Sa Diego, CA, July 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Self I spectio has closed a $10 millio fi a ci g led by Sa dbe g Be thal Ve tu e Pa t e s (SBVP). Fou ded by vete a s of Apple, NVIDIA a d the auto i dust y, the compa y is buildi g the System of Reco d fo Vehicle Co ditio — a si gle t usted eco d of a ca ‘s state that follows it f om the day it leaves the lot to the day it’s esold, efi a ced o eti ed.
Self I spectio Raises $10 Millio to Build the System of Reco d fo Vehicle Co ditio
The ou d i cludes st ategic checks f om U.S. AutoFo ce, o e of the cou t y’s la gest ti e dist ibuto s a d a divisio of U.S. Ve tu e, a d Westlake Fi a cial, o e of the biggest auto le de s i No th Ame ica. Costa oa Ve tu es, Rebellio Ve tu es a d B ightCap Ve tu es also joi ed, alo gside ea lie backe s i cludi g DVx Ve tu es — fou ded by fo me Tesla P eside t Jo McNeill — a d Ka im Bousta, fo me Vice P eside t of Wo ldwide Se vice at Tesla.
“Vehicle histo y became a sta da d pa t of eve y automotive t a sactio . Vehicle co ditio is goi g the same way,” said Co sta ti e Ya emtso, CEO of Self I spectio . “Ou job is to be the sou ce of t uth fo it — o e eco d, o e sta da d, that follows the ca fo its e ti e life. This fu di g lets us move o that faste .”
Vehicle co ditio is o e of the most impo ta t data poi ts i the auto i dust y, a d o e of the least sta da dized. A ca cha ges ha ds ma y times ove its life, a d eve y time it does, someo e is t yi g to a swe the same questio : what shape is this vehicle actually i ? Today, the a swe usually comes f om pape fo ms, subjective walka ou ds, o systems that do ‘t talk to each othe .
The cost adds up fast. Deals slow dow . Valuatio s d ift. Loa s get p iced o bad i fo matio . Disputes stack up betwee e te s, deale s, le de s a d co sume s. Eve yo e e ds up maki g decisio s o data they ca ‘t fully t ust.
Fixi g this is ‘t about u i g mo e i spectio s. It’s about fi ally t eati g vehicle co ditio as data — captu ed the same way eve y time, ve ified, a d sha ed ac oss the systems that eed it.
Vehicle Co ditio I tellige ce (VCI) is ve ified, st uctu ed data about a vehicle’s physical co ditio , captu ed i a sta da d way a d sha ed ac oss the automotive lifecycle.
I p actice, that looks like AI-assisted image captu e, automated damage detectio , sta da dized co ditio epo ts, a d i spectio histo ies you ca audit late . Togethe , they p oduce o e t usted eco d pe vehicle — f om o igi atio th ough ema keti g.
It’s a ew catego y, a d it’s bei g pulled i to existe ce by the shift to digital automotive t a sactio s. Self I spectio has built the platfo m fo it.
The p oduct u s o a pho e. Ope ato s, d ive s, deale s a d co sume s ope the app, follow a guided captu e flow, a d the platfo m does the est: it ide tifies damage, p oduces a sta da dized co ditio epo t, a d sto es a auditable histo y agai st the vehicle.
The output is ‘t a p ettie i spectio . It’s a co ditio eco d that u de w ite s, ema keti g teams, fleet ma age s, se vice o ga izatio s a d complia ce teams ca actually ely o .
Self I spectio has completed mo e tha o e millio i spectio s ac oss e tal fleets, auto fi a ce compa ies, auctio s a d ma ketplaces. Custome s say they’ve saved mo e tha 300,000 ope atio al hou s a d cut costs by ove $80 millio so fa .
Auto fi a ce has become o e of the st o gest use cases. Stella tis Fi a cial Se vices uses the platfo m fo both lease-e d i spectio s a d co po ate vehicle ma ageme t — a mea i gful sig al fo how e te p ise fi a ce teams a e sta ti g to thi k about co ditio data.
The cap table b i gs togethe people f om automotive, fi a cial se vices, e te p ise softwa e, AI a d logistics. That mix is i te tio al. Vehicle co ditio sits at the i te sectio of all of them, a d the thesis is that the i dust y is fi ally eady to t eat it as sha ed i f ast uctu e — ot a pe -compa y cho e.
The st ategic checks f om U.S. AutoFo ce a d Westlake Fi a cial matte fo a diffe e t easo . They a e ‘t just backi g the compa y; they’ e sayi g co ditio data is becomi g ce t al to how thei ow busi esses u .
The capital goes to p oduct, AI, a d deepe e gageme t with e te p ise custome s. The team will also keep expa di g ac oss No th Ame ica a d Eu ope, whe e mo e of the buyi g, fi a ci g, se vici g a d ema keti g p ocess is movi g o li e — a d depe di g o data that has to be ight the fi st time.
Self I spectio is buildi g the System of Reco d fo Vehicle Co ditio a d leadi g the eme gi g Vehicle