Split, D.C.’s homegrown ridesharing startup celebrated one year with a happy hour at American Ice Company off U Street on Wednesday. There were drinks, there was swag and near the end of the party someone even broke out a banana suit.

Technical.ly chatted with CEO Ario Keshani to hear his reflections on one year in business — both the wins and the losses.

“The biggest success for us,” Keshani shared, “is we are the first one that brought shared rides to D.C.” Indeed, Splitfirst launched in May 2015, months before Uber rolled out uberPOOL in October or Lyft launched Lyft Line in November. Still, despite being first, Split now is competing (more) directly against these two ridesharing giants.

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