CeVe

What CeVe does

CeVe, LLC is a privately held Tampa, Florida-based software company that operates the CēVē mobile application, a consumer-grade navigation utility that overlays real-time traffic signal timing and speed-limit data onto a driver's existing smartphone mapping app. The product provides four core capabilities: green-light advisory speeds (calculating an optimal approach speed to minimize stops), red-light countdown timers with audible change announcements, configurable escalating speed-limit warnings, and red-light arrival warnings. The app is designed to run alongside Apple Maps, Google Maps, or Waze rather than replacing them, delivering visual or auditory alerts that do not require the driver to look away from the road. It also functions standalone without a navigation app.

The technology stack is a mobile client (iOS launched in 2019 with Android in beta since 2020) that ingests municipal traffic-signal phase data and the user's geolocation to compute recommendations. Service coverage spans 40+ cities across 15 US states, including Tampa, Orlando, New York City, Las Vegas, Portland, Denver, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Washington DC, with some cities reporting outages.

The business model is product-led and self-serve: users discover and download the app through the iOS App Store (and eventually Android), with a stated subscription/recurring revenue stream via app sales or in-app purchases. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company lists no enterprise channel, no named logos, and no reseller program. Target segments include last-mile logistics drivers, grocery and restaurant delivery drivers, rideshare drivers, long-haul freight carriers, mass transit operators, and general commuters. The company employs 1-10 people and has not disclosed any funding rounds, institutional investors, or management team beyond founder David Aylesworth.

Name

CeVe

Legal name

CeVe, LLC

Website

https://ceve.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CeVe operates the CēVē iOS mobile app that overlays real-time traffic signal timing and speed-limit alerts on Apple, Google, and Waze maps. It targets professional drivers (last-mile logistics, delivery, rideshare, freight, mass transit) and commuters to reduce fuel use and red-light frustration.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Driver Assistance Mobile App

akta.pro primary industry

Consumer Navigation & Turn-by-Turn Apps (BPAMANAA)

Keywords

• Traffic light timing app
• Speed limit alerts
• Driver assistance mobile app
• Fuel efficient navigation
• Intersection advisory speeds

Headquarters

HQ city

Tampa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Mobile Application Distribution: Revenue generated from mobile app distribution through consumer app stores. The primary monetization mechanism is through app sales or in-app purchases on iOS and Android platforms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CeVe develops and distributes the CēVē mobile application that provides real-time traffic light timing and speed limit information to drivers via visual and auditory alerts. The app works alongside existing navigation platforms (Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze) to help drivers time green lights, avoid red light frustration, comply with speed limits, and improve fuel efficiency. It is sold directly to consumers and professional drivers through the iOS App Store, with an Android version currently in beta.

Product overview

CēVē is a mobile application platform that works alongside navigation apps (Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze) to provide drivers with real-time traffic light and speed limit information. The core product consists of the CēVē mobile app, available on iOS (launched 2019) and Android (beta), which delivers green light advisory speeds, red light countdowns, speed limit warnings, and audible traffic alerts. The app targets delivery drivers, rideshare drivers, commuters, freight carriers, and mass transit operators, enhancing road safety and fuel efficiency.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CēVē iOS App Mobile application for iOS devices that delivers real-time traffic light timing and speed limit information via visual and auditory alerts. Integrates with Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze, and other navigation apps to help drivers time green lights, receive red light countdowns, and stay within speed limits for improved fuel efficiency and safety.
• CēVē Android App Mobile application for Android devices that provides real-time traffic light timing and speed limit information to help drivers optimize speed, save fuel, and improve safety. Initially available as a beta version to registered testers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Improved fuel efficiency by avoiding red light stops and optimizing approach speeds to green lights
• +2 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Apple MapscoreTechnology or IntegrationCeVe integrates with Apple Maps to deliver enhanced traffic signal and speed limit information via visual and auditory alerts. Users can utilize CeVe alongside Apple Maps for improved intersection navigation without switching applications.
• Google MapscoreTechnology or IntegrationCeVe integrates with Google Maps to provide traffic signal and speed limit overlays. The partnership enables users to receive enhanced navigation data within their existing Google Maps workflow.
• WazecoreTechnology or IntegrationCeVe provides supplementary traffic signal and speed limit data that works alongside Waze navigation, enhancing the existing Waze experience with intersection-level timing information.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Waze: Community-driven navigation app that already provides traffic-aware routing. Waze is both an integration partner for CeVe and the most direct incumbent risk, as it has experimented with traffic-light countdown features in select markets.
• TomTom: Maps and navigation provider serving consumer devices and automotive OEMs. TomTom operates at the same navigation and traffic-data intersection as CeVe, but at substantially greater scale and with embedded automotive relationships.
• Here Technologies: Location and mapping platform serving automotive, logistics, and enterprise customers. Here provides traffic and routing data products that overlap with CeVe's value proposition, particularly for fleet and logistics buyers.
• INRIX: Provider of traffic intelligence, road safety, and routing data to automakers, fleets, and navigation apps. INRIX competes in the same traffic-data layer that CeVe sits on top of, with a much larger B2B customer base.
• Garmin: Consumer and automotive navigation device maker with embedded traffic and routing features. Garmin competes in the driver-assistance and turn-by-turn category that CeVe targets, particularly for long-haul and personal vehicle users.
• Apple Maps: Default iOS navigation app and listed CeVe integration partner. Apple has the iOS platform, mapping data, and developer relationships to ship comparable traffic-signal features directly into its mapping experience.
• Google Maps: Dominant consumer navigation platform. CeVe layers alerts on top of Google Maps, but Google has the data and engineering resources to integrate traffic-signal timing and advisory speeds natively, which would neutralize CeVe's standalone value.

Emerging players

• Samsara: Connected fleet operations platform providing routing, telematics, and driver-behavior tools to commercial fleets. Samsara competes for the same long-haul, last-mile, and transit operator budgets that CeVe targets, with a much broader feature set.
• NoTraffic: Smart-city traffic management platform that uses AI at the intersection level to optimize signal timing. NoTraffic operates in the same traffic-signal timing domain as CeVe, but from the infrastructure/municipality side rather than the consumer app side.

Direct peers

• Connected Signals: Provider of real-time traffic-signal state and countdown data to navigation and driver-assistance products. Connected Signals is the closest direct competitor to CeVe, addressing the same niche from a data and API perspective rather than a consumer app.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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