Grab and Go: How Super Apps Are Changing the Game

On this episode of After Earnings, Ann Berry sits down with Grab CFO Peter Oey. Grab is a leading super app in Southeast Asia, offering everything from ride-hailing to food delivery, grocery services, and digital payments. The company went public via a $40B SPAC in 2021, but its stock has since dropped 64% as it works toward profitability. Still, growth hasn’t slowed; revenue rose 19% in 2024, and its digital bank, GXS, now holds $1.2 billion in deposits. We spoke with Peter about whether super apps can become profitable, and why Southeast Asia is worth watching. $GRAB 00:15 What a super app is and why the U.S. doesn’t have one (yet) 02:35 How 44M users rely on Grab daily for rides, food, and more 05:05 Why Grab spends big on incentives to grow new features 08:20 Grab’s path to sustained profitability and cash flow 09:46 How AI powers voice orders, merchant bots, and driver copilots 13:40 Using data to personalize ads and credit score users 15:15 Grab’s growth playbook: more cities, more services, more users After Earnings is brought to you by Stakeholder Labs and Morning Brew. For more go to https://www.afterearnings.com Follow Us X: https://twitter.com/AfterEarnings TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@AfterEarnings Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afterearnings_/ Reach Out Email: afterearnings@morningbrew.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices