The asset isn’t the app — it’s a verified, travelling network of UK maintenance records a buyer’s own AI can read, trust and act on.
The numbers
The market is huge. The white space is real.
Four numbers behind the thesis — counted up, not talked up.
Why now
Broken records meet AI-first buying. That’s the opening.
The maintenance record is fragmented and closed just as car buying shifts to AI intermediation — and incumbent AI is structurally conflicted.
Provenance isn’t maintenance
History checks show finance and write-offs — not whether the cambelt was actually done, with proof.
The record fragments
Around 70% of UK drivers use independent garages — the manufacturer record goes blind once the car leaves the franchise.
Conflicted AI is live
Incumbent bots search their own ad-monetised inventory; a buyer’s own AI needs a neutral, verified source. That gap is ours.
An ageing parc
The average UK car is 9.7 years old — exactly the car whose provable maintenance is worth the most.
The moat
Four reinforcing moats — one genuine white space.
The defensibility isn’t the AI (that’s rented) — it’s the verified-record network and a neutrality no conflicted incumbent can copy.
Verified history that travels
Real, itemised service detail, VIN-keyed, handed to the next owner. 0 of 14 competitors have it.
Structural neutrality
We never monetise the buyer — an ad-funded incumbent can’t copy that without cannibalising its P&L.
AI-native, read and write
The only free, open, ad-free MCP you can sell, maintain and buy a car from.
The compounding record network
Owner-controlled records compound instead of resetting at each sale — every digitised history thickens the moat.
The endgame comparable
The endgame is proven. CARFAX already built it.
A VIN-keyed data ladder framed as our endgame, not a claim we’re there — and we’re built open, where CARFAX drew an antitrust suit for being closed.
$1.4bn · 2013
IHS buys Polk and CARFAX — the data layer commands the price, not the report UI.
~$13bn · 2016
IHS merges with Markit — the verified network keeps compounding through successive owners.
$44bn · 2022
S&P Global absorbs IHS Markit — vehicle data at index scale.
Billions · today
CARFAX anchors a business worth billions at roughly 40% adjusted-EBITDA margins — the size and durability of the prize.
Where we are
Built, and launching. Zero today — stated plainly.
The platform is live and feature-complete; the record network is the milestone, and every leading indicator sits at zero today.
Live today
AI reads your receipts into a verified history; a 24/7 AI sales agent; ChatGPT and Claude today (Gemini next).
Lost history, recovered
Manufacturer records retrieved usually within hours through a third-party provider.
Zero, instrumented
Vehicles → histories → listings → views → AI conversations → leads: every leading indicator is instrumented, and every one is zero.
Lean by design
A solo, AI-leveraged founder shipped a feature-complete platform — capital is a distribution accelerant, not build money.
Let’s talk
Back category-defining data networks early? Talk to us.
The specific terms live in the deck — get in touch and we’ll walk you through the numbers and the plan.
What’s public
A live product, a lean and capital-efficient base, and an honest read on the cold-start risk.
What’s in the deck
Amount, valuation, use of funds and the model — shared directly the moment we talk.
