Dr. Alexander Wischnewski is Co-Founder and Managing Director at driveblocks, a Munich-based AI software company developing autonomous driving technology for off-road commercial vehicles in agriculture, construction, and defense.

Alexander earned his doctorate at Technical University of Munich researching autonomous driving control systems and led the TUM team to win the $1 million Indy Autonomous Challenge at 280 kph. He co-founded driveblocks in late 2021 with Dr. Stephan Matz.

Alexander has over 1,277 academic citations in control theory and autonomous driving research. He previously achieved speeds of 270 km/h in autonomous racing and placed second in a multi-vehicle race in Las Vegas.

driveblocks raised 7.5 million euros total, including a 3.5 million euro Pre-Series A led by FORWARD.one in February 2025. Customers include TIER IV, major German Tier 1 suppliers, and OEMs across agriculture, construction, and defense sectors.

The company's Mapless Autonomy Platform enables autonomous vehicles to navigate without pre-mapped routes using AI perception and sensor fusion. driveblocks is advancing toward production deployments with OEMs in 2026.