[4] Initially a professional services firm, the company shifted its focus towards the product market in 2000 when Jean-Sébastien's sister, Isabelle Bettez, joined 8D and became its CEO.

[12][13] When the city of Montreal decided to implement a bicycle sharing system in 2007,[14] it mandated SCSM to carry out the project.

[15] SCSM created the not-for-profit organization Société de vélo en libre-service (SVLS) to operate the BIXI bike share system.

[16][17][18][19] Over the next 2 years, BIXI would rapidly expand by selling the 8D-powered bike share system to cities around the world: Melbourne in May 2010 (Melbourne Bike Share), Minneapolis in June 2010 (Nice Ride Minnesota), London in July 2010 (Barclays Cycle Hire), Washington, D.C. in August 2010 (Capital Bikeshare) and Boston in July 2011 (Hubway).

[23] According to a Radio-Canada report, the decision to unilaterally cut ties with 8D Technologies was taken more than six months earlier, in June 2011, by the SLVS board of directors.

[23][25] The decision would effectively prevent 8D from participating in future Bixi installations, such as the planned expansions in Chattanooga and New York City.

[25][30][31] The software developed by SVLS to replace the 8D system experienced problems early on in Chattanooga, Chicago, and New York.

[40] This newly formed alliance between two former SVLS partners was selected by Seattle to replace the bankrupt entity as the supplier for the planned bike share program in the city.

[85] In 2014, 8D Technologies developed the world's first bike key dispensing terminal, which was installed for the program Nice Ride Minnesota in September of that year.