Andrew Duberstein

Andrew Duberstein is a Data Scientist at OpenAI currently based in San Francisco, California. Prior to his current position, he served as the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Mercator, a logistics startup backed by Y Combinator during its Summer 2022 batch. His earlier career includes technical leadership roles at major delivery platforms, working as a Tech Lead Manager at Uber and holding a senior data science leadership position at Instacart. As an active open-source software contributor managing 101 GitHub repositories, he is the original author and co-maintainer of pydeck.gl, a Python library for geospatial data visualization. At OpenAI, his recent work focuses on developing safety infrastructure for advanced artificial intelligence systems, including the recent o1 model series. His technical background bridges machine learning, spatial analytics, and scalable software engineering across high-growth technology enterprises.