Natix, a decentralized physical infrastructure network (Depin), which focused on mapping data on Solana, shared on Tuesday that it collaborates with taxi grips to provide more accurate mapping technologies.

Grab, known for his taxi services in Southeast Asia, but also crowddsources mapping data for his technological mapping arm, uses his collaboration with Natix to expand his footprint to the US and Europe.

The partnership consists of the NATIX team using Grab’s hardware and software technologies for mapping. “We take care of the data collection page, and we can essentially make money on this together,” Alireza Ghods, co -founder of Natix to Coindesk in an interview. “They buy the data we generate to build their pipeline for the US and for Europe. And on the other hand, they give us both their hardware technology as well as AI technology, which basically analyzes the images to build maps and map services as navigation.”

“We start in the markets in the EU and us where [Grab] are not present. So this is us combined with grab that goes to global expansion, ”added Ghods.

Depin is a blockchain-based system that massages infrastructure in the real world, such as data collection, and verifies them through decentralized technologies. Depin projects often appear in the Solana ecosystem thanks to Blockchain’s rapid transaction speeds and make transaction costs.

Natix is ​​a project in Solana’s depin -ecosystem that allows users to contribute street data and map visuals via smartphones. The crowddsourced data is then used to build decentralized maps that can be utilized by AI models, especially for autonomous driving and smart urban applications. Users are also rewarded Natix’s native token, $ Natix, for their contribution as a way of incentive them to join the network.

“The reason we actually did the collaboration is due to the power in depin combined with a very well -established business quality technology,” Ghods said. “I think it’s one of the few sectors of crypto that really makes sense.”

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