Friday 29 Mar 2024
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SINGAPORE (March 15): Ride-hailing firm Grab, the main rival of Uber Technologies Inc in Southeast Asia, on Wednesday announced two new research and development (R&D) centres and said it planned to add 800 developers over the coming two years.

R&D centres in Bengaluru and Ho Chi Minh City will add to centres in Seattle, Beijing, Jakarta and at home in Singapore, as the company seeks to capitalise on growth prospects in South and Southeast Asia.

The new developers will be sought across all centres.

"Southeast Asia is developing at a breakneck pace," Grab co-founder Tan Hooi Ling said in a statement.

Grab's R&D focuses on machine learning, predictive data analytics, mobile-first technology and user experience, the firm said in the statement.

The Bengaluru centre will focus on developing payment technologies for digital payment platform GrabPay. The Ho Chi Minh City centre will aim to improve user experience.

The ride-hailing firm also said its offices will move to an almost 100,000 square foot space in Singapore's Central Business District, from a 4,500 square foot space at present.

Last year, Grab started testing driverless cars with passengers able to request "robo-cars" in selected areas of Singapore.

 

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