aid: carpooling
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/carpooling.png
name: Carpooling
description: >-
  Carpooling.com GmbH was one of Europe's largest ridesharing / carpooling
  platforms, founded in Munich, Germany and backed by Earlybird Venture Capital.
  It connected drivers with empty seats to passengers travelling the same route
  across Europe. In April 2015 the company was acquired by the French ridesharing
  operator BlaBlaCar and its operations were merged into that platform. The
  carpooling.com domain and every developer-facing subdomain (developer / api /
  docs) now redirect to BlaBlaCar (blablacar.co.uk), and no independent Carpooling
  developer portal, API, or specification remains. This profile is retained in the
  API Evangelist network as an acquired/defunct company record; there is no live
  API surface of its own to enrich.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carpooling/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- earlybird
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: blablacar
x-acquisition-year: 2015
x-note: >-
  carpooling.com and its api/developer/docs subdomains 301/redirect to
  blablacar.co.uk (probed 2026-07-18); no independent developer surface exists.
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Ridesharing
- Carpooling
- Mobility
- Transportation
- Acquired
- Defunct
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence