Daniel Ramot

Co-founder & CEO, Via · 1 appearance on the record.

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Daniel Ramot co-founded Via in 2012, leading the company to develop dynamic routing software and intelligent transit optimization systems for public transit authorities worldwide. He holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Stanford University and previously built supercomputers for pharmaceutical drug discovery at D. E. Shaw Research.

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Ramot: Shared, dynamic, electric, autonomous shuttles will dominate urban transit

“We believe that what we're able to now create is, is an automated control layer that will enable, ah, a whole class or a network of on-demand shuttles, and that those on-demand shuttles are going to rule the way we get around. They're going to be shared. They'…”

Daniel Ramot Apr 6, 2017 ▶ 1:07 Reengineering Urban Transit // Daniel Ramot and Saar Golde, Via (FirstMark's Data Driven)

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Ramot: Via can launch its system in a new city in an hour

“I think if we wanted to set up our system in Philadelphia, which is a test that we've run, it takes us about an hour, ah, to get it up and running.”

Daniel Ramot Apr 6, 2017 ▶ 15:36 Reengineering Urban Transit // Daniel Ramot and Saar Golde, Via (FirstMark's Data Driven)

Disclosure

Ramot: Via plans to launch premium Via Express service in coming weeks

“One of the things that we're planning to launch over the next few weeks is a service called Via Express, which will allow us to do just that, to say, when you want to pay a little bit more, there's always Via.”

Daniel Ramot Apr 6, 2017 ▶ 19:27 Reengineering Urban Transit // Daniel Ramot and Saar Golde, Via (FirstMark's Data Driven)

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Ramot: Via's average wait time in New York is 5 to 6 minutes

“Our average wait times in New York are about five or six minutes.”

Daniel Ramot Apr 6, 2017 ▶ 2:07 Reengineering Urban Transit // Daniel Ramot and Saar Golde, Via (FirstMark's Data Driven)

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Ramot: Over 97% of Via rush-hour rides are shared

“Over 80% of the time during rush hours, over 97% of the time you're gonna be sharing with at least one other person, typically three, four, or more people.”

Daniel Ramot Apr 6, 2017 ▶ 2:12 Reengineering Urban Transit // Daniel Ramot and Saar Golde, Via (FirstMark's Data Driven)

Disclosure

Ramot: Via has completed 12M total rides and 250k weekly rides

“We've done over ten million rides, twelve million rides, about a quarter of a million rides a week”

Daniel Ramot Apr 6, 2017 ▶ 2:31 Reengineering Urban Transit // Daniel Ramot and Saar Golde, Via (FirstMark's Data Driven)

Disclosure

Ramot: Via licenses its transit software in Paris and England

“And we have, ah, a license, licensing deals in Paris, and England, ah, and other places around the world.”

Daniel Ramot Apr 6, 2017 ▶ 2:52 Reengineering Urban Transit // Daniel Ramot and Saar Golde, Via (FirstMark's Data Driven)

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Ramot: Via drivers in New York average eight to nine hours daily

“On average, I'd say they work between in New York, sort of eight or nine hours a day.”

Daniel Ramot Apr 6, 2017 ▶ 14:53 Reengineering Urban Transit // Daniel Ramot and Saar Golde, Via (FirstMark's Data Driven)

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
Reengineering Urban Transit // Daniel Ramot and Saar Golde, Via (FirstMark's Data Driven)	Apr 6, 2017	6m

Daniel Ramot

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