The company was founded by Matt Tran, Mike Wadhera, and Sanjay Dastoor during Y Combinator's winter 2018 class.

[2] Skip differentiated itself from competitors by making sturdier scooters with larger batteries, offering instructional classes, and working with cities before rolling out.

[3][4] Skip was founded as Waybots in winter 2017 by the creators of Boosted Board, as higher-end competitor to other scooter-sharing systems.

Skip has reportedly requested an appeal of SFMTA's decision, in order to continue operations in San Francisco.

[12] Between June and July 2019, Skip launched in San Diego, CA and Austin, TX.