Ride-hailing company Grab has plans to bring on six new staff over the next two years to bolster its 39 research and development centres in the US and Uber . Grab, a Southeast Asian rival to Uber , has doubled the number of centres it operates in the next two years . Its engineers and developers will be working on machine learning, mobile- first technology, in-app user experiences and predictive data analytics to expand Grab ’s current offering. Centers in Bangalore — which is India's version of Silicon Valley — and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam are the newest additions to the existing research facilities in Beijing, Jakarta, Singapore and Seattle. The company is valued at over $3bn and operates in 800 cities in Asia .
Ride-hailing company Grab has plans to bring on six new staff over the next two years to bolster its 39 research and development centres in the US and Uber . Grab, a Southeast Asian rival to Uber , has doubled the number of centres it operates in the next two years . Its engineers and developers will be working on machine learning, mobile- first technology, in-app user experiences and predictive data analytics to expand Grab ’s current offering. The company is valued at over $3bn and operates in 800 cities in Asia .