Singapore, 28 May 2018 – Grab today launched an islandwide beta of GrabFood in Singapore, and unveiled its vision of an everyday app for Southeast Asian consumers’ most essential daily services: transport, food, delivery, and payments. This move enables Grab to bring more Southeast Asians online, providing consumers, driver-partners, delivery-partners, and merchant-partners with better convenience… Continue reading Grab Launches GrabFood Beta And Unveils Vision To Be An Everyday App
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Taxify Hits 10M Users Globally
Taxify Hits 10M Users Globally More than 10 million riders and 500 thousand drivers are now using Taxify’s platform. Our team’s annual Winter Summit in Cape Town this year. Since our launch less than five years ago, more than 10 million people across the world have used Taxify to move around in their cities. This marks an… Continue reading Taxify Hits 10M Users Globally
Developing Machine Intelligence for Urban Mobility
Developing Machine Intelligence for Urban Mobility Andre Karpištšenko, Data Science Lead at Taxify In Taxify’s Engineering and Data Science teams, we aim to keep the user experience smooth and simple for both our riders and drivers. Our goal is to provide convenient and reasonably priced rides for anyone in need within 3 minutes in all the 40+… Continue reading Developing Machine Intelligence for Urban Mobility
Lyft Introduces Ridesharing as a Transportation Solution and Economic Empowerment Opportunity to Camp Pendleton and Fort Meade
This blog post is not an endorsement by the DoD Creating innovative transportation solutions with the DoD May is Military Appreciation Month! We’re excited to make a couple of announcements and share the work we’ve been doing behind-the-scenes with military bases and veteran organizations across the country. Together, we’ve been able to introduce ridesharing as… Continue reading Lyft Introduces Ridesharing as a Transportation Solution and Economic Empowerment Opportunity to Camp Pendleton and Fort Meade
Via launches city-sponsored rideshare service across West Sacramento
Via is revolutionizing public transportation in West Sacramento, California, by partnering with the city to offer on-demand shared rides. Starting on May 14, residents can book a ride in real time through the Via app and get picked up in a shared Mercedes-Benz van – all as part of the city’s transit offering. West Sacramento… Continue reading Via launches city-sponsored rideshare service across West Sacramento
Taxify launches machine learning competition to optimize traffic in future cities
Europe’s leading ridesharing platform Taxify and Robotex International 2018 are announcing an open machine learning competition focusing on solving problems for future cities. The contestants will need to build an intelligent fleet management algorithm for a fleet of self-driving cars. The competition challenges teams to build an optimal dispatching system for a self-driving car fleet… Continue reading Taxify launches machine learning competition to optimize traffic in future cities
Google I/O Recap: Turning self-driving cars from science fiction into reality with the help of AI
Google I/O Recap: Turning self-driving cars from science fiction into reality with the help of AI By: Dmitri Dolgov, CTO and VP of Engineering This morning, we took the stage at Google I/O, Google’s annual developer conference, to share details on how Waymo is using artificial intelligence (AI) to make fully self-driving cars a reality. If… Continue reading Google I/O Recap: Turning self-driving cars from science fiction into reality with the help of AI
Riding During Busy Hours
To provide passengers with the most reliable service, we need to make sure drivers are on the road when and where you need a ride. When many passengers in your area request at the same time, ride prices will likely be higher than normal. To help anticipate busy hours, you can expect higher demand during… Continue reading Riding During Busy Hours
Grab Expands Vehicle Service Options with GrabAssist, GrabCar Plus and GrabFamily (Ages 1 – 3)
Singapore, 7 May 2018 – Grab today announced an expansion of its vehicle service suite with three new services: GrabAssist, GrabCar Plus and GrabFamily (Ages 1 – 3). The announcements are part of Grab’s commitment to provide commuters with a wide range of multi-modal options of varying capacities and prices — from bicycles and shuttle… Continue reading Grab Expands Vehicle Service Options with GrabAssist, GrabCar Plus and GrabFamily (Ages 1 – 3)
Mobility around the world — Acquisitions, Investments and IPOs
Mobility around the world — Acquisitions, Investments and IPOs Before we publish here, we publish on our website. Check out the most important mobility news globally on a weekly basis. This is what happened last week: BlaBlaCar buys “Less” for undisclosed amount French startup BalBlaCar acquires another French carpooling platform for an undisclosed amount. The younger company “Less” focuses… Continue reading Mobility around the world — Acquisitions, Investments and IPOs