Chad Ⓜ️

[Chad Ⓜ️ @mastagcha]

@JakeFleshner Shopify, transportation

[Chad Ⓜ️ @mastagcha]

@jeff_weinstein @stripe Dm sent

[Chad Ⓜ️ @mastagcha]

Uber? Nah. Uber optimizes for one thing: how fast a car shows up in a big city. That’s why they’re racing to robotaxis. A robot never says no and never cherry-picks.

Rides2U is the opposite bet. We empower local operators with the tech, compliance, insurance, and demand to compete. Drivers get treated like people. Riders get fair pricing that actually factors in time, demand, and the driver’s sacrifice.

We’re not the next Uber. We’re the fix for what Uber broke

[Chad Ⓜ️ @mastagcha]

@DarrelFrater DM

[Chad Ⓜ️ @mastagcha]

Rides2U — the operating system for local transportation operators. Think "Shopify for local transportation." We give operators tech, compliance, insurance, and demand generation so they can compete without building it all themselves.
20,000+ rides. 9 markets. 83% YoY GMV growth. We're disrupting the disruptors.
👉 https://t.co/yooFFJCs7n

[Chad Ⓜ️ @mastagcha]

@JakeFleshner Serve locally

[Chad Ⓜ️ @mastagcha]

@zdogmode https://t.co/XoFGUN2Jz4

[Chad Ⓜ️ @mastagcha]

@darrenmarble 🚗📅✅🤝💼🏙️

[Chad Ⓜ️ @mastagcha]

@16vchq https://t.co/XoFGUN2Jz4

[Chad Ⓜ️ @mastagcha]

Uber and Lyft built billion-dollar businesses on the backs of drivers they classify as contractors to avoid paying benefits, while charging riders surge prices with zero transparency. The driver gets less, the rider pays more, and the platform pockets the difference.

That’s exploitation. Both sides of the transaction are being squeezed so a middleman can scale.

Rides2U exists because local transportation operators deserve to own their business, set fair prices, and build real relationships with their riders. Not feed a machine that extracts value from every community it enters.

[Chad Ⓜ️ @mastagcha]

@brettcalhounn @Rides2U is Shopify for rides: we give local transportation operators their own branded, reservation-based platform to run and grow their business.

[Chad Ⓜ️ @mastagcha]

@sridharfyi @Rides2U is Shopify for rides: we give local transportation operators their own branded, reservation-based platform to run and grow their business

[Chad Ⓜ️ @mastagcha]

@16vchq https://t.co/XoFGUN2Jz4

[Chad Ⓜ️ @mastagcha]

Surged wait time is cute. Took Uber how long to figure out drivers’ time has value?

Still don’t trust it. A company that has spent years squeezing every dollar from drivers doesn’t suddenly care because they added a wait time feature. This is PR, not a policy change.

@Rides2U our drivers have been compensated fairly for their time since day one. Not as a feature rollout. Not as a press release. As a standard.

The bar is on the floor and they’re still tripping over it. 😂

[Chad Ⓜ️ @mastagcha]

@thechuckdriver @Uber @DriversC2C @sergioaved “Could” is the key word in their attempt to lure drivers to work. They had no real intention to pay that out. I’m pretty sure they passed that on to the riders tho 🤷🏻‍♂️
I’m sorry they yet again betrayed your trust @thechuckdriver

[Chad Ⓜ️ @mastagcha]

@Jason @dkhos The use cases that matter most - airports, premium travel, predictable demand - all require a human who actually gives a damn. That's not a bug in the robotaxi thesis. It's the whole flaw. We built a platform around that reality. @Rides2U

[Chad Ⓜ️ @mastagcha]

@sergioaved @dkhos @Uber @andrewgordonmac @sachinkansal He just admitted drivers know the platform better than Uber does, and still can't connect that to why they deserve better pay. Using you for your knowledge while betting billions to replace you with AV. That's not a partnership, that's a exit strategy.

[Chad Ⓜ️ @mastagcha]

Outside of what appears to be the same route, they both only care about how fast of an acceptance rate they can get for on-demand rides. It’s a race to the bottom and great for dense cities.

But here’s what they really have in common: both only work when supply is perfectly matched to demand.

AVs don’t fix that. They just swap the driver for a vehicle that still has to be in the right place at the right time. Flood a tight grid like Austin and prices drop. Step outside of that and it breaks the same way.

And that’s a huge part of the U.S.

Outside dense areas, supply thins out, wait times grow, and pricing becomes inconsistent. Cheaper doesn’t matter if the ride isn’t there when you need it.

The real solution isn’t just autonomy or speed. It’s reliability. Scheduled rides, planned routes, and systems built for how people actually move beyond city cores.