Based in San Carlos, California, Obvio has recently secured a $22 million Series A funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures, a testament to the confidence investors have in its mission.

Obvio has raised $22 million in Series A funding led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from Khosla Ventures and Pathlight Ventures. The funds will be used to expand their AI-powered traffic safety solutions nationally. Obvio's technology, which includes solar-powered AI cameras, aims to reduce traffic fatalities by detecting dangerous driving behaviors and enabling automatic citations. In Prince George's County, Maryland, their program reduced stop sign violations by 50% in eight weeks.

American streets are incredibly dangerous for pedestrians. A San Carlos, California-based startup called Obvio thinks it can change that by installing cameras at stop signs — a solution the founders also say won’t create a panopticon.That’s a bold claim at a time when other companies like Flock have been criticized for how its license plate-reading cameras have become a crucial tool in an overreaching surveillance state.Obvio founders Ali Rehan and Dhruv Maheshwari believe they can build a big enough business without indulging those worst impulses. They’ve designed the product with surveillance and data-sharing limitations to ensure they can follow through with that claim.They’ve found deep pockets willing to believe them, too. The company has just completed a $22 million Series A funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures. Obvio plans to use those funds to expand beyond the first five cities where it’s currently operating in Maryland.Rehan and Maheshwari met while working at Motive, a company that makes dashboard cameras for the trucking industry. While there, Maheshwari told TechCrunch the pair realized “a lot of other normal passenger vehicles are awful drivers.”The founders said they were stunned the more they looked into road safety