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We're definitely following it closely, @rrhoover. It's interesting to see Uber do this, as it’s a huge shift from “everybody's private driver.” We've been focusing on the social interactions from the get-go, and I think that, in particular, is new for Uber. We'll see if they can execute well on that, since they've seemed to steer clear away from it until now.

@neilrichler The value-prop doesn't vanish, it actually just got stronger with validation by a competitor. I actually think any nascent space with just one player probably isn't solving much of a need. Seeing Lyft, Sidecar, and Uber vie at the UberX tier of service only validates that service; I see this as the same scenario and look forward to establishing Hitch as the leader there.

@guygal, great analysis. With respect to riders, we look at utilization (i.e. how many riders are in the car per unit time). With Uber, for example, that number is actually sub-1: the driver has some down time, or is traveling to his next passenger with an empty car. The goal with Hitch is to bring overall utilization up, not just utilization while there is a passenger on-board. By extension,...

Awesome question, @rrhoover. As far as SF, given that this is our first deployment, we've started with a core group of evangelists that are excited by what we're doing (definitely hoping to find a few of those here :D). We spent a lot of time on the app itself, and built some pretty neat features that enable our vision (for example, you can see mutual friends you have in common with the folks...

Glad to hear it, Guy! Hitch is basically what you described actually: we have our own operation with our own drivers, and you are basically splitting the fare with folks. You get the same easy booking flow (though you do have to tell us where you're headed) you're accustomed to. That said, the fare we project to you at booking time (which is 50% the cost of an UberX) is the one you pay. So if...

Hey guys! Co-founder of Hitch here. Was hoping to get some feedback on the app we just launched last week. We're operating daily in San Francisco, and have built a frictionless way to implement true route-sharing across multiple traveling parties. Passengers input their start/destination via the app, and we pair them to a car with other passengers when the routes overlap. The driver's route is...