Phoenix, Arizona
Gaurav
Batta
I build hardware that has to work when someone's life depends on it.
Founder & CEO, Glomensio · CES 2026 Innovation Award honoree · EB-1A extraordinary ability
The work
I'm a hardware R&D and product development engineer. In 2021 I founded Glomensio and became the sole inventor of the Firefly: an illuminated house number that lets first responders find a home in the dark, and signals them when there's an emergency inside.
I took it from concept to production across mechanical, electrical and software: enclosure and optics in SolidWorks, structural and thermal FEA, injection-mold tooling, firmware behaviour, and the FCC, UL, ETL, PSE and Telec compliance path. It's now in homes across 18 states and three countries.
Recognition
- 2026EB-1A green card approved, extraordinary ability (the "Einstein visa"): granted by USCIS for extraordinary ability as a mechanical engineer in smart home innovation and public-safety technology
- 2026CES Innovation Award honoree, Smart Home, for Firefly Gen 3
- 2025O-1A visa, extraordinary ability, granted by USCIS on the strength of building Glomensio
- 2025Future PLC Innovation Award, Best in Home & Garden: headline winner alongside Samsung Odyssey and Snapdragon X (TechRadar, Tom's Guide, PC World)
- 2025PCWorld Best of CES
- 2025Technology Innovator Award, "Most Innovative", Corporate Vision
- 2024–25CEO of the Year, Smart Home Technology, two years running, CEO Monthly Global CEO Excellence Awards
- 2024–25Two-time AZ Inno Fire Awards finalist, Phoenix Business Journal
- 2024Commendation from the Governor of Arizona, Katie Hobbs, for leadership in public safety
- USAFUS Air Force D2P2 Customer Memorandum endorsing Glomensio's technology
- PatentUS Patent 12,211,399 B2, sole inventor, with international PCT filings
Policy
Many HOAs ban the very thing that helps an ambulance find a house. I worked with the Arizona Legislature on a bill that stops HOAs from prohibiting illuminated emergency house numbers.
- 2025SB1535 passed the Arizona Senate 24–5–1 and reached the House floor. Along the way the Arizona Homeowners Coalition reversed its opposition and endorsed it.
- 2026SB1083, its successor, passed the Senate 29–0 on 12 February 2026; every senator who voted no in 2025 voted yes. It goes to the House Government Committee next session.
Background
I came to the US in 2012 to study mechanical engineering at Arizona State University (BSME 2017, with an economics minor), then worked in industry on hardware that ships. I went back to ASU in 2020 for graduate work at the intersection of mechanical engineering and neuroscience, and left to build Glomensio full-time.