Zum

Zum is a student transportation technology company that runs school bus operations for K-12 school districts through its Connected Mobility Experience (CMX) platform. Founded by Ritu Narayan and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Zum unifies parents, students, drivers, and district administrators with real-time ride tracking, route optimization, parent notification apps, driver tooling, fleet management dashboards, and an electrified bus program. The company serves roughly 6,500 schools and districts, has completed more than 159 million rides, and is backed by SoftBank Vision Fund. Zum operates consumer-facing parent and driver mobile apps and district dashboards, but publishes no public developer portal, API documentation, or API surface at this time.

Zum is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Transportation, Student Transportation, Mobility, and School Bus.

Zum’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 7 more developer resources.

12.3/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyTransportationStudent TransportationMobilitySchool BusFleet ManagementElectrificationK-12 Education

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 12.3/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Zum Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: zum
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name: Zum
description: Zum is a student transportation technology company that runs school bus operations for K-12 school districts
  through its Connected Mobility Experience (CMX) platform. Founded by Ritu Narayan and headquartered in Redwood City, California,
  Zum unifies parents, students, drivers, and district administrators with real-time ride tracking, route optimization, parent
  notification apps, driver tooling, fleet management dashboards, and an electrified bus program. The company serves roughly
  6,500 schools and districts, has completed more than 159 million rides, and is backed by SoftBank Vision Fund. Zum operates
  consumer-facing parent and driver mobile apps and district dashboards, but publishes no public developer portal, API documentation,
  or API surface at this time.
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tags:
- Company
- Transportation
- Student Transportation
- Mobility
- School Bus
- Fleet Management
- Electrification
- K-12 Education
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- type: LLMsTxt
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- type: Website
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- type: Blog
  url: https://www.ridezum.com/blog/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.ridezum.com/contact-us/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.ridezum.com/privacy-policy/
- type: TermsOfService
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- type: Careers
  url: https://www.ridezum.com/company/careers/
- type: Press
  url: https://www.ridezum.com/company/press/
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