LATEST NEWS
2025
February 7, 2025 - Google Maps celebrates its anniversary, and Axon Vibe founder Stefan Muff laid the foundation 20 years ago at the Schlössli in Lucerne! A story of pioneering spirit and innovation, from the visionary beginnings with Endoxon to the acquisition by Google and the evolution into Axon Vibe. This remarkable journey shows how a single idea can spark global change.
20 Jahre Google Maps - SRF Tagesschau
2024
August 9, 2024 - Axon Vibe wins the Automatic Ticketing tender of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and will provide the smartphone-based journey detection technology for the feature EasyRide in the SBB Mobile app (see tender award notice).
Automatisches Ticketing: Der nächste Schritt im öV der Schweiz - Mobility Blog
May 2, 2024 - The DB Zugportal app has evolved into the DB Regio Guide app, offering even more convenience and rewards for valued passengers. The customer loyalty and satisfaction feature, powered by Axon Vibe and introduced in February, is now available for all DB Regio Guide app users. Frequent travellers can now unlock exclusive benefits, including digital vouchers for discounted pretzels or complimentary drinks from Ditsch.
Deutsche Bahn belohnt nachhaltiges Reisen mit Schweizer Technologie - Pressemitteilung Axon Vibe
Deutsche Bahn vergibt Gutscheine direkt in App mit Schweizer Erfindung - 20 Minuten
March 25, 2024 - The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has launched the new official MTA app, developed through a partnership between MTA New York and Axon Vibe. During the beta phase, which began in August 2023, valuable rider feedback was collected to enhance the app iteratively. Moving forward, the MTA and Axon Vibe remain committed to continuous improvement, taking into account further input from the user community.
Announcement by MTA - LinkedIn
Hello, MTA App by MTA - YouTube
Acknowledgments by MTA’s CTO - LinkedIn
February 27, 2024 - Deutsche Bahn (DB) teams up with Axon Vibe to launch a new feature in their Zugportal app, focusing on boosting customer loyalty and satisfaction. Passengers using the Zugportal app and frequent travellers can now receive digital vouchers for discounted pretzels or complimentary drinks from Ditsch.
Chance auf Ditsch Gutscheine im Zugportal - DB Regio
2023
December 20, 2023 - The London Live Bus Countdown app by Mobicia just made the winter commute even cosier. In collaboration with Axon Vibe, commuters and tourists can now earn rewards on their day-to-day journeys and be guided around the city with real-time alerts. With 1.6 million monthly active users, London Live Bus Countdown is one of the city’s most popular transport apps.
New York und London setzen neu auf Schweizer AI-Software - Die ÖV-App, die in die Zukunft schaut - NZZ am Sonntag
August 8, 2023 - MTA New York and Axon Vibe have unveiled the new, co-developed all-in-one mobile app for trip planning and service information. Axon Vibe’s smart transit technology allows MTA app users to receive smart, real-time, contextual notifications for their individual journey and help make it easier for riders to plan for transit and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This effort is supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The aggregated data will be available to the MTA to better understand ridership and mobility patterns around the New York metropolitan area.
MTA Unveils New All-In-One Mobile App for Trip Planning and Service Information - MTA Press Release
Upcoming new MTA app will be game-changer for NYC commuters - Op-ed by MTA chief Janno Lieber
The MTA’s transit app was a nightmare to use. The new app promises to be better. - Fast Company
February 3, 2023 - Great Britain’s first free-to-use ‘anywhere to anywhere', inter-modal travel app Sojo GB has been launched by Axon Vibe in partnership with UK-based RailEasy to reward people with money-saving vouchers for travelling green, using public transport, walking, or cycling. Our initiative to innovate decarbonisation can be joined by transport authorities, operators, and cities to jointly achieve net zero goals through travel behaviour change.
New travel app launched to reward travellers for using public transport - London Daily
Travel app Sojo to reward passengers for choosing sustainable transport - Railway Technology
Fear of criticism leads to green hushing - But green travel rewards company offers hope for more eco-loyalty - Loyalty Magazine
2022
November 24, 2022 - Deutsche Bahn (DB) launches the check-in/be-out ticketing app egon in Nuremberg, the second largest city in the state of Bavaria. Like the award-winning DB Tickin app, DB TiMo app, and Ticket NRW app, also egon app is powered by Axon Vibe’s multi-modal journey detection technology.
July 27, 2022 - Deutsche Bahn (DB) launches check-in/be-out ticketing in the existing Ticket NRW app (as Eezy Check-In) for the region North Rhine-Westphalia, which is with 17.9 million inhabitants the most populous state in Germany. Like the award-winning DB Tickin app and the DB TiMo app, also the check-in/be-out (CiBo) solution in the Ticket NRW app is powered by Axon Vibe’s multi-modal journey detection technology.
