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“Empty Vessels make more noise”: Ola Electric CEO on MapMyIndia’s allegations

Aggarwal called MapMyIndia’s allegations“opportunistic” and noted that the move came near to the business’s IPO
PrashantPrashant18-Aug-24 6:20 AM
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“Empty Vessels make more noise”: Ola Electric CEO on MapMyIndia’s allegations

Ola Electric has registered a strong response to MapMyIndia’s allegation of “Ola Maps” being a copied version of their product, Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO of Bengaluru-based EV giant stated during a press briefing on the sidelines of the business's event Sankalp.


Aggarwal called MapMyIndia’s allegations“opportunistic” and noted that the move came near to the business’s IPO


"Empty vessels make more noise. In the run-up to our IPO, they made a lot of sound. They were totally opportunistic about it. We sent them a strong response; we wanted to deal with them after the IPO. In that timeline, we have sent them a response; they haven’t responded to that,” citing Aggarwal Indian Startup News reported.


"They targeted Ola Electric, which isn't even in the mapping industry. What they have done is completely opportunistic and random. We will respond to them in the appropriate forum and time," he added.


Last month, MapMyIndia's parent business, CE Info Systems, issued a legal notice to Ola Electric, accusing it of duplicating their data to create Ola Maps.


The business claimed that the EV maker violated their license agreement, inked in 2022 when Ola Electric teamed with MapMyIndia to provide navigation services for the S1 Pro electric scooter.


According to the agreement, Ola was banned from merging the licensed product with any other competitive product, engaging in reverse engineering, or attempting to extract or duplicate the source code from any API of the licensed product or associated software.


MapMyIndia stated that Ola cached and preserved the data while also reverse engineering a licensed product.


"You replicated our client's API (application programming interface) and SDKs (software development kits) from proprietary sources in order to create OLA Map,” according to a legal warning given by CE Info-Systems. The allegations further read, “You have blatantly copied/derived our client's private data in order to promote your unlawful motivation and unfair economic benefits. Your assertion that you have developed API and map data/Ola Maps solely through an open map is factually incorrect and not tenable." 


"We wish to clarify that explicitly t these charges are false, malicious, and misleading. Ola Electric maintains the integrity of its business processes. We will respond appropriately to the notice shortly," a business spokesperson of Ola Electric stated in a statement.

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