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Autonomous vehicle-based mobility service delivering cars directly to users' doors for urban car-sharing. Founded in San Francisco, 2019.
Kyte is a San Francisco, California-based autonomous vehicle-based mobility service that delivers cars directly to users' doors, aiming to streamline access to personal transportation within urban environments. The company operates a door-to-door car-sharing model, providing on-demand access to vehicles for urban mobility, comparable to services like ZipCar, but with an emphasis on future autonomous capabilities. This operational strategy focuses on eliminating the need for customers to retrieve or return vehicles from fixed locations, significantly enhancing user convenience and efficiency in metropolitan areas. As of October 2021, Kyte was actively engaged in Series A fundraising, seeking capital to support its ongoing technological development and potential market expansion across new cities. The organization was founded in 2019 by Ludwig Schoenack, Nikolaus Volk, and Francesco Wiedemann.
Kyte has raised $562.0M across 8 funding rounds.
Kyte has raised $562.0M in total across 8 funding rounds.
Kyte is a Boston-based technology company founded in 2019 (with some sources noting 2020) that provides a B2B API platform for airline retail and distribution in the travel sector.[1][4][6] It simplifies access to airline APIs, enabling travel sellers like agents and aggregators to book directly, issue passenger name records (PNRs), and access fares, ancillaries, and bundles from low-cost carriers (LCCs) and full-service airlines through a single, standardized integration.[1][5][6] Serving travel sellers, corporate platforms, and aggregators (e.g., Ryanair, easyJet, Air Canada via partnerships), Kyte solves the complexity and high costs of connecting to diverse airline content, especially LCCs, positioning itself as the leading API for low-cost distribution.[1][6] Note: A separate, now-defunct San Francisco car rental company named Kyte (also founded 2019) shut down in August 2025; this profile focuses on the active airline tech firm.[2][3]
The platform's growth momentum includes key partnerships like Ryanair (post-2023 Travelfusion disruption), TPConnects, PKFare, Spotnana, and AirGateway, establishing Kyte as a go-to for LCC content even among NDC-focused aggregators.[1][6] With a small core team enabling fast decisions, Kyte targets dominance in low-cost API distribution over the next few years.[1]
Kyte emerged in 2019 when CEO and co-founder Alice Ferrari identified gaps in airline distribution, particularly after Ryanair content vanished from aggregator Travelfusion in late 2023, creating an opportunity for direct API connections.[1] Ferrari, leveraging her industry insight, co-founded the company in Boston (with a UK establishment in 2021) to "reimagine distribution" via a standardized API for airlines and sellers.[1][4] Little public detail exists on other co-founders or early personal backgrounds, but the firm's agile, small-team structure allowed rapid market entry, securing Ryanair as a pivotal early win that "crystalized" its LCC focus.[1]
Early traction built on this: Kyte quickly added integrations for easyJet, Air Canada, and others, partnering with aggregators like TPConnects (Flight Centre-owned) and PKFare for supplemental LCC content.[1][6] Incorporated as KYTE TECH INC. in Delaware, it expanded via plug-and-play tech, reducing integration time from months to days.[1][4][6]
Kyte rides the shift to NDC (New Distribution Capability) and API-driven airline retail, where airlines bypass traditional GDS (global distribution systems) for direct, real-time control over inventory and pricing.[1][5][6] Timing aligns with post-pandemic travel recovery and LCC growth, as carriers like Ryanair demand efficient distribution amid aggregator disruptions (e.g., 2023 Travelfusion outage).[1] Market forces favoring Kyte include rising demand for ancillaries/bundles (20-30% of airline revenue) and corporate travel's need for low-cost options, with digital platforms cutting intermediary friction.[1][6]
It influences the ecosystem by enabling smaller sellers access to premium LCC content, fostering a more connected travel tech stack and challenging NDC incumbents; as aggregator partners adopt it, Kyte accelerates API standardization.[1][6]
Kyte's trajectory points to expanded LCC dominance, with forthcoming connections solidifying its #1 low-cost API claim amid NDC adoption.[1] Trends like AI-optimized pricing, embedded travel in corporate apps, and sustainable aviation fuels will shape it, potentially via deeper integrations with platforms like Spotnana.[1][6] Influence may evolve from niche LCC provider to full airline distribution backbone, especially if it scales beyond travel sellers into super-apps. As the platform simplifying airline APIs, Kyte exemplifies how targeted tech unlocks travel's fragmented distribution.
Kyte has raised $562.0M across 8 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $3.0M Seed in March 2025.
Kyte has raised $562.0M in total across 8 funding rounds.
Kyte's investors include Bascom Ventures, KB Partners, Barclays Bank, Patrick Lo, Stephen George, 1984 Ventures, 2.12 Angels, Accel, Clear Ventures, DN Capital, Engineering Capital, Firstminute Capital.