Andy Rubin
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Rubin at 2008 Google Developer Day in Japan.
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Born | Andrew E. Rubin 1963 Chappaqua, New York, United States |
Occupation | Founder and CEO of Playground Global Partner at Redpoint Ventures. |
Andrew E. "Andy" Rubin (born 1963) is an American computer programmer, engineer, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. He is the founder and CEO of tech startup incubator Playground Global and a partner at venture capital firm Redpoint Ventures.[1] He is the co-founder and former CEO of both Danger Inc. and Android Inc. Andy and his wife, Rie, also own and operate Voyageur du Temps, a bakery in Los Altos, CA.[2]
After Android was acquired by Google in 2005, Rubin became the company's Senior Vice President of Mobile and Digital Content until March 2013,[3] where he oversaw development of Android, an open-source operating system for smartphones.[4][5][6] Rubin has seventeen patents for his inventions.
On 13 March 2013, Larry Page announced in a blog post that Andy Rubin had moved from the Android division to take on new projects at Google.[7] He was replaced by Sundar Pichai, who now serves as Google's CEO.[8][9] In December 2013, Rubin started management of the robotics division of Google (which includes companies bought by Google, such as Boston Dynamics).[10] On 30 October 2014 he left Google after nine years at the company to start an incubator for hardware startups.[11]
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Playground Global
Playground Global is a tech incubator that provides resources, mentorship and funding to startups making hardware devices, specifically to help make advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI). [2][12] Rubin founded the company in 2015 along with Peter Barrett, Matt Hershenson and Bruce Leak. [13] Playground Global has raised a $300 million fund from investors including Google, HP, Foxconn, Redpoint Ventures, Seagate Technology and Tencent, among others.[2][12]
Early life
Rubin, born in 1963, grew up in Chappaqua, New York, the son of a psychologist who later founded his own direct-marketing firm. His father's firm created photographs of the latest electronic gadgets to be sent with credit card bills.[14] Rubin ran a computer bulletin board system in his youth.[15]
Education
- Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York 1977–1981.
- Utica College, Utica, New York Bachelor of Science degree in computer science 1981–1986.
Career
- Carl Zeiss AG, robotics engineer, 1986–1989.[14]
- Apple Inc., manufacturing engineer, 1989–1992.[14]
- General Magic, engineer, 1992–1995. An Apple spin-off where he participated in developing Magic Cap, an operating system and interface for hand-held mobile devices.[14]
- MSN TV, engineer, 1995–1999. When Magic Cap failed, Rubin joined Artemis Research, founded by Steve Perlman, which became WebTV and was eventually acquired by Microsoft.[14]
- Danger Inc., co-founder, 1999–2003. Founded with Matt Hershenson and Joe Britt. The firm is most notable for the Danger Hiptop, branded for T-Mobile as the Sidekick, which is a phone with PDA-like abilities. The firm was later acquired by Microsoft in February 2008.[14]
- Android Inc., co-founder 2003–2005.[14] Android was acquired by Google in 2005.[7]
- Google, 2005–2014: Senior Vice President in charge of Android for most of his tenure.[14] Since December 2013, managing the robotics division of Google (which includes companies bought by Google, such as Boston Dynamics).[10]
- Playground Global, 2014 - present: Founder.
- Redpoint Ventures, 2015 - present: Partner.
List of patents
Andrew Rubin (or as Andrew E. Rubin or Andy Rubin) is named as an inventor in seventeen U.S. Patents:
- U.S. Patent 6,701,522, Apparatus and method for portal device authentication, 2000 Apr 7, Assignee: Danger Inc.
- U.S. Patent 6,735,624, Method for configuring and authenticating newly delivered portal device, 2000 Apr 7, Assignee: Danger Inc.
- U.S. Patent 6,721,804, Portal system for converting requested data into a bytecode format based on..., 2000 Nov 15, Assignee: Danger Inc.
- U.S. Patent 8,099,144, Electronic device with hinge mechanism, 2007 Aug 20, Assignee: Google Inc.
- U.S. Patent 8,065,508, Activating applications based on accelerometer data, 2008 Nov 10, Assignee: Google Inc.
- U.S. Patent 8,271,413, Providing digital content based on expected user behavior, 2008 Nov 25, Assignee: Google Inc.
- U.S. Patent 8,260,998, Wireless communication with a dock, 2010 Oct 28, Assignee: Google Inc.
- U.S. Patent 8,179,095, Estimating remaining use time of a mobile device, 2011 Jun 10, Assignee: Google Inc.
- U.S. Patent 7,960,945, Estimating remaining use time of a mobile device, 2011 Jun 14, Assignee: Google Inc.
- U.S. Patent 8,260,999, Wireless communication with a dock, 2011 Sep 30, Assignee: Google Inc.
- U.S. Patent 8,464,036, Activating applications based on accelerometer data, 2011 Oct 20, Assignee: Google Inc.
- U.S. Patent 8,438,373, Activating applications based on accelerometer data, 2011 Oct 21, Assignee: Google Inc.
- U.S. Patent 8,285,250, Mobile device-based bandwidth throttling, 2011 Oct 27, Assignee: Google Inc.
- U.S. Patent 8,488,778, Electronic device with hinge mechanism, 2012 Jan 3, Assignee: Google Inc.
- U.S. Patent 8,437,738, Mobile device-based bandwidth throttling, 2012 Jun 7, Assignee: Google Inc.
- U.S. Patent 8,442,484, Mobile device-based bandwidth throttling, 2012 Sep 13, Assignee: Google Inc.
- U.S. Patent 8,437,736, Mobile device-based bandwidth throttling, 2012 Sep 13, Assignee: Google Inc.
References
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- ↑ Official Blog: Update from the CEO
- ↑ {{Citation He has left Google, [it was said at the WSJ conference](http://www.businessinsider.com/andy-rubin-out-of-google-2014-10) |last=Efrati |first=Amir |title=The Man Behind Android's Rise |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=August 17, 2011 |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904253204576512720214351098.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories }}
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External links
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- "Designing Products Your Customers Will Love", Andy Rubin speaks at Stanford University
- "Android on the March", Financial Post September 17, 2010
- "Android Invasion", Newsweek October 3, 2010
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