Bengaluru: Ola founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal announced on Friday that the ride-hailing platform has discontinued its integration with Google Maps, replacing it with its own in-house Ola Maps.

According to Aggarwal, this change has allowed the company to save Rs 100 crore annually. In a post on X, he mentioned, “After exiting Azure last month, we have now fully moved away from Google Maps.

After Azure exit last month, we’ve now fully exited google maps. We used to spend ₹100 cr a year but we’ve made that 0 this month by moving completely to our in house Ola maps! Check your Ola app and update if needed 😉

Also, Ola maps API available on @Krutrim cloud! Many more… pic.twitter.com/wYj1Q1YohO

— Bhavish Aggarwal (@bhash) July 5, 2024

Previously, we spent Rs 100 crore a year on this, but we have now reduced that cost to zero.”