Urban Engines
Software DevelopmentCalifornia, United States1 Employees
Urban Engines is a software development company focused on improving urban mobility. Its platform analyzes movement data from billions of trips to produce mapping, visualization, reporting, and analytics that generate actionable insights for companies, cities, and commuters, addressing the challenges of coordinating and understanding urban transportation. Based in Los Altos, California, the company targets organizations involved in transportation and city planning, aiming to elucidate patterns in movement and support decision making related to mobility. Founded in 2012 by Narayanan Shivakumar and Balaji Prabhakar, Urban Engines comprises individuals with backgrounds at Google, Stanford, and Cal, and operates in an ecosystem of established tech firms and mobility-related entities. A notable development in its history is its acquisition by Google in November 2018 to integrate location-based analytics into Google Maps, reflecting its role in the broader geospatial and mobility data space.