# Dmitry (Dima) Rakovitsky

> Dmitry (Dima) Rakovitsky is a New York-based technology entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Roko Labs and co-founder and CEO of Instabot. His career spans financial information, mobile software and augmented reality. He is named on augmented reality patents and a conversational-software patent application, and in July 2026 discussed AI spending and business outcomes on an EACCNY podcast.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Roko Labs
- **Organizations:** Roko Labs, Instabot, Snaps (formerly GoldRun), CarryQuote, InfoNgen, Reuters, Multex, Verint, Fnality
- **Education:** Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded Roko Labs and Instabot with Amy Kadomatsu and Sergei Selin., Named co-inventor on US patent 9,792,733, granted October 17, 2017, concerning augmented reality virtual content., Named co-inventor on application US20180331979A1 for creating conversations within applications; this is an application, not a granted patent.

## Career timeline

- **Earlier career; dates unconfirmed** — Held software, product and business leadership roles at Verint, Multex, Reuters and InfoNgen.
- **2011-2012** — Chief Operating Officer at CarryQuote; this role is corroborated by November 2012 reporting.
- **2012** — Co-founded Roko Labs with Sergei Selin and Amy Kadomatsu. The current company history dates its founding to 2012.
- **2012-2014** — Reported tenure as CTO at Snaps, formerly GoldRun; the company’s Gust profile corroborates the CTO role.
- **2016** — Published a startup-city comparison in YFS Magazine on September 2.
- **2017** — Co-founded Instabot; named on the conversational-software patent application filed May 9, 2017.
- **2023** — Roko Labs announced a growth investment from WestView Capital Partners on October 24.
- **2026** — Appeared on EACCNY Pulse on July 21 to discuss tokenmaxxing, AI spending and business outcomes.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Roko Labs and Instabot with Amy Kadomatsu and Sergei Selin.
- Named co-inventor on US patent 9,792,733, granted October 17, 2017, concerning augmented reality virtual content.
- Named co-inventor on application US20180331979A1 for creating conversations within applications; this is an application, not a granted patent.
- Led Roko Labs when it received a WestView Capital Partners growth investment in October 2023.
- Roko Labs appeared at No. 3,961 on the 2020 Inc. 5000 and No. 4,158 in 2021.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — EACCNY Pulse published his July 21 conversation with Yvonne Bendinger-Rothschild about tokenmaxxing, AI costs and predictable business budgets.

## Links

- Website: https://www.rokolabs.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rdmitry/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/rdmitry

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Last updated: 2026-10-27