MyCommuters founder Guillaume Acier used to sell commercial real estate in a pretty low-tech way: He had an office with a big map of Paris that highlighted the city’s most desirable areas. This often led to company leadership picking what best suited their desires, which didn’t always line up with what was best for employees.
So Acier built MyCommuters, which pulls together a number of different datasets on how people move through a city. The platform makes it easier for companies to evaluate real estate listings based on average employee commute time and expense. The goal is to help companies find office locations that benefit both existing employees and new hires.
From there, the platform can quickly generate reports about employees’ average carbon footprint (useful for compliance or applying for government subsidies) or help companies more accurately calculate commuter benefits. Another goal is to help companies make more comprehensive plans for hybrid working.
Acier said the companies MyCommuters is already working with in France are seeing a big bump in employee morale, simply from knowing more about how their employers are considering all these factors. “It’s everything,” he said at this week’s show.
