3D hex-bin heatmap visualising ride-demand density across Greater London boroughs
About Odysse

We saw the problem from the inside.

Founded by operators and investors working across mobility, logistics, and fleet operations. Built to solve the utilisation problem at city scale.

The origin

The inefficiency was obvious.
The coordination layer was missing.

Ride-hailing fleets operate with limited system-level intelligence. Vehicles make isolated decisions, cluster around the same demand, and leave entire areas underserved. As fleets scale, particularly in autonomous mobility, this becomes a major economic problem.

Odysse was built to solve fleet orchestration in real time.

Odysse fleet dashboard on a laptop and driver app on a phone showing a London demand heatmap, beside an autonomous vehicle at a charger

"Autonomy moves vehicles.
Orchestration moves the market."

The team

Built by operators, engineers and AI specialists.

Experience across autonomous nobility, fleet operations, AI systems, finance and capital, and large-scale deployment.

Anant Prakash
Anant Prakash
Founder & CEO
Ex MD Macquarie · Director BP Mobility & Ventures
Engineer IIT Delhi · MBA London Business School. Identified the fleet orchestration opportunity through years of mobility investment. Founded Odysse to build the AI coordination layer for the EV/AV industry.
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Alex Demenko
Alex Demenko
COO
Ex KPMG-Boxwood · DHL · AXA Bank
MSc · MBA London Business School. Co-founded Odysse and leads operational delivery and live fleet integration. Ensures the AI system translates into real-world performance every day.
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Aditya Nigam
Aditya Nigam
Head of AI & Technology
Ex Data Science SHL Group · Snapdeal
CS IIT Kanpur · MBA Imperial College London. Built Odysse's production reinforcement learning system from the ground up. Innovator with ~10 years experience in industry-scale AI/ML.
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Tony Osborne
Tony Osborne
Head of Finance
Ex Finance Director Borough Market
Chartered Accountant. Managed financial operations at one of London's most visited destinations. Grant governance, investor reporting, financial controls.
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Board & advisors

The network behind the mission.

Dr Dominic Emery
Dr Dominic Emery
Chairman
Former Group Chief of Staff, BP · Head of Group Strategy · Head of BP Ventures.
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Lukas Neckermann
Lukas Neckermann
Advisor — Autonomy & Mobility
Former COO, Splyt (SoftBank-funded) · Co-founder, PAVE Europe. Deep AV ecosystem expertise.
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Dr Michael Galvin
Dr Michael Galvin
Advisor — Fleet Operations
Former CEO, ComCabs — one of Europe's largest taxi operators.
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Paul Karras
Paul Karras
Investor Director
CEO, IntSol — UK's largest provider of recruitment solutions in logistics.
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Niro Sivanathan
Niro Sivanathan
Advisor — Strategy & Negotiation
Professor, London Business School. Expert negotiator and strategist.
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Gerald Niochaut
Gerald Niochaut
Angel Investor
CFO/CIO, BPCE Life Assurance — one of France's largest banks.
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Recognition
Innovate UK · CAM Pathfinder
UK Government funding
Innovate UK · CAM Pathfinder
Feasibilty of AV deployment · 2026
QSi Silver and Bronze Award
Service excellence
QSi Silver and Bronze Award
Quality in passenger transport · 2026
TfL Licensed
Regulatory
TfL Licensed
Private hire operator · London
The road ahead

Every fleet.
Human or autonomous.

One AI brain for the whole fleet, learned on our own vehicles and already running autonomous operations in London.

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