NextBillion. ai, the AI and big data provider, today announces an enhanced strategic partnership with TomTom (TOM2), the maps and navigation technology company.
This partnership will see NextBillion. American AI-based company built on the API-first platform, using TomTom Orbis Maps to provide accurate route computation and extremely accurate travel time estimated, across key global industries such as mobility, fleet management, and logistics.
The joint collaboration will dramatically improve enterprise-grade solutions through the powerful optimization and scheduling experience the partnership offers businesses. NextBillion. ai’s interface, which is user-friendly, highly customizable, and designed to be easily adapted to the user’s technology solution, will take on an even more heavyweight role in partnering with TomTom Orbis Maps for invaluable, reliable data.
The addition plays especially well with routing, navigation, and tracking scenarios, providing drivers and field service employees with more efficient routes and more accurate ETAs.
“At NextBillion. ai, we are working hard to help organizations in solving uber-hard mapping and routing problems at scale,” explained Gaurav Bubna, Co-founder at NextBillion. ai.
“Through incorporating TomTom’s Orbis Maps in our platform we can deliver a level of accuracy, customisation and operational efficiencies that will enable our customers to make more intelligent decisions on-the-fly.”
This partnership brings the benefit of TomTom Orbis Maps’ truck-specific routing capability, which takes into account attributes such as vehicle size, weight and load type.
This means businesses can access effective and regulation-approved routing at all times – crucial for the logistics and trucking industries. In business terms, better routing and more accurate ETAs should convert into more working hours, safer on-the-job conditions for workers and workers, and reduced expenditure.
Mike Schoofs at TomTom also said he’s proud of the furthered collaboration. “Through integration of TomTom Orbis Maps, which offers state-of-the-art map content, with NextBillion. ai’s API-first model, we are truly revolutionizing how businesses route with greater accuracy and efficiency.”
NextBillion. ai’s platform currently processes millions of API calls daily and serves a wide range of multinational customers, covering industries such as food delivery and ride-hailing.
This collaboration with TomTom, which has more than 30 years’ experience in creating the future of mobility and the producer of the “smartest map”, reinforces the NextBillion platform. ai’s dedication to delivering very customized and effective mapping for the constantly changing requirements of multi-national enterprises.