Gary Bradski is a distinguished American scientist, engineer, and entrepreneur, widely recognized as the founder of OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library), the world's dominant computer vision library. He is a pioneer in the fields of Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Robotics, having held key roles such as Chief Science Officer at Bonsai Robotics and Consulting Professor at Stanford University. Bradski has also co-founded and been a part of several successful startups, including Industrial Perception (sold to Google) and VideoSurf (sold to Microsoft).
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Ambi Robotics
Advisor/Investor
Dec 2018 - Present
Responsibilities
Generalized robotic manipulation.
Plus One Robotics
Adviser
Apr 2018 - Present
Responsibilities
Robotics in parcel sorting. Very pragmatic team of industry veterans
Itseez3D
Advisor and Investor
Aug 2015 - Present
Responsibilities
Awesome 3D person, pet, object capture and rigging.
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OpenCV.ai
Chief Scientific Officer
Jun 2020 - Jul 2025
Responsibilities
This is the for-profit branch of OpenCV. We do expert contracting in AI, Deep Learning, Computer Vision including training, tuning, courseware and optimization to hardware and different sensor types. We also do product partnering and run an AI Marketplace.
Pinscreen
Advisor and Investor
Jan 2016 - Jul 2025
Responsibilities
Face tracking and real time VFX overlay
Occipital Corp
Board member
2011 - Jan 2025
Responsibilities
Occipital is a great mobile vision application company that's doing things the others are not. It developed the best iPhone barcode reader: Red Laser.
Dorabot Inc.
Chief Robotic Vision Scientist
Apr 2018 - Sep 2023
Responsibilities
Logistics
farm-ng
CVO
Jan 2022 - Jun 2023
Responsibilities
Farm-ng makes mobile autonomous outdoor robots
Giant.AI
Strategic Advisor
Jun 2018 - Aug 2022
Responsibilities
Reinforcement learning robotics
Trifo
Advisor and Investor
Nov 2018 - Nov 2021
Responsibilities
SLAM applied to indoor/home applications
Gauss Surgical
Technical Fellow
Nov 2019 - Sep 2021
Responsibilities
Gauss Surgical makes computer vision-based medical products that enhance surgical outcomes while decreasing costs.
Arraiy
CTO
Nov 2016 - Jul 2019
Responsibilities
**SOLD to Matterport**
Vision and Deep Learning platform in ... you'll see, but very fun, cool stuff.
Join us, promise you a good time! This is the real deal -- a Silicon Valley startup founded over whiskey in a garage at 3am in the morning. We're focused on doing cool things; we've been around long enough to avoid stodgy.
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Eonite Perception
Advisor and Investor
Dec 2015 - Nov 2018
Responsibilities
**SOLD to INTEL**
3D room capture.
Self
EIR IDG Capital Group
Apr 2016 - Nov 2016
Responsibilities
Sourcing and analyzing deals while working up what's next.
Magic Leap, Inc.
VP Advanced Technology
Aug 2013 - May 2016
Responsibilities
Founded the Silicon Valley office of Magic Leap. Founded/lead Computer Vision and Deep Learning teams. Kickstarted data collection, calibration and embedded teams.
OpenCV
Director
May 1998 - Dec 2015
Responsibilities
Open Source Computer Vision Library -- I founded it, manage its direction and wrote a book about it for O'Reilly Press: http://www.amazon.com/Learning-OpenCV-Computer-Vision-Library/dp/0596516134
Industrial Perception Inc
Founder, Chief Scientist
Mar 2012 - Aug 2013
Responsibilities
**SOLD to GOOGLE**
Industrial Perception was the first to apply sensor guided robot manipulation in logistics. Industrial Perception is continuing on inside Google X as Project Move.
Itseez
TCO, Consulting Rain Maker
2009 - 2013
Responsibilities
**SOLD to INTEL**
Helped them get started and get contracts over time. Absolutely great computer vision contract firm. Intel bought them late 2016
Stanford University
Consulting Professor
Aug 2006 - Sep 2012
Responsibilities
Helped do the vision system on Stanley, the robot that won the Darpa Grand Challenge $2M race across the desert lead by Prof. Sebastian Thrun. Now working on STAIR -- the robot butler lead by Andrew Ng.
Willow Garage
Senior Scientist
Dec 2007 - 2012
Responsibilities
Willow Garage is a cross between a Robotics Research Institute and a Robotics Startup/Incubator. I am heading up the machine learning and perception software efforts there. http://www.willowgarage.com
Videosurf
VP of Technology
Sep 2006 - Nov 2007
Responsibilities
**SOLD TO MICROSOFT**
Coded algorithms and helped form strategy in computer vision for this video search startup. This startup sold in 2011 to Microsoft.
VideoSurf, Inc.
VP Technology
Aug 2006 - Aug 2007
Responsibilities
First video search startup. Founding shares.
Intel Research
Principal Engineer
Jun 1996 - Sep 2006
Responsibilities
Had a lot of fun working in Intel research, got tired of it finally. Was a good ride while it lasted, especially the .boom years.
Founded OpenCV -- computer vision library. Got Intel involved with the robot race by funding and working with the Stanford (winning) team.
Intel
Principal Engineer
1996 - 2006
Responsibilities
Created OpenCV, the Open Source Computer Vision Library now the dominant computer vision library around the world; Managed a computer vision group in the research labs; ran a machine learning in manufacturing group in Intel Research which created their decision tree analysis package and an test reduction system using predictive statistics; Worked on, led the vision group and got Intel involved in supporting Stanley, the robot the won the $2M DARPA Grand Challenge Race Across the Desert.
First Union National Bank
Quantitiative Analyst
Nov 1994 - Jun 1996
Responsibilities
Was a quant on a derivative securities trading floor aka interest rate options. Hated the job, hated the city, paid well though.
Adept Computer Consulting
Consultant
1987 - 1989
Responsibilities
A fun consulting stint mostly to medical electronics makers (computerized EEG).
Helped found Neurosoft -- working as a consultant FUN
Worked on manufacturing visual inspection equipment, sub-contract to IBM.
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Neuroscience
Engineer
Sep 1985 - Sep 1987
Responsibilities
**SOLD 1987**
First computerized EEG company. Helped do the software and hardware.
Schlage Electronics
Engineer
Sep 1984 - Aug 1985
Responsibilities
Design proximity access security systems. You carry a card that can be read at a distance to access doors etc. Also controlled other events, monitored fire etc. First real job, kind of fun designing hardware, kind of boring too.
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