Andy Rubin

Andy Rubin
Rubin at 2008 Google Developer Day in Japan.
Born	Andrew E. Rubin 1963 (53-54 years old) Chappaqua, New York, U.S.
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. 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.

After Android was acquired by Google in 2005, Rubin became the company's Senior Vice President of Mobile and Digital Content until March 2013, where he oversaw development of Android, an open-source operating system for smartphones. Rubin has seventeen patents for his inventions.

On 13 March 2013, Larry Page announced in a blog post that Rubin had moved from the Android division to take on new projects at Google. He was replaced by Sundar Pichai, who now serves as Google's CEO. In December 2013, Rubin started management of the robotics division of Google (which includes companies bought by Google, such as Boston Dynamics). On 30 October 2014 he left Google after nine years at the company to start an incubator for hardware startups.

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). Rubin founded the company in 2015 along with Peter Barrett, Matt Hershenson and Bruce Leak. Playground Global has raised a $300 million fund from investors including Google, HP, Foxconn, Redpoint Ventures, Seagate Technology and Tencent, among others.