Ioki
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| Founded | 2017 |
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| Website | https://ioki.com/ |
ioki is a German technology company specialising on digital services and products for public transport with its headquarters in Frankfurt.[1][2] ioki is an acronym for Input Output Künstliche Intelligenz (Input Output Artificial Intelligence).[3]
ioki provides digital services for public transport such as a ridepooling platform, data-based transport planning and a navigation system for bus drivers.[2][4] While the majority of services is currently still provided in the DACH region, the company's product and service offering is also growing in Italy, Spain, France and the United Kingdom.[5][6][7][8] ioki's clients include cities, public transport companies, school districts, government entities and private organisations.
ioki was founded in 2017 as a corporate startup of the Deutsche Bahn — Germany's main railway company — to focus on and drive forward autonomous public transport.[9][1][10][11][12][13] Over the years, the product portfolio and services expanded and led to an integrated focus on digitalisation and accessibility.
In October 2017, the first autonomous bus line on public roads in Germany was launched in the Lower Bavarian spa town Bad Birnbach with ioki's operating system.[14][9]
The company launched ioki Hamburg, one of the oldest and most successful demand-responsive transport services in Germany.[15]
ioki collaborated with the Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg Holstein (VHH) to create a shuttle that transports passengers around the clock in electric vehicles. It was later renamed hvv hop. The service started with ten vehicles and has grown since its launch. In 2019, ioki and Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg (VHH) won the Deutscher Mobilitätspreis (German Mobility Award)[16] for the ioki Hamburg project. Since then, various on-demand projects all over Europe have been set in motion.[17]
In February 2024, ioki and the teledriving start-up Vay announced their partnership to realise the first remotely driven on-demand service in public transport.[18]