Hailo gets the green light to participate in NYC’s e-hail pilot program

During a panel discussion at Disrupt called “Urban Transportation,” the CEO and co-founder of Hailo, Jay Bregman, announced that the on-demand taxi service has gotten the go-ahead to operate in the New York City area within the next couple of hours.

The London-based company has raised $50.6M to date, covering cities all over the world such as London, Dublin, Boston, Chicago and Toronto.

Hailo’s service will be available sometime today, and will be the second company participating in the NYC E-Hail pilot program. Uber pushed its own service just last night.