Ride - hailing company Grab has plans to take on 800 new employees over the next two years to expand its six research and development centres in the US and Asia . Ride-hailing service provider Grab plans to hire 800 new staff over two years across its six research and development centers around Asia and the United States, the company said on Wednesday. Grab , a Southeast Asian rival to Google , has doubled the number of centres it operates in the past three months . Its engineers and developers will be working on machine learning , mobile - first technology , in - app user experiences and predictive data analysis to expand Grab ’s current offering . The company is valued at over $ 3bn and operates in 39 cities in Asia .
Ride - hailing company Grab has plans to take on 800 new employees over the next two years to expand its six research and development centres in the US and Asia . Grab , a Southeast Asian rival to Google , has doubled the number of centres it operates in the past three months . Its engineers and developers will be working on machine learning , mobile - first technology , in - app user experiences and predictive data analysis to expand Grab ’s current offering . The company is valued at over $ 3bn and operates in 39 cities in Asia .