Grab vs Uber | How a Southeast Asian Startup Beat a Global Giant

Grab vs Uber | How a Southeast Asian Startup Beat a Global Giant Uber wanted to build one ride-hailing app for the entire world. Grab took a different approach: understand every market from the ground up. This Moconomy documentary tells the story of how a small Malaysian startup challenged one of Silicon Valley’s most heavily funded companies by focusing on local needs, motorcycle taxis, cash payments, safety and hyperlocal services across Southeast Asia. As the two companies fought an expensive price war, Uber struggled with global expansion and growing corporate scandals. In 2018, Uber finally exited Southeast Asia, transferring its regional operations to Grab in exchange for a stake in the company. Can local knowledge beat billions in funding and global scale? Explore more stories about startups, platforms and global business on Moconomy: • Generation Startup | Building a Billion-Dollar Dream - https://youtu.be/LL3TJFcXpZI • The World According to Amazon | How Amazon Became More Powerful Than Governments - https://youtu.be/3rZ0M47ygiE • Inside Anthropic: The $965 Billion AI Titan | Claude, AI Safety and Superintelligence | 4K - https://youtu.be/1ShpMSuVmyw