May 30, 2022 - East Japan Railways Company (JR-East) and Axon Vibe launch the TokyoNudge App. The TokyoNudge App helps to improve customer satisfaction through a personalized digital user experiences. It includes contextual campaigns to reward loyal passengers, sweeten disruptions and reward behavior change (e.g. modal shift, peak to off-peak travel) with highly contextual offers from Beck’s Coffee Shop, NewDays and Station Work.
January 25, 2022 - Deutsche Bahn (DB) launches the new DB TiMo mobile app in collaboration with the Zweckverband Schienen-Personennahverkehr Rheinland-Pfalz Nord (SPNV-Nord) and the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM) and Verkehrsverbund Region Trier (VRT). Like the award-winning DB Tickin app also the DB TiMo app is powered by Axon Vibe’s multi-modal journey detection technology for convenient check-in/be-out ticketing (CiBo).
Einfach einchecken und losfahren: Neue Ticket-App erleichtert das Bahnfahren entlang der Mosel, der Obermosel und auf der Saarstrecke - Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM)
Auf Zugstrecken: Fahren ohne Tarifkenntnisse mit DB TiMo App - Verkehrsverbund Region Trier (VRT)
Bahnfahren an der Mosel ohne Ticket möglich - SWR Aktuell
2021
June 24, 2021 - Deutsche Bahn’s Tickin app (powered by Axon Vibe) wins the Transport Ticketing Award 2021 in the category “Ticketing Technology of the Year”.
May 18, 2021 - Deutsche Bahn’s Tickin app (powered by Axon Vibe) wins two German Innovation Awards 2021 in the categories “Excellence in Business to Consumer” and “Design Thinking”.
March 31, 2021 - Deutsche Bahn’s Tickin app (powered by Axon Vibe) wins the RailTech Innovation Award 2021 in the category “Public Transport”.
2020
July 31, 2020 - Deutsche Bahn (DB) launches the new Tickin mobile app which is powered by Axon Vibe’s multi-modal journey detection technology. In this check-in/be-out ticketing solution the end of the journey is detected automatically, i.e. no manual check-out is required by the passenger. This helps to avoid wrongly charged full day rates when passengers forget to check out themselves. The Tickin app therefore introduces a revolutionary and seamless customer experience in public transport mobile ticketing.
Günstig reisen im VRN: die neue Ticket-App “Tickin” - Deutsche Bahn Press Release
July 10, 2020 - Axon Vibe featured in SRF’s (Swiss Radio and Television) prime time news on Saturday evening.
Schweizer App hilft New York aus dem Lockdown - SRF Tagesschau
May 17, 2020 - In partnership with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and New York City Transit (NYCT), Axon Vibe pivoted quickly to create the intuitive Essential Connector App. It combines public and private transportation options to help New York City’s essential workers get around during nightly subway closures.
MTA Launches New ‘Essential Connector’ App to Move Essential Workers During Overnight Subway Closure - MTA Press Release
New Essential Connector app released by the MTA to navigate pandemic - amNewYork
The MTA developed an app to help essential workers get around during nightly subway closures - The Verge
New MTA App Helps Employees and First Responders Commute During Shutdown - Spectrum News NY1
What does the New York public transit agency’s new app do? - government technology
Luzerner Firma lenkt Pendlerströme New Yorks - BLICK
Swiss start-up helps New Yorkers get around - CNNMoney Switzerland
2019
December 17, 2019 - Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) launches the new mobility app SmartWay in partnership with Axon Vibe. SmartWay aims to meet rapidly changing mobility requirements in urban areas and promote sustainable mobility. Available mobility options can be viewed, booked and paid using one account and one payment system in one app - the SmartWay app. Personalised real-time turn-by-turn navigation for public transport and extended mobility creates an outstanding digital customer experience.
SBB launches test version of the new mobility app SmartWay - SBB Press Release
August 27, 2019 - Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and Axon Vibe announce five-year strategic development cooperation. Together, the partners intend to develop and market the world's leading personalised and inter-modal mobility app.
SBB and Axon Vibe develop new mobility platform - SBB Press Release
How Switzerland plans to stay ahead of the world’s mobility competition - CNNMonday Switzerland
July 30, 2019 - After being selected finalist of MTA New York’s First-Ever Transit Tech Lab in February 2019, Axon Vibe successfully advanced to the pilot phase and will be working with the MTA New York and Partnership for New York City to address the challenge of how to better predict subway delays and communicate those delays to customers in the future.
MTA Announces Plan to Test Innovative Solutions to Bus and Subway Challenges - MTA Press Release
Startups Partner with MTA for First-Ever Transit Tech Lab - MetroFocus
January 30, 2019 - Axon Vibe was crowned the winner of the second cohort of the Go-Ahead’s Billion Journey Project. The Billion Journey Project is part of Go-Ahead’s efforts to improve the customer experience by engaging with exciting companies to deliver innovative solutions.