Blaise

Name

Blaise

Legal name

Blaise Transit Ltd.

Website

https://blaisetransit.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Transit Software

NAICS

Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation (48599), Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation (4852), Charter Bus Industry (485510), Urban Transit Systems (4851)

SIC

Local & Suburban Transit & Interurban Hwy Passenger Trans (4100), Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Ground Transport Booking Platforms (Rail/Bus/Shuttle) (THALAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Online Booking & Reservation Platforms (B2B/B2C) (THALAMAA)

Keywords

• On-demand transit software
• Paratransit scheduling software
• Transit dispatching platform
• Demand-responsive transit
• Public transit technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: Blaise provides its transit software platform on a subscription basis to transit agencies and operators. Pricing is customized based on agency size, number of rides, and service scope. Agencies pay monthly or annually for access to Blaise Engine, Blaise Transit passenger app, and optional Blaise Drive driver app. The company states its costs are a fraction of traditional transit planning software or other on-demand transit vendors. The platform works with agencies serving a few hundred rides per month to several million.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Blaise sells a cloud-based SaaS transit platform that lets transit operators run on-demand, paratransit, flex-model, fixed-route, and private shuttle services using their own existing vehicles. The platform combines an operator dashboard (Blaise Engine), a passenger booking and payment app (Blaise Transit), an optional driver app (Blaise Drive), analytics, and simulations, all powered by patent-pending AI-assisted route optimization. Customers are municipal, regional, and tribal transit agencies across Canada and the US.

Product overview

Blaise offers a modular on-demand transit software platform consisting of three core integrated products: Blaise Platform (the turnkey platform for building and running transport services), Blaise Engine (the admin/scheduling software for operators), and Blaise Transit (the passenger booking/payment app), complemented by Blaise Drive (driver navigation app) and analytics/simulation add-ons (Blaise Analytics, Blaise Simulations). The platform supports multiple transit service models within one universal system: On-Demand Transit, Paratransit, Flex-Model (hybrid), Fixed Route, and Enterprise Solutions. The company was founded in 2018.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Blaise Platform: Turnkey platform consisting of user-friendly apps enabling transit agencies to build and run various transport services.
• Blaise Analytics
• Blaise Simulations
• Blaise Engine
• Blaise Drive
• Blaise Transit (Passenger App)
• Ask Otto

Products and services

• Blaise Platform Turnkey cloud platform consisting of user-friendly apps that enable transit agencies to build and run a variety of transport services including on-demand, paratransit, flex-model, and fixed-route transit operations using their own existing vehicles.
• Blaise Engine Web-based transit scheduling and dispatch software for operators that allows setting vehicles, drivers, stops, and payment options; enables dispatchers to input passenger ride requests; and allows administrators to view real-time and historical data.
• Blaise Transit (Passenger App) Passenger mobile and web application that allows riders to book and pay for rides and helps them navigate their trip in real-time.
• Blaise Drive (Driver App) Optional mobile driver application providing real-time navigation and passenger manifests to ensure smooth running of dynamic transit routes, running on any standard smartphone or tablet (iOS and Android).
• Blaise Analytics Analytics platform that provides real-time and historical data and insights into transit network performance, enabling transit authorities to monitor operations and make data-driven decisions.
• Blaise Simulations Proprietary technology that analyzes current transit operations and provides insights into how they can be improved, used for feasibility studies and service optimization planning.
• Ask Otto AI Assistant AI-powered assistant built directly into Blaise's booking and dispatching platform for transit agencies, supporting effortless transit planning and dispatching interactions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 17% month-over-month ridership increase (Simcoe County paratransit case)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 791 CoopcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 4 September 2024791 Coop cooperative purchasing program enables US transit agencies to gain direct, streamlined access to Blaise's services with pre-negotiated competitive pricing. 791 Coop has already completed the RFP process, so agencies don't need to run their own.
• Klamath TribesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 June 2024Blaise partnered with the Klamath Tribes in southwestern Oregon to provide innovative on-demand transit solutions for Chiloquin and Klamath Falls regions, addressing critical transportation needs for tribal communities.
• Nova Scotia Community Transportation Network (NSCTN)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 February 2023Blaise won a 3-year contract following a competitive public tender process to deploy its platform improving accessibility and efficiency of community transportation in up to 23 communities across Nova Scotia.
• United Manitoulin Island Transit (UMIT)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 November 2020Blaise and UMIT launched an on-demand pilot project on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, bringing island communities together via affordable, accessible, and cost-efficient public transit.
• iVEOminorStrategic or Co-development PartneriVEO is listed as a Blaise ecosystem supporter/partner.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Spare: Spare provides a SaaS platform for on-demand transit, paratransit, and microtransit, targeting the same transit-agency buyer as Blaise with comparable AI-enabled routing and dispatch capabilities.
• Optibus: Optibus offers AI-powered transit scheduling, planning, and operations software for fixed-route and on-demand services, competing head-to-head with Blaise's Blaise Engine in the same transit-agency market.
• RideCo: RideCo delivers on-demand transit software for public transit agencies, with a focus on dynamically routed microtransit — a directly overlapping product category and customer segment to Blaise.
• Padam Mobility: Padam Mobility builds on-demand transit software (paratransit, DRT, fixed-route hybrid) for transit authorities across Europe and North America, making it a direct functional competitor to Blaise.

Broad incumbents

• Via Transportation: Via operates a broader mobility/transit platform that includes on-demand transit software for public agencies, overlapping with Blaise's offering but serving a wider range of urban mobility use cases.
• Moovit (part of Intel): Moovit provides urban mobility and transit data solutions used by transit agencies and riders worldwide, with adjacent on-demand transit functionality that intersects with Blaise's product.
• Trapeze Group (Modaxo): Trapeze is a long-established transit scheduling and fixed-route software vendor whose legacy on-prem products represent the expensive incumbent solutions Blaise positions against in its value proposition.
• Cubic Transportation Systems: Cubic provides large-scale transit fare collection, ticketing, and traffic management solutions to transit agencies globally, representing a broader incumbent in adjacent transit-software purchasing decisions.
• Uber Transit (Uber for Business / Public Transit): Uber's transit partnerships product lets transit agencies offer on-demand rides through Uber's platform, competing indirectly with Blaise's software by offering an alternative procurement path for on-demand transit services.

Emerging players

• SIRV: SIRV provides demand-responsive transit and paratransit scheduling software for transit agencies, overlapping with Blaise's paratransit and on-demand offerings in a smaller-scale go-to-market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/blaisetransit
• Instagraminstagram.com/blaisetransit/?hl=en

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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