A number of startups are racing to make vehicle inspections faster, easier and cheaper. Self-inspection, a start-up company based in San Diego, believes that it has all overpowered its service operating in Amnesty International-and now convinced external investors.
Self -inspection, Founded in 2021It is scheduled to be announced on Thursday, and it raised $ 3 million from Costanoa Ventures Round Round, a company run by former Tesla president John McKenil. The joining the Westlake Financial tour, which deals with more than a million complex transactions annually.
Busta, a partner in DVX Ventures, believes that the process of examining the traditional vehicles is mature for innovation. “Not only do not lend lenders, agents and rental companies, but also defines a new standard for quality and reliability and a smooth digital experience in the vehicle check -in market of $ 30 billion,” Posta said in a statement.
CEO Constantine Yarimato told Techcrunch that the seed round is to verify the health of the technology that the company has been working on for during the past few years. AVIS and Caroffer (CARGURUS -owned digital wholesaler) is already as customers, along with Westlake Financial.
“Basically, we will start expanding, growing and expanding,” Yarimsu said of funding.
Self -inspection has taken a completely different way from UVeye, which recently raised $ 191 million to inspection technology on behalf of artificial intelligence.
Self -examination needs a smartphone camera only, although its program can also take advantage of the data that is withdrawn from the car’s OBD2 port.
The company trained artificial intelligence models as it describes as “one of the largest data collections of damaged vehicles.” These models can quickly discover damage and evaluate severity, before creating cost estimate and “one of the most comprehensive vehicle examination reports in the industry.”
“What we offer is actually a completely detailed PDF report that you will usually get it only from the Body Store, which will tell you what workers should have on damage, how much the repair costs, and the number of parts you need, and so, Yarima said.
Yarimato said that the self -inspection service is designed to be simple but formed, which also distinguishes it from competitors such as Raven.
In other words, the self -inspection program is not suitable for everyone.
What this means to customers is to reach a back composition. For example, if one of the fleet or the vehicle market wants to give priority to some high -wearing areas in the car, or add a step to ensure that the EV cable is in the trunk, they can only pull and drop that in the self -inspection program.
Self -examination is also designed to be easier to use.
The program does not require users to be a specific distance away from the car because they take pictures or videos, as do other services. Now, it is not an independent application. Self -inspection programs the program in the workflow of its own customers, and all vehicle inspections are performed through a smartphone web browser – accessed after sending text messages or sending a link via e -mail.
“Everyone has a good camera, everyone has a good phone, everyone knows how to take pictures. Once you receive a text message or email, it is easy to go.” “We are trying to give this tool to markets or banks, so that anyone can examine Super Simply and accelerate the sales cycle process.”
