As a teen-ager in Malaysia in the 1990s, Tan Hooi Ling says she was a gadget freak and always interested in figuring out how things worked, so it’s perhaps no surprise she ended up cofounding one of ...
GrabTaxi is coming to the U.S. — not to offer rides, but rather to tap into Seattle’s engineering talent base. The ride-hailing giant, which operates a wide range of smartphone-powered transportation ...
Asia is a hugely important market for Uber, but there are a few things standing its in way. First, of course, has been legal trouble. But, since Uber has legal trouble everywhere it goes, that’s not ...
Uber is the elephant in the room, and on the road, but GrabTaxi founder and chief executive Anthony Tan reckons being local will give his Singapore-based start-up the edge in Asia. Tan, who has ...
GrabTaxi, the taxi-hailing app that rivals Uber in Southeast Asia, is getting some big name support from China after it announced a $350 million Series E round from a range of investors that — most ...
File photo of Anthony Tan, Group CEO and Co-Founder of Grab. Leading Southeast Asian ride-hailing platform GrabTaxi will be known simply as Grab from today, the company announced. The new Grab ...
The future of taxi booking is now, as more markets embrace mobile taxi booking in Southeast Asia. GrabTaxi (known as MyTeksi in Malaysia), an automated smart-phone taxi booking platform is poised to ...
GrabTaxi, the SoftBank-backed taxi-on-demand service in Southeast Asia, is preparing to introduce cashless payments to take it beyond cash-only fares and put it on par with Uber’s frictionless payment ...
When Anthony Tan graduated from Harvard Business School in 2011, he was expected to rejoin his two older brothers at the family firm, Tan Chong Motors. Instead, the youngest Tan, now 33, decided to ...
For many passengers in Southeast Asia, getting a taxi that is reliable and safe can be a challenge sometimes. Being overcharged is a common occurrence, while in some cities incidences could even ...
GrabTaxi has unveiled a rebranding campaign that it says reflects the company's various services and goal to offer a whole gamut of transport options. Now called Grab, the Southeast Asian ride-sharing ...
Spanning 4,500 square feet, the new facility is the company's first technology hub and located in the country's central business district. The US$100 million investment will spread over "a few years" ...