BusRight Inc. has raised $30 million in a funding round led solely by Volition Capital. The startup uses artificial intelligence to solve persistent delays and cancellations in U.S. school bus transportation - the nation’s largest mass transit system.
The industry relies on over 13,000 small operators to move more than 20 million students daily. Yet chronic driver shortages - with fleets facing 15% to 30% deficits - force last-minute route cancellations, triggering daily parental panic and administrative strain.
BusRight unifies routing, navigation, student ridership visibility, and parent communication into one platform. Operators dynamically build optimized routes in under 60 seconds based on daily driver availability - replacing outdated paper maps.
Parents track their children in real time via smartphone, from boarding to arrival. Poughkeepsie City School District reported $989,000 in annual transportation savings after adoption.
The company plans to launch a 24/7 AI agent for parent inquiries and develop hyper-local mapping and NFC safety features.