what is didi

DiDi is a Chinese vehicle for hire company that provides app-based transportation services, including taxi hailing, private car hailing, social ride-sharing, and bike sharing, as well as on-demand delivery services. It was founded in 2012 as a smartphone app for people who wanted to immediately hail cabs, but has since expanded to offer a broad range of services for travelers beyond taxis, including private cars, car rentals, buses, and chauffeurs, as well as delivery services and bike-sharing. DiDi uses new technologies such as artificial intelligence to deploy its resources more efficiently. The company is headquartered in Beijing and has over 550 million users and tens of millions of drivers. It operates in China, and 15 international countries across Asia-Pacific, Africa, Latin America, Central Asia, and Russia.