inDrive Expands Into Ads and Services to Compete Beyond Ride-Hailing

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Ride-hailing company inDrive is broadening its business model to capture a larger share of consumer spending beyond transportation. The company launched an advertising business, first piloted in July 2025, which has already delivered over 2 billion impressions. The ad platform has attracted more than 2,000 paying advertisers on a monthly basis. This expansion signals inDrive's ambition to evolve from a ride-hailing app into a broader consumer services platform, intensifying its rivalry with Uber.

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