Natix, a decentralized physical network infrastructure (DEPIN) dedicated to Solana data data, which was shared on Tuesday that it had covenant with Grab a taxi service to provide more accurate mapping technologies.
Grab, known for its taxi services in Southeast Asia but also crowdsource mapping data for its technological mapping arm, will use its cooperation with Natix to expand its footprints in the US and Europe.
The collaboration consists of the NATIX team using Grabware and Software Technologies for Mapmaking. “We take care of the data collection side, and we are essentially monetizing it together,” said Alireza Ghods, Natix’s co-founder in CoinDesk in an interview. “They buy the data we generated to generate their pipeline for the US and for Europe. And on the other hand, they give us the same hardware technology as well as AI technology that usually reviews images to generate maps and map services such as navigating.”
“We start in the EU markets and us, where (Grab) is not there. So it’s combined with us, going for global expansion,” Ghods added.
DEPINT is a blockchain-based system that has many real-world infrastructure, such as data collection, and prove them through decentralized technologies. Definit projects often appear in Solana ecosystems thanks to the rapid speed of blockchain transaction and low transaction costs.
NATIX is a project within the Depin Ecosystem of Solana that gives users to contribute to street data and appoint visuals through smartphones. Crowdsourced data has been used to produce decentralized maps, which can be able to innovate AI models, especially for autonomous driving and smart applications of the city. Users are also rewarded with NATIX’s native token, $ NATIX, for their contributions as a way to indicate them to participate in the network.
“The reason we actually made the collaboration was due to the strength of the depin combined with a very well -established business grade technology,” Ghods said. “I think it’s one of the few sectors in the crypto that really, really makes sense.”
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