London, UK – 14 April 2026

Odysse has been awarded funding from a UK Government-backed funding programme to develop and validate a scalable operating blueprint for autonomous private hire services in London.

Odysse’s ‘Private-Hire Services in High-Demand London Corridors’ study will assess how Level 4 automated vehicles can be deployed safely, efficiently, and sustainably across high-demand urban corridors, powered by Odysse’s proprietary AI-driven orchestration platform and advanced geospatial intelligence.

As a fully electric, licensed fleet operator, Odysse has completed over 150,000 trips and 1.3 million zero-emission miles. Building on this real-world operational foundation, the company will extend its platform to enable autonomous fleets to be dynamically dispatched, routed, charged, and optimised in real time at city scale.

“Autonomous vehicles are a critical part of the future of urban mobility,” said Anant Prakash, CEO of Odysse. “The opportunity now is to combine advances in vehicle technology with intelligent orchestration. Using AI to continuously position, deploy, and optimise fleets in real time is what unlocks utilisation at scale. This project allows us to define how orchestrated autonomous fleets can operate reliably and commercially in complex urban environments like London.”

The project will focus on strategically important London corridors to identify where autonomous mobility can deliver the greatest impact, improving network efficiency, enhancing accessibility, and accelerating the transition to zero-emission transport.

By addressing the operational intelligence layer of autonomy, Odysse aims to bridge the gap between vehicle capability and real-world deployment, a critical barrier to scaling autonomous mobility in dense cities.

Bringing together expertise in artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and large-scale fleet operations, the project will define the technical, commercial, and regulatory foundations required for deployment, providing a clear roadmap for scalable, AI-powered autonomous mobility in the UK.

The ‘Private-Hire Services in High-Demand London Corridors’ project received funding from the Feasibility Studies 2 competition, part of the UK Government’s £150 million CAM Pathfinder programme, delivered by the Department for Business and Trade in partnership with Zenzic and Innovate UK. All UK Government grant funding is subject to HMG approval.

The aim of the Feasibility Studies 2 competition is to support organisations in overcoming key barriers to investment decisions in CAM technologies across both public and private sector environments. Through these projects, organisations will develop mature business cases to unlock advanced, at-scale deployments of CAM across the UK.

Mark Cracknell, Programme Director at Zenzic, said: “CAM solutions have the potential to unlock new business opportunities and wider economic growth. Through the CAM Pathfinder programme, these feasibility studies will help to articulate the impact that market-ready CAM technologies can have in all corners of the country.

“Along with the Department for Business and Trade and Innovate UK, we are excited to work with the organisations delivering each of the projects to further develop their business cases, demonstrate the commerciality of their solutions, and paint a clearer picture of the viable CAM solutions coming down the road.” For more information on Zenzic, visit: https://zenzic.io/