# Josh Butler

> Josh Butler is the founder and CEO of CompScience, a San Francisco AI company that turns ordinary workplace cameras into a real-time safety system. He was building perception software for self-driving cars when a family member was badly hurt on a construction site, and he redirected that same computer-vision technology toward stopping workplace injuries. Today CompScience detects more than 50 behavioral and environmental hazards on camera, bundles the analytics into a workers' compensation insurance product, and counts hundreds of enterprise customers across construction, manufacturing, warehousing and food service.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at CompScience
- **Organizations:** CompScience, Nio, Meta, Rocket Fuel, Intertec International
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Sc.B. in Computer Science, AI Systems, Brown University
- **Known for:** Founded and scaled CompScience to hundreds of enterprise clients, Helped reduce workplace incidents by ~35% and drive over $30M in customer savings, Built computer-vision models detecting 50+ workplace hazards

## Career timeline

- **pre-2019** — Head of Latin America at Intertec International
- **pre-2019** — Group Product Manager at Rocket Fuel Inc.
- **pre-2019** — Senior Product Manager at Facebook/Meta; grew a real-time AI API from $0 to $250M in 18 months
- **pre-2019** — Led the L4 self-driving car platform team at Nio's Advanced Development Center
- **2019** — Founded CompScience after a family member was injured on a construction site
- **2022** — Raised $6M seed round
- **2023** — Raised $10M Series A led by Valor Equity Partners; partnerships with Nationwide and Swiss Re
- **2025** — Named to CB Insights Insurtech 50; raised $27.6M Series B (Feb 2025)
- **2026** — Launched AI-generated job safety analysis tooling (SafetyBriefAI)

## Achievements

- Founded and scaled CompScience to hundreds of enterprise clients
- Helped reduce workplace incidents by ~35% and drive over $30M in customer savings
- Built computer-vision models detecting 50+ workplace hazards
- Raised $43.6M total funding across seed, Series A and Series B
- Grew a real-time AI API at Meta from $0 to $250M in 18 months
- Led Nio's L4 self-driving car platform, part of a $1B+ R&D investment
- CompScience named to CB Insights Insurtech 50 (2025)

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — CompScience raised a $27.6M Series B round.
- **2025** — Named to the CB Insights Insurtech 50 list.
- **2026-04** — Rolled out AI-generated job safety analysis tooling (SafetyBriefAI).

## Links

- Website: https://compscience.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-butler
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@compsciencesafety

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Last updated: 2026-06-11