# Shiva Dhawan

> Shiva Dhawan is the Delhi-based co-founder and CEO of Attentive.ai, an IIT Delhi-trained mechanical engineer who turned a 2017 image-AI services company through several pivots into a construction-technology business. After experiments in CCTV surveillance, satellite mapping and insurance services, a conversation with landscape construction designers in San Diego led his team toward automated property measurements and construction takeoffs. Attentive.ai now serves more than 1,200 construction and field-services businesses across the United States and Canada, combining computer vision with trained human review rather than treating automation as an all-or-nothing proposition.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Attentive.ai
- **Organizations:** Attentive.ai, Beam AI, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
- **Known for:** Built Attentive.ai from a 2017 AI services company into a SaaS business serving more than 1,200 construction and field-services companies across the United States and Canada., Led the company through a $30.5 million Series B funding round announced in December 2025, following a $12 million Series A completed in January 2025., Helped turn computer-vision work in aerial and satellite imagery into commercial products for automated property measurement and multi-trade construction takeoffs.

## Career timeline

- **2015-2016** — Worked for roughly a year in management consulting after graduating, following his father's advice to gain professional experience before starting a company.
- **2017** — Co-founded Attentive as an AI services company focused on computer vision and image data.
- **2017-2019** — Tested AI applications in CCTV surveillance, satellite mapping and services for mapping and property-and-casualty insurance clients.
- **2019** — A conversation with landscape construction designers at a San Diego conference pointed the team toward automating takeoffs from blueprints.
- **2021** — Attentive launched its SaaS platform and began productizing AI-based property measurement for construction and outdoor field services.
- **2022** — Attentive.ai raised $5 million and expanded its automated property-measurement products across landscaping, paving and snow services in the United States and Canada.
- **2024** — A $7 million funding announcement accompanied a broader push from landscaping software into construction operations through Beam AI.
- **2025-01** — Attentive.ai completed a $12 million Series A across two tranches, reporting more than 1,000 customer companies.
- **2025-12** — Attentive.ai announced a $30.5 million Series B led by Insight Partners, with more than 1,100 customers and plans to expand across the preconstruction lifecycle.
- **2026** — The company reported more than 1,200 construction and field-services customers across the United States and Canada and introduced a broader construction workflow including BIM CoPilot.

## Achievements

- Built Attentive.ai from a 2017 AI services company into a SaaS business serving more than 1,200 construction and field-services companies across the United States and Canada.
- Led the company through a $30.5 million Series B funding round announced in December 2025, following a $12 million Series A completed in January 2025.
- Helped turn computer-vision work in aerial and satellite imagery into commercial products for automated property measurement and multi-trade construction takeoffs.
- Scaled an earlier mapping and insurance services business to about $2 million in annualized revenue before shifting toward recurring software products.
- Expanded Beam AI's takeoff coverage across more than 15 construction trades while retaining human quality assurance for completed outputs.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Attentive.ai's public company profile reported more than 1,200 construction and field-services customers, 3,500 Beam AI users and 500,000 completed takeoffs.
- **2026-05** — Dhawan said Beam AI supported more than 15 trades and described a five-year plan to connect takeoffs directly with pricing and procurement.
- **2025-12** — Attentive.ai announced a $30.5 million Series B led by Insight Partners to expand AI models and products across preconstruction.
- **2025-12** — Dhawan appeared on the Future of Design & Engineering Software podcast to discuss PDF-based takeoffs, human quality review and the company's path from imagery services to construction software.
- **2025-02** — Attentive.ai and Landscape Management Network announced work on an integration connecting automated property measurements with landscape business-management workflows.

## Links

- Website: https://attentive.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivadhawan
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/AttentiveAI
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@iBeamAI
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beamai_/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ibeamai

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Last updated: 2026-09-27