# Kira Radinsky

> Kira Radinsky is a Ukrainian-born Israeli computer scientist and entrepreneur specialising in predictive data mining. She co-founded SalesPredict in 2012, became eBay Israel’s chief scientist after its 2016 acquisition, and is co-founder and CTO of Diagnostic Robotics. She maintains an academic connection to the Technion and is an independent non-executive director of Nebius.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CTO at Diagnostic Robotics
- **Organizations:** Diagnostic Robotics, SalesPredict, eBay, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Microsoft Research, Nebius, Esh Digital Bank, HSBC Technology Board, Israel Securities Authority
- **From:** Kyiv, Ukraine
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** B.Sc. in Computer Science, summa cum laude, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Ph.D. in Computer Science, supervised by Shaul Markovitch, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded SalesPredict, acquired by eBay in 2016., MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35, 2013., Forbes 30 Under 30 in Enterprise Technology, 2015.

## Career timeline

- **2002** — Began studying at the Technion at age 15.
- **2004-2007** — Software engineer in Israel’s intelligence forces.
- **2009-2012** — Research at Microsoft Research and doctoral study at the Technion.
- **2012** — Completed her Ph.D. and co-founded SalesPredict with Yaron Zakai-Or.
- **2013** — Named to MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35.
- **2015** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Enterprise Technology.
- **2016** — eBay acquired SalesPredict; appointed director of data science and chief scientist for eBay Israel.
- **2019** — Concluded her eBay role; her CV lists Diagnostic Robotics leadership from this year.
- **2021** — Selected as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.
- **2024** — Joined the Nebius board as a non-executive director.
- **2026** — Reappointed to the Nebius board at its August annual general meeting.

## Achievements

- Co-founded SalesPredict, acquired by eBay in 2016.
- MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35, 2013.
- Forbes 30 Under 30 in Enterprise Technology, 2015.
- Lady Globes Woman of the Year, 2016.
- Google Anita Borg Scholarship, 2009.
- World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, 2021.
- Co-authored predictive research including Mining the Web to Predict Future Events and Learning to Predict from Textual Data.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Nebius announced shareholder approval of Radinsky’s reappointment as a non-executive director at its August 25 annual general meeting.
- **2025-08** — Listed to speak on Agents of the Future: Intelligence that Anticipates at the Silicon Valley RestartIL Economy event in Palo Alto.
- **2024-05** — A WSDM 2022 paper she co-authored on world events and e-commerce demand was posted to arXiv on May 22, 2024.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kiraradinsky.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kira-radinsky
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/KiraRadinsky
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kira.radinsky

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