Pilot is a social travel technology company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Its platform lets travellers discover, plan, book and share trips together, combining collaborative planning tools with booking functionality to convert online plans into real-world experiences. The company reports having served over 120,000 travellers and has raised CA$2.2M in capital.
Engineering work spans social technology, travel planning and booking platforms, consumer app development and collaborative trip planning tools. The technical challenge sits at the intersection of consumer social products and transactional travel infrastructure, applied in the leisure and experiences vertical.
Pilot was founded by Connor Wilson with co-founders Yu-Wei and Avinash, and has its origins in solo travel through Europe. The company positions technology as a means of enabling real-life experiences rather than simulating them, and explicitly rejects the engagement and advertising models common to mainstream social media.
