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David Loker

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VP of AI at CodeRabbit
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

David Loker is the VP of AI at CodeRabbit, where he leads the development of agentic AI systems. An award-winning researcher and entrepreneur with a background at Netflix, he has been building large-scale AI since 2007 and was an early pioneer in generative AI, holding a Master of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo.

Outside of his primary work, David is a passionate musician, proficient as a singer, tuba player, and guitarist. He co-founded WaveAI, a startup focused on using generative AI to create musical tools, aiming to elevate human creativity and empower artists to express themselves in new ways.

Unique fact: He co-founded one of the earliest generative AI startups, WaveAI, to develop AI-based software for the music industry.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
VP of AI
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Topics David cares about

AI Code Reviews
His current role at CodeRabbit is entirely focused on using agentic AI to transform and automate code reviews, addressing the bottleneck created by AI-generated code.
Context Engineering
David is a frequent speaker on this topic, detailing how providing rich, structured context to LLMs is essential for finding critical bugs in software development.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
VP of AI
CodeRabbit
4-2025 - 1-2026
Director of Artificial Intelligence
CodeRabbit
1-2013
Data Scientist and Machine Learning Engineer/Consultant
Orbitwerks
3-2018 - 4-2025
COO/CTO - Co-Founder
WaveAI
6-2016 - 3-2018
Lead Data Scientist and Machine Learning Engineer
Ayzenberg
In the press

Media appearances

SDS 927: Automating Code Review with AI, feat. CodeRabbit's David Loker. Featured in SuperDataScience
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Not Replace — Human Creativity (CodeRabbit's David Loker). Featured in YouTube
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Education
2005 - 2007
Master of Mathematics
University of Waterloo
2000 - 2005
Bachelor of Mathematics
University of Waterloo
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