How It All Started
In 2024, our founder faced a common problem in Uzbekistan: he urgently needed to travel from Tashkent to Andijan, but all train tickets were sold out and taxis were too expensive. He started searching for travel companions through Telegram groups and quickly realized how inconvenient and unsafe this process was.
Sharing a personal phone number in public chats, dozens of calls from strangers, hours of price negotiations, and no information about who would be driving — all of this raised an important question: why, in the age of modern technology, are we still searching for travel companions like it’s the 1990s?
In Uzbek, the word "yo'ldosh" means "travel companion" — someone who shares the road with you. This word perfectly reflects our philosophy: not just transportation from point A to point B, but a shared journey where people support one another.
Over the next year, we studied international ridesharing platforms such as BlaBlaCar and adapted the best practices to the realities of the Uzbek market. We developed an automated driver verification system using OCR, built a secure AI-moderated chat to protect user contacts, and created a fair dispute resolution system.
Today, Yo'ldosh is ready to change the culture of intercity transportation in Uzbekistan. We are building not just a service, but a movement — a community of people who choose convenience, safety, and mutual support over chaos and uncertainty.