Ola Concludes it's First Ever API Hackathon; Over 300 Tech Enthusiasts Participate


BANGALORE: Ola, India?s most popular mobile app for personal transportation announced the winners of its first ever API hackathon which saw over 1500 registrations out of which 300 participants were shortlisted and confirmed. Two teams won cash rewards of 400,000 along with AWS credits of 2000 USD.

Partners from Samsung, InMobi, Make My Trip and Helpchat demonstrated Ola?s API integration in their app. A push notification is sent to customers of Make My Trip before the departure time with ETA of nearest Ola cab redirecting users to the Ola app. Samsung has used the API to create an app to book cabs for its Tizen platform. In all ads related to Ola, InMobi will also show the ETA of nearest cab using the Ola API. Also, customers can now book an Ola right from HelpChat app.

Two winning solutions included Route Optimizer and Ola Social. Route optimizer automatically figures the best route to drop corporate users to their houses and Ola Social helps users to explore the city by finding our places of interest based on their profile and activities on Facebook.? Another innovative and interesting solution included booking offline which would enable users to book a cab through sms/ self kiosk.

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