| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Traffic Information |
| Founded | July 2004 |
| Founder(s) | Bryan Mistele, Craig Chapman |
| Headquarters | Kirkland, Washington, USA |
| Key people | Bryan Mistele |
| Employees | 275 (November '11) |
| Website | www.inrix.com |
INRIX is a software company which provides a variety of mobile applications and Internet services pertaining to traffic and navigation. INRIX provides historical and real-time traffic information to businesses and individuals in over 30 countries (as of October 2011) including the United States and much of Europe. INRIX was founded by former Microsoft employees Bryan Mistele and Craig Chapman in July 2004[1]. The company's headquarters are located in Kirkland, Washington.
As of October 2011, INRIX collects information about roadway speeds from over 30 million trucks, delivery vans, and other fleet vehicles equipped with GPS locator devices[2]. In addition, data is retrieved from consumer cellular GPS-based devices including the iPhone, Android (operating system), BlackBerry and Windows Phone phones, Ford SYNC and Toyota Entune. The data collected is processed in real-time, creating traffic speed information for major freeways, highways and arterials across the United States[3], Canada, the European Union and other countries.
The company keeps a database of variables that affect traffic, including weather forecasts, special events, school schedules and road construction, and combines them with the real-time probe data collected[1]. INRIX uses software originally exclusively licensed from Microsoft[4] to turn those variables into traffic predictions.