Throwback: Abhishek Gupta - Improving Driver and Operational Safety Through Tech and AI with KeepTruckin

In this episode of Get a Load of This podcast, Cameron Pechia, and Ryan Young are joined by Abhishek Gupta. Abhishek is a Director of Product at KeepTruckin, leading their Safety, Compliance & Insurance products. KeepTruckin is a leading fleet management provider that recently launched a new AI dashcam, helping fleets reduce accidents by 30%. Episode Highlights: Abhishek tells us about KeepTruckin and what they do. (2:27) Abhishek shares what his CB handle would be if he had one. (5:48) Abhishek discusses the initiatives that will be rolling out that will be beneficial to KeepTruckin users. (7:33) Abhishek shares identifiers for an accident and what they do to increase safety for their users. (15:03) Abhishek explains that their company is backed with data and videos to study the reduced frequency of accidents for drivers. (19:21) Abhishek shares other things that his company does for drivers, customers, and other clients. (25:12)  Abhishek shares how they work in a preventive maintenance and predictive maintenance realm. (34:21) Abhishek explains that their products are very user-friendly and anyone can become familiarised with it in minutes. (38:55) Abhishek talks about some of the things that are coming up that customers should expect. (41:40) Abhishek shares a message that he would want to put on a billboard if given an opportunity. (46:59) Abhishek gives out some of the features that their dashcam product has to offer. (47:53) Key Quotes: "We're a strong believer in transparency, and making sure that there are open lines of communication between fleets and drivers, and trust." - Abhishek Gupta “We do work in a preventative maintenance into a predictive maintenance kind of realm where we collect data from these vehicles or codes and things like that, and then we can use that to help customers understand where these issues are going to be. So, we do have a pretty kind of robust offering there.” - Abhishek Gupta “I think we have a real kind of obligation to make them safer on the road with some of the products that we're making. And so, we are really sort of bullish on what we do in terms of the impact we can have with safety and really think that the work we do really matters." - Abhishek Gupta Resources Mentioned: Abhishek Gupta LinkedIn KeepTruckin Cameron Pechia Ryan Young Valley Trucking Insurance