Waze

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Who

Ehud Shabtai, Amir Shinar and Uri Levine, Israeli entrepreneurs who built the app in Israel

When

2008

Where

Ra'anana, Israel

Waze is a community-based navigation app that uses real-time reports from drivers to route around traffic. It was developed in Israel by Ehud Shabtai, Amir Shinar and Uri Levine, and was acquired by Google in 2013 for about 1 billion dollars.

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Part of “The Gifts of the Jews” — verified Jewish contributions to the world, with sources.