CabBudi is India’s first driver-first, carbon-neutral ride-hailing platform built to fix the broken economics of the mobility industry. Unlike existing apps that charge 25–30% commission per ride, CabBudi runs on a low-cost subscription model, letting drivers keep up to 90% of their earnings. This not only boosts driver income by up to 40%, but also improves retention, availability, and service quality.
For customers, CabBudi offers reliable, affordable rides with verified drivers and carbon-offset rides — ensuring every trip contributes to a cleaner planet. Our smart-matching AI reduces idle time by up to 25%, improving efficiency while lowering emissions.
We’re targeting India’s $15B ride-hailing market, starting with Bengaluru — a city with over 2 lakh daily ride-hailing trips . CabBudi differentiates through:
🚗 Driver-first economics – Transparent, predictable earnings.
🌱 Carbon-neutral rides – Offsetting emissions from every trip.
🤖 Tech-led efficiency – AI-based demand prediction and route optimization.
Our vision is to build a sustainable and fair mobility ecosystem that treats drivers as partners, not gig workers, while giving customers cleaner, safer, and more human rides.
CabBudi isn’t just another ride app — it’s a movement toward ethical, green, and inclusive urban transport
Startup Description
CabBudi is India’s first driver-first, carbon-neutral ride-hailing platform. We fix the broken economics of ride-hailing by replacing high commissions with a low-cost subscription model, letting drivers keep up to 90% of earnings. Riders enjoy affordable, safer, and greener rides through verified drivers and carbon-offset trips. Our AI optimizes routes, reducing idle time and emissions. Starting in Bengaluru, CabBudi is building a fair, sustainable, and human mobility ecosystem where drivers are true partners and every ride helps the planet.
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Business Model
CabBudi operates on a driver-first, subscription-based business model designed to create long-term profitability and sustainable growth.
Instead of charging high commissions per trip like traditional aggregators, CabBudi drivers pay a fixed weekly or monthly subscription fee to access the platform. This structure allows drivers to keep 100% of their earnings, ensuring better retention, higher satisfaction, and predictable revenue for the company.
The model is highly capital-efficient — with low operational overheads and minimal cash burn. Our lean tech stack, automated driver verification, and AI-based ride allocation enable strong unit economics from day one.
In addition to subscriptions, CabBudi will generate revenue from corporate mobility contracts, in-app advertising, and value-added services such as insurance, vehicle financing, and maintenance partnerships. As we scale, we’ll also introduce CabBudi Green — a carbon offset subscription for individuals and businesses to neutralize their commute emissions, adding a recurring ESG-linked revenue stream.
Because the model eliminates per-ride commissions and focuses on recurring driver subscriptions, CabBudi achieves faster break-even potential, higher lifetime value per driver, and predictable monthly revenue growth.
This approach lets us build a scalable, compliant, and profitable mobility network — where drivers earn more, customers pay fair fares, and the platform grows sustainably without subsidy-driven cash burn.
Customers
based in
India
Business
Modal Type
Mobile App
Type of
Sales
B2C
Competitors
Rapido and Uber
Teams
Abhimanyu Agarwal
Director
Tell us a bit about how founding team knows
each other.
Brothers from same mother, so we have lived together , stayed together and done thinsg together
Why did you decide to start this
company?
Seeing the problem faced by customers, drivers and climatic impact
Are all the founders full-time on this
project?
Yes
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