WayBlazer offers a travel and hospitality inspiration, recommendation and planning platform that personalizes discovery and booking experiences using IBM Watson-powered cognitive computing. The platform processes natural language and disparate big data to deliver contextual, personalized advice across all phases of travel, from inspiration to transaction. WayBlazer has focused on gaining customer adoption and validating its vision across hotels, cruises, travel publications and destination marketing organizations. The company plans to use new funding to expand development of its travel discovery solutions, accelerate sales and speed delivery of solutions into the marketplace. Leadership includes travel and technology veterans such as Terry Jones and Felix Laboy, and WayBlazer is the first IBM Watson Ecosystem Partner focused on travel solutions. The company was founded in February 2014 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Total raised

$5M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

May 2015