Ola Cabs fully exits Google Maps, now saves Rs 100 crore by using in-house developed Ola maps

Ola Cabs chief Bhavish Aggarwal, in a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), said that the ride-hailing giant has fully transitioned from Google Maps to its in-house developed Ola Maps, achieving substantial annual savings of around Rs 100 crore.

"After exiting Azure last month, we’ve now completely moved away from Google Maps. We used to spend Rs 100 crore a year, but this month, that expense has dropped to zero by switching entirely to our in-house Ola Maps! Please check your Ola app and update it if necessary," Aggarwal wrote.

After Azure exit last month, we’ve now fully exited google maps. We used to spend ₹100 cr a year but we’ve made that 0 this month by moving completely to our in house Ola maps! Check your Ola app and update if needed 😉

Also, Ola maps API available on @Krutrim cloud! Many more… pic.twitter.com/wYj1Q1YohO

— Bhavish Aggarwal (@bhash) July 5, 2024

He highlighted that Ola Cabs will soon introduce several new features, including street view, neural radiance fields, indoor images, 3D maps, and drone maps in the coming months. He said the Ola Maps API is available on the Krutrim cloud.

Aggarwal also revealed that the company will soon will publish a detailed blog providing insights into the mapping technology used in its newly launched feature, Ola Maps.

For those curious to know what we have built in Ola maps in house and what we have leveraged from the open source community, we will be publishing a detailed technical blog over the weekend. Hope you all enjoy reading it!

— Bhavish Aggarwal (@bhash) July 6, 2024