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Uri Levine is an Israeli entrepreneur who co-founded Waze, a crowd-sourced traffic and navigation app, which Google bought in 2013 for about $1.1 billion. He has since founded and backed many start-ups and wrote Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution.
Biography
Background
Levine studied at Tel Aviv University and served in the Israeli army’s intelligence units. He worked at Comverse.
Waze
In 2008 he, Ehud Shabtai and Amir Shinar founded Waze, based on Shabtai’s FreeMap Israel project. Drivers’ phones shared speed and road reports to build live maps.
Waze grew to tens of millions of users and Google bought it in June 2013.
Mentor
Levine has invested in and advised companies such as Moovit and FeeX. His 2023 book shares advice for start-up founders.
Timeline
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2008
Co-founds Waze
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2009
Waze app launched
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2013
Google buys Waze
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2023
Publishes his book
Notable works
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2023
Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution Book
Did you know?
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1
Waze drivers report police, accidents and hazards.
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2
He says founders should focus on a problem rather than an idea.
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3
Waze is still run separately within Google.
Frequently asked
Who is Uri Levine?
Uri Levine is an Israeli entrepreneur who co-founded Waze, a crowd-sourced traffic and navigation app, which Google bought in 2013 for about $1.1 billion. He has since founded and backed many start-ups and wrote Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution.
Where is Uri Levine from?
Uri Levine was born in Tel Aviv, Israel.
What is Uri Levine known for?
Uri Levine is best known for Co-founding Waze (2008); sale to Google for $1.1 billion (2013); Moovit investor; Fall in Love with the Problem.
References
- Uri Levine — Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Uri Levine — Goodreads author page. Goodreads. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Uri Levine (Q51627398) — structured data. Wikidata. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
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- First published 4 November 2026
- Last updated
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“Uri Levine.” TrackFame, last updated 5 November 2026. https://trackfame.com/person/uri-levine
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