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Dhruv Maheshwari Is Turning the Stop Sign Into a Feedback Loop
Before Obvio put AI cameras beside Maryland intersections, Maheshwari spent a decade testing one idea: technology matters most when it changes what people do in the real world.
illuno
illuno is a Plano, Texas technology company that runs an on-demand marketplace connecting businesses, schools, houses of worship and event organizers with fully certified, off-duty police officers. Working like a ride-share app for policing, it lets a business post an event and have local officers claim the shift within minutes, while illuno handles compliance, insurance, scheduling and payments. Backed by Mark Cuban Companies and co-developed with input from the Fraternal Order of Police, the platform reports a 99% fill rate and roughly 24-hour turnaround versus an industry norm of 3-5 days.
Craig Peus
Craig R. Peus is the CEO of illuno, a Plano, Texas technology company building the first purpose-built staffing marketplace for off-duty law enforcement officers. Backed by Mark Cuban Companies, illuno lets businesses hire certified, on-duty-grade police officers through an app in minutes, while handling compliance, insurance, and payments and giving departments visibility into officer moonlighting. Peus brings a wide-ranging executive resume - a Stanford biology degree, leadership roles in energy midstream (Gravity Midstream), agtech (Tree3), and capital advisory (Blossom Street Capital) - to a sector he argues is two decades behind on technology.
Shanel Fields
Shanel Fields is the founder and CEO of MD Ally, a public safety telehealth company that plugs virtual care directly into the 911 system so non-emergency callers get routed to the right help instead of an ambulance. A Cornell graduate and Wharton MBA, she spent her first year doing ride-alongs with dispatchers and first responders before building the platform solo. The daughter of a volunteer EMT, she has raised more than $23M, taken MD Ally through Techstars, joined the Techstars board of directors, and been featured by The New York Times and Good Morning America.