# Adam Gluck

> Adam Gluck is the CEO and co-founder of Copia Automation, a New York startup bringing Git-based source control and DevOps practices to the world of industrial controls and PLC programming. A former staff software engineer at Uber, where he was a founding member of the Engineering Strategy team and helped design DOMA, Uber's microservice architecture, Gluck set out to give the engineers who program factory floors the same modern tooling that software teams take for granted. He co-founded Copia with Matthew Lee, raised over $16 million from investors including Lux Capital and Construct Capital, and was named to the 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Manufacturing and Industry.

- **Role:** CEO & Founder at Copia Automation
- **Organizations:** Copia Automation, Uber, Openshelf, University of Chicago
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A. in Sociology, with Honors, University of Chicago
- **Known for:** Co-founded Copia Automation, pioneering 'Industrial DevOps' and Git-based source control for PLC programming, Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (2022), Manufacturing & Industry, Raised over $16M from Lux Capital, Construct Capital, Ironspring Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures and Renegade Partners

## Career timeline

- **pre-2015** — iOS lead developer at the University of Chicago
- **2015** — Founder and engineer of Openshelf
- **2015-2019** — Staff software engineer at Uber; founding engineer on the Engineering Strategy team; helped design DOMA, Uber's microservice architecture, and shipped the driver app to millions
- **2019** — Co-founded Copia Automation with Matthew Lee
- **2021** — Raised $14.2M Series A led by Lux Capital, bringing total funding to $16.4M
- **2022** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30, Manufacturing & Industry
- **2024** — Launched Copia Copilot and generative AI features inside DeviceLink

## Achievements

- Co-founded Copia Automation, pioneering 'Industrial DevOps' and Git-based source control for PLC programming
- Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (2022), Manufacturing & Industry
- Raised over $16M from Lux Capital, Construct Capital, Ironspring Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures and Renegade Partners
- Founding engineer on Uber's Engineering Strategy team; co-designed DOMA microservice architecture
- Launched Copia Copilot, an AI assistant for writing and documenting industrial control code

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Discussed new DevOps tools to streamline manufacturing processes and the rollout of Copia's AI 'painkiller' features
- **2024-04** — Featured by ITOps Times on applying DevOps practices to the manufacturing sector

## Links

- Website: https://copia.io
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-gluck-24b65935
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/copiaautomation
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G22mnAJESm8
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/copiaautomation/

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Last updated: 2026-06-20