Introduction:
The software was originally developed by Waze Mobile, a company in Israel founded by Israeli entrepreneurs Ehud Shabtai, Amir Shinar, and Uri Levine two Israeli venture capital firms, Magma and Vertex Ventures Israel, and an early-stage American venture capital firm, Bluerun Ventures, provided funding.
It provides turn-by-turn navigation information and user-submitted travel times and route details, while downloading location-dependent information over a mobile telephone network.
Waze (Hebrew ווייז), formerly FreeMap Israel, is a subsidiary of Google that provides satellite navigation software.
Waze is a fun, community based mapping, traffic & navigation app. Join forces with other drivers nearby to outsmart traffic, save time & gas money, and improve everyone's daily commute. By simply driving around with Waze open, you're already contributing tons of real-time traffic & road info to your local driving community. You can also actively report accidents, hazards, police and other events you see on the road, and get road alerts on your route too. Find the cheapest gas station along your route with community-shared fuel prices. Waze also makes it fun and simple to meet up and coordinate with friends on the road.
Key Facts:
- Product Launch: 2008
- Founder:
- Estimated Monthly Visitors: 100m-500m
- Telephone number:
- Domain name: waze.com
- Owner: Waze
- Company Type: GPS navigation software
- Country of operation: Worldwide