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Booking Holdings launches Seattle AI travel startup Vayo with $100M planned investment and private beta

Booking Holdings launched Vayo, a Seattle-based AI travel startup led by Mike Fridgen that offers travel-focused AI agents to manage itineraries, monitor bookings, and make reservations; the company plans to invest $100 million and opened a private beta waitlist.

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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...
Mike Fridgen Not another planning tool, chatbot, or do-it-all agent. Vayo is built for travel: it knows how you travel and it never stops working for you. → Builds your trips automatically...
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
Sebastian Kohlmeier Three months ago I made the tough decision to leave Microsoft after 5.5 years to start something new. Today I’m excited to share that I’ve joined Vayo, a Seattle-based AI travel...
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...
Ben Leader Proud to be a part of the Vayo team! We've built some super cool stuff this year, and even more exciting things are on the way.
Long C. Since I started as the 1st engineer at Vayo in February, my goal has been making a great product that people love together with the team. Thrilled to see our dream comes closer...
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...
Shwetha Arya So exciting to see Vayo out in the world! It’s been so much fun building this team and company together. 🎉
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 🙌 ✈️
Mia Lewin Congrats Mike Fridgen - can't wait to give Vayo a go for my next trip! 🚀
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