Andrew Rabinovich
Andrew Rabinovich is chief technology officer at Upwork, where he continues to run AI and machine learning. He co-authored Going Deeper with Convolutions, a CVPR 2015 paper that received the Longuet-Higgins Prize in 2025. He earned a Ph.D. in computer science from UC San Diego in 2008. Before joining Magic Leap as head of AI in 2015, he held R&D leadership roles at Google. In 2020 he co-founded Headroom, and Upwork acquired the company in 2023.
Timeline
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2008
A computer science doctorate
He earns a Ph.D. in computer science from UC San Diego in 2008.
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2015
Head of AI at Magic Leap
In 2015 he joins Magic Leap as head of AI, after R&D leadership roles at Google.
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2015–2025
A Longuet-Higgins Prize
Going Deeper with Convolutions, a CVPR 2015 paper he co-authors, receives the Longuet-Higgins Prize in 2025.
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2020
Co-founding Headroom
In 2020, he co-founds Headroom, an AI-powered videoconferencing platform.
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2023
Joining Upwork through Headroom
Upwork acquires Headroom in 2023, and he joins Upwork in late 2023 as part of that acquisition. Under his oversight, Uma, Upwork's mindful AI, grows into an always-on AI work agent.
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Since 2025
Chief technology officer at Upwork
He is chief technology officer at Upwork, a broader role he takes on in August 2025 while he continues to run AI and machine learning.
Sources and credits
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- Andrew Rabinovich: Expert in Residence at LDV Capital — LDV Capital
- Never Too Much AI: Upwork’s Andrew Rabinovich
- IEEE Computer Society Celebrates 2025 Technical Community on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (TCPAMI) Awardees
- CVPR 2015 Open Access Repository
- Upwork Inc (UPWK) 8-K exhibit — exhibit991-pressreleasedat.htm