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Safer for students
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Palana brings a seamless, user-friendly interface to current university safety systems through mobile apps and websites, giving their students and drivers real-time visibility and clear communication for nighttime travel. At the same time, Palana equips campus safety teams with tools to streamline ride tracking, manage inquiries and emergencies, and reduce operational workload.

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"An Uber-like app for service drivers to keep track of ride requests and trip information."
"I told my friend, I feel like there needs to be a better way to know when drivers are coming."
"I stopped using the Husky SafeTrip service because it felt more inconvenient to wait outside for however long than walk 20 minutes"

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Current campus safety systems fall short in a couple of key ways:

  • Limited transparency for riders

    Many campus safety services rely on phone-based ride requests, leaving students without clear visibility into driver location, pickup timing, or ride status. This uncertainty increases stress and leads to missed connections.

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    Palana's solution

    Real-Time Visibility

    Students are able to track their driver in real time, view live ETAs for both pickup and dropoff, and navigate to their pickup location with an in-app map. No guessing, no waiting in the dark.

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  • Fragmented and unreliable communication

    Phone systems offer little flexibility for real-time updates. If plans change or issues arise, there is no seamless way for riders and drivers to stay in sync.

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    Seamless Communication

    Palana gives students and drivers a built-in chat and call system to locate each other at pickup, all within the app, with encrypted messages and protected phone numbers, so communication is seamless and secure.

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  • Outdated, inefficient infrastructure

    Legacy systems create unnecessary operational overhead for campus safety teams, making it difficult to manage rides, track usage, and scale services effectively.

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    Palana's solution

    Modern Infrastructure

    Palana's dispatch dashboard gives campus safety teams a live view of all active rides, pending requests, and student wait times, making it easy to manage, monitor, and scale the service without the chaos of legacy systems.

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  • Dispatcher overload and misallocated resources

    Routing all ride requests through phone calls places an unnecessary burden on dispatchers—often campus security or police personnel—diverting attention from higher-priority safety responsibilities.

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    Palana's solution

    Smarter Dispatching

    Students request rides directly through the app, removing the need to call dispatch entirely. When calls do come in, dispatchers can input requests through a simple form, freeing up security personnel to focus on what matters most.

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Updates

June 2nd, 2026

Palana Named a iStartup Lab Microgrant Recipient

Palana has been named a microgrant recipient by the UW iStartup Lab!

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February 24th, 2026

Palana Partners with UC Berkeley

Palana has officially added UC Berkeley as an affiliate school.

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