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About
Lyotier has been building travel technology out of the same small British Columbia city for more than a decade. Left ran a network of consumer travel brands and, alongside them, RightMesh, a peer-to-peer mobile mesh network meant to give people connectivity where infrastructure did not reach; it wound down in 2020. TravelAI is the current company, an applied-AI business in travel — planning, booking and what it calls agentic networks — operating under the UpNext Group. It is a volume business rather than a research one: its chief executive has put gross booking value above US$268M for 2024 and said he expected the 2025 figure to be nearer US$500M. Lyotier took the TechVancouver stage in March 2017, for Left, to argue that culture is built out of small deliberate decisions.
Backers
The company operates as part of the UpNext Group. No external funding round has been announced in the sources read, and no investors are named.
Quick answers
What is TravelAI?
An applied-AI company in travel — planning, booking and agentic networks — based in Maple Ridge, British Columbia and operating as part of the UpNext Group.
Who founded it?
John Lyotier, its chief executive, with Chris Jensen, its board chair, in 2013.
How big is it?
Lyotier has put gross booking value above US$268M for 2024 and said he expected roughly US$500M for 2025.
Who from TravelAI is in this directory?
John Lyotier, its co-founder and chief executive, who presented at TechVancouver in March 2017 — then running Left, the Maple Ridge travel and mesh-networking company behind RightMesh, which wound down in 2020.