The journey of Abdul Kumshey
Built an AI-powered news application — learning that great products are built to be useful, not clever.
Cancelled rides still charged to his card. Drivers losing 30% per fare. 100,000+ informal WhatsApp commutes a month with no protection.
Saudi Arabia’s first 0% commission platform and first formal daily-commute system. Drivers keep 100% of every fare.
Incubated at Monsha’at, aligned with Vision 2030, expanding to 12+ Saudi cities.
Why Abdul Kumshey founded Ailoo
Abdul Kumshey didn't start Ailoo from a sleek office or an academic study. He started it from a moment of real, simple anger. He was using a major ride-hailing platform in Riyadh. The driver arrived, cancelled the trip himself — and the platform charged his card anyway.
“I lost the ride. I lost the money. And there was no one accountable.”
— Abdul Kumshey, Founder of Ailoo
It was a pattern, not an incident: drivers losing 30% of every fare, riders paying double at peak hours, no accountability. And every morning on Riyadh's streets, 100,000+ daily-commute rides ran informally through WhatsApp — no contracts, no insurance, illegal drivers vanishing after a month. Two problems, one root cause. In 2025, Abdul Kumshey launched Ailoo to fix both.
The philosophy of Abdul Kumshey
Abdul Kumshey believes most tech companies ask the wrong question: how do we earn more, raise prices, bury fees in fine print? Ailoo asked something entirely different.
“Instead of asking how do we earn more — I asked: how do we build something worth building?”
— Abdul Kumshey, Founder & CEO of Ailoo
He believes technology should empower people, not exploit them; that great design disappears; and that a real product works exactly when people need it — without complexity, without surprises. That philosophy shapes every Ailoo decision, from app design to how a driver is treated on day one.
What Abdul Kumshey built — Ailoo
Ailoo — from the Najdi word for 'now' — runs on two parallel innovations: a platform that charges drivers zero commission (100% of every fare, every ride), and Saudi Arabia's first formal daily-commute system converting the informal WhatsApp market into regulated, insured subscriptions.
Taxi — 0% commission, forever
Drivers keep 100% of every fare. Not a promotion — it's the model.
Daily commute — first formal system
Converts 100,000+ informal monthly rides into safe, regulated subscriptions.
Proprietary AI routing
Custom matching algorithm. Less waiting, more earning, better experience.
Flat fares — no surge, ever
Fares are shown before booking and don't change, under any condition.
The market Abdul Kumshey is unlocking
Recognition & credibility
Abdul Kumshey is building for a decade, not a funding round — incubated at national programmes and aligned with the Kingdom’s mobility ambitions.
“It's not about being first. It's about being the best long enough that your name becomes the name people trust.”
— Abdul Kumshey, Founder & CEO of Ailoo