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Grab Holdings Limited is a prominent multinational technology company headquartered in one-north, Singapore, that operates as Southeast Asia's leading "superapp." Originally founded in June 2012 as MyTeksi in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Ling, the company was born out of a mission to make taxi rides safer, more reliable, and highly efficient across the region. Rebranded as Grab in 2016 to reflect its broadening horizon, the platform has grown rapidly into a regional tech giant. Today, Grab serves millions of users across eight Southeast Asian countries: Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. The core operations of Grab are diversified across several highly integrated business segments, primary among them being mobility, deliveries, and financial services. In the mobility sector, Grab offers a wide array of ride-hailing options, including GrabTaxi, GrabCar, GrabBike (motorcycle ride-hailing), and localized three-wheel vehicles, alongside carpooling and JustGrab options that dynamically match supply and demand. In the deliveries segment, Grab has built an expansive infrastructure through GrabFood, GrabMart (grocery and on-demand goods delivery), and GrabExpress (an instant, trackable courier service). By acquiring Uber's Southeast Asian operations in 2018, Grab substantially scaled its delivery capabilities and presence throughout the region. To drive economic empowerment and financial inclusion across a heavily underbanked population, Grab launched Grab Financial Group. Its fintech ecosystem includes GrabPay, a proprietary mobile payments platform supporting in-app, peer-to-peer, and merchant QR-code transactions. The financial arm also provides GrabFin, which offers consumer and merchant lending, insurance options (GrabInsure), and loyalty programs (GrabRewards). Expanding further into banking, Grab secured digital bank licenses and operates digital banks—including GXS Bank in Singapore and GX Bank in Malaysia—amassing millions of deposit customers and building a multi-billion dollar loan portfolio by 2026. Financially, Grab Holdings Limited is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker GRAB, having made its market debut in December 2021 following what was then the largest SPAC merger with Altimeter Growth Corp. Under the ongoing leadership of Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO Anthony Tan, the company has integrated cutting-edge artificial intelligence models to optimize over 90% of mobility dispatches and enhance group ride-sharing features, boosting operational efficiencies while keeping a flat headcount. Additionally, the company actively emphasizes environmental and social sustainability, heavily deploying low-emission and electric rental vehicles across its network to advance Southeast Asia's long-term green transition goals.