# Dhruv Maheshwari

> Dhruv Maheshwari is a San Francisco technology founder and product operator whose career connects civic service, computer vision and road safety. After co-founding Hack4Impact at the University of Pennsylvania and working on products at LinkedIn, Google and Motive, he co-founded Obvio, which builds solar-powered, edge-AI traffic cameras and enforcement systems for municipalities.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Obvio
- **Organizations:** Obvio, Motive, Google, LinkedIn, AltSchool, Hack4Impact, DearTechPeople, Einstein Explorations
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Economics and Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania - Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology (Wharton and School of Engineering and Applied Science)
- **Known for:** Co-founded Hack4Impact, which began at Penn by pairing student technologists with nonprofit organizations and later expanded to multiple universities., Helped build and scale computer-vision road-safety products at Motive; the product was deployed on more than 200,000 commercial vehicles and was reported to reduce traffic incidents by more than 25%., Co-founded Obvio and helped launch its AI traffic-safety system in five Maryland cities.

## Career timeline

- **High school** — Founded Einstein Explorations, a nonprofit that taught hands-on science to under-resourced middle-school students in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- **2014** — Co-founded Hack4Impact at the University of Pennsylvania to build pro bono software for nonprofit and socially responsible organizations.
- **2015** — Graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania's Management & Technology program, with studies spanning economics and computer science.
- **Post-2015** — Worked at mission-driven technology companies including AltSchool and LinkedIn, where he held a product role.
- **Later career** — Worked as a product manager at Google on augmented-reality and ARCore products, including computer-vision and privacy policy work.
- **Before Obvio** — Led road-safety product work at Motive, partnering with Ali Rehan on computer-vision dashcams deployed across more than 200,000 commercial vehicles.
- **2023** — Co-founded Obvio with Ali Rehan and began early municipal work on AI-powered traffic safety and automated enforcement.
- **2025** — Obvio launched in five Maryland cities and raised a $22 million Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures, with Khosla Ventures and Pathlight Ventures participating.
- **2025-2026** — Expanded Obvio's public work through city deployments, traffic-safety conferences, a Colorado driver-behavior study and state legislative testimony.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Hack4Impact, which began at Penn by pairing student technologists with nonprofit organizations and later expanded to multiple universities.
- Helped build and scale computer-vision road-safety products at Motive; the product was deployed on more than 200,000 commercial vehicles and was reported to reduce traffic incidents by more than 25%.
- Co-founded Obvio and helped launch its AI traffic-safety system in five Maryland cities.
- Raised a $22 million Series A for Obvio in June 2025, led by Bain Capital Ventures with participation from Khosla Ventures and Pathlight Ventures.
- Received the University of Pennsylvania's Sol Feinstone Undergraduate Award in 2015 for academic achievement and leadership.
- Received the Marin County Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Humanitarian of the Year Award and a Heart of Marin Award in 2011.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Shared Obvio's work on distracted-driving detection at the Lifesavers Conference on Roadway Safety in Baltimore.
- **2026-03** — Obvio was active in Maryland legislative proceedings concerning automated roadway enforcement and distracted-driving detection.
- **2025-12** — Shared results from a Colorado driver-behavior study that observed 50,000 vehicles at 196 intersections across 25 communities.
- **2025-09** — Reported that early Maryland stop-sign-camera programs had reduced unsafe driving by nearly 70% within four months.
- **2025-06** — Announced Obvio's launch in five cities and a $22 million Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures.

## Links

- Website: https://obvio.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhruvmah

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Last updated: 2026-08-18