Ola was founded in 2010 in Mumbai and is now headquartered in Bangalore. It started as an online cab aggregator and has expanded to over 200,000 cars across 87 cities in India. Ola's services now include Ola Cabs, Ola Auto rickshaws, and Ola Café food delivery. As a platform, Ola partners with private taxi owners by providing them with technology for booking, payments, and dispatch without owning vehicles itself. It generates revenue through commissions from drivers based on daily earnings.