused on simulation infrastructure for robotics: Ren leads Palatial, building automated pipelines and APIs to produce physics-ready 3D assets and digital twins so teams can scale robot training data and bridge real-to-sim transfer. palatialxr+2

Interdisciplinary background in architecture, real-time rendering, and VR: his architectural education and work in visualization informed early product ideas, and he has applied real-time engines (Unreal) to large-scale visualization and simulation problems. cornellalumnimagazine+2

Product-first, engineering-enabled approach to automation: Palatial's pivot from architectural visualization toward high-frequency robotics use cases highlights a focus on modular, API-driven tooling that optimizes and automates messy 3D pipelines for downstream ML and simulation teams. substack+1

Hands-on maker mentality and early leadership: as a student he led fabrication and construction efforts (Dragon Day) and carried that practical, build-oriented mindset into professional work creating tangible digital twins and interactive experiences. cornellalumnimagazine+1