Carma Technology Ltd

Carma Technology Ltd, sometimes referred to as Carma Technology Corp., is a private real-time transportation technology company founded in 2007 by Sean O'Sullivan. Headquartered in Cork, Ireland, the company also maintains offices in San Francisco, California, and Austin, Texas. Carma Technology employs between 51 and 100 individuals and has an estimated annual revenue in the range of $5 million to $26 million.

The company specializes in developing smartphone-based solutions for efficient and sustainable transportation. Its offerings include carpooling applications, such as Carma Carpooling, which matches users with nearby commuters to facilitate ride-sharing. Carma also provides technology for High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) verification, GPS tolling, road user charging, and dynamic road pricing, primarily for government agencies. Its GoCarma app, for instance, is utilized for HOV toll discounts in managed lanes like the Dallas-Fort Worth TEXpress Lanes.

Carma Technology exhibits a posture as an operating company that actively enforces its patent portfolio while also defending them. The company is recorded as a plaintiff in one case, Carma Technology Corp. et al. v. Uber Technologies Inc. et al., filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a venue known for patent litigation. This lawsuit, initiated in January 2025, alleges unauthorized use of five patents related to ridesharing matching systems. Simultaneously, Carma Technology has appeared as a defendant in three cases at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), all initiated by Unified Patents, which typically challenges patent validity. These defensive PTAB actions suggest that Carma Technology is an operating company defending its patents against challenges, rather than a non-practicing entity (NPE).