Shares of transit software company Via closed at $49.51 in their NYSE debut, above the $46 IPO price, giving Via a market cap of ~$3.9B, after raising $492.9M
Investors took a cautious approach to transit software startup Via's IPO on Friday, with shares opening below the company's IPO price …
In his first public appearance since returning to OpenAI, Sam Altman says AI is “going to lift the world up” and companies cannot build AI “safely in a vacuum”
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg : X: @saritharai X: Saritha Rai / @saritharai : Everything is fine again? Days after the tumult at OpenAI and his return to the helm, Sam Altman is back touting the virtues of...
NYC-based Via plans to acquire London-based Citymapper, which has ~50M users and raised ~$60M; sources say investors are mostly not making their money back
Last month, when transportation startup Via raised $110 million at a $3.5 billion valuation, CEO Daniel Ramot said it planned …
A profile of Via, a New York ride-hailing company that pays drivers more than Uber and Lyft, aims to be eco-friendly, and tries to “strengthen public transit”
Via pays its drivers more than any other company, focuses on environmentally friendly practices, and wants to decrease traffic congestion. Tweets: @anrao and @viavan_lon Tweets: Ankita Rao / @anrao : ...
LA partners with on-demand shuttle-based service Via for a pilot program that provides rides to and from three busy public transit stations
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Arlington, TX ditches charter buses as public transportation for a ridesharing service called Via, which will offer $3 rides and have 10 commuter vans on call
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Carpooling service Via raises funding round, source says of $250M, led by Daimler, for European expansion; Mercedes Benz investing $50M in a JV with Via
As outsized ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft continue to build out their taxi-style marketplaces largely based around connecting …
Carpooling startup Via raises $70M, with $30M more expected in the next few weeks
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