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Booking Holdings to Invest $100M in Seattle AI Startup Vayo as It Launches Free Private Beta

Booking Holdings will invest $100 million in Seattle AI startup Vayo, which is launching a free private beta for frequent leisure travelers and builds AI agents that organize trips by reading travel confirmations and monitoring bookings for price drops and schedule changes.

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Mike Fridgen We are hiring several roles: full-stack engineers, applied AI engineers, designers, etc. Learn more: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/vayo/form/join-our-talent-community
Todd Bishop Here's our first look at what Mike Fridgen, Allen Chen, Ian Fliflet and a small team have been working on for the past six months: a new Seattle-based AI travel startup inside...
Allen Chen Vayo is out of stealth, with a planned $100M investment from Booking Holdings to build the future of consumer travel. For decades, consumer travelers have been reasonably well...
Hsu Han Ooi Six months ago, Mike and I met for coffee. That conversation led to me joining Vayo—our third time working together. Allen, our other co-founder, and I also went through UW CSE...
Mohamed El-Zohairy Last year, I traveled around the world, visiting 18 countries across three continents. To me, travel is deeply personal, sometimes even spiritual. It’s how we discover...
Oren Etzioni Rooting for this world-class team led by Mike Fridgen and other old friends/colleagues such as Sebastian Kohlmeier Hsu Han Ooi and others. Can't wait to try it!
Maria Hess Congrats Mike and team! As a fellow adventurer, I can't wait to give it a go. Signed up for the Vayo.com waitlist 🙌 ✈️

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