Grab is a Singapore-headquartered technology company founded in 2012 as MyTeksi by Anthony Tan and Hooi Ling Tan, who met at Harvard Business School. Originally conceived to make taxi rides safer, it has since expanded into one of Southeast Asia's most widely used digital platforms, operating across 400 cities in eight countries.
The company operates a superapp bringing together ride-hailing, food delivery, and digital payments under a single platform. By its own account, one in twenty people in the region use Grab each day to eat, ride, or pay. Its driver-partner model and merchant integrations - such as a Manila streetside eatery that grew from two to twenty employees - reflect its stated focus on economic participation across the region.
Grab's technical operations span engineering, data science, and platform infrastructure, supporting the scale and complexity of running multiple services simultaneously across diverse markets. The company describes its internal culture around what it calls the "Grab Way," with stated emphasis on bold thinking, deep listening to community needs, and using technology to serve populations that traditional services have historically underserved.