Mozio

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Mozio, Inc.
Type Privately held company
Industry Transportation, Software
Founded2011;10 years ago (2011)
HeadquartersNew York, New York
Key people
David Litwak, Joseph Metzinger
Products Mobile apps and search engine
Website www.mozio.com

Mozio is a New York City-based transportation-search engine company that aggregates ground transportation data and plans trips to and from an airport. [1] Mozio coordinates buses, trains, boats, rapid transit, and other types of transit to allow users to arrive at the airport as fast as possible.

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History

Mozio was founded in 2011 by David Litwak [2] and Joseph Metzinger. [3]

Mozio completed Plug and Play's Start-up Camp in February 2012 and has since created partnerships with a number of large and small agencies, including Uber, Shuttlefare, and Limos.com. [4] Its platform compares time and cost metrics in order to find the most efficient option for each traveler and destination. [5]

In 2013, Mozio raised seed money from investors including Jeff Clarke, Chairman of Orbitz. The first airports to be included in the search services were San Jose, Oakland, and San Francisco. [6] The company is focusing on development of its ground-transportation-to-airport platform. [7] [8] In 2016 the company partnered with Ethiopian Airlines. [9]

As of 2018 Mozio provides ground transportation services for JetBlue, Booking.com, Hotels.com, Despegar, New Zealand Air, CheapOAir and incorporates Uber and Lyft in its transportation network. [3] News media report that Mozio has a "bigger fleet than Uber and Lyft combined" due to its partnerships with those and other ground transportation companies. [10]

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References

  1. "Mozio eyes an important and stressful part of travel: the airport commute" on GigaOM
  2. "Mozio guides travelers the final mile from runway to driveway" on VentureBeat
  3. 1 2 Schaal, Dennis (15 June 2012). "Mozio tries to soften the hardest part of the journey — airport to hotel". Phocuswire .
  4. Tech Vibes; August 20th, 2012 "Plug and Play's Mozio Helps Canadians Travel Like Locals in the US" by Lloyd Lobo
  5. Silicon Valley Business Journal; March 23, 2012 "Mozio Weighs Options For Thrifty Travelers"
  6. Mozio launches site to ease flyers’ search for airport transportation. on Skift: Travel IQ
  7. "Travel Start-up Mozio Aims to Solve the 'Final Mile Problem'". Mashable, August 8th, 2012 by Kate Freeman
  8. " Mozio – Find Your Way From Airport To Destination Like A Local". on KillerStartups
  9. "Ethiopian Airlines partners with technology provider Mozio". Travel Daily news.
  10. "Transportation "Backbone" Mozio Shows Why APIs, not Apps, are Driving the Evolution of Technology". New Theory magazine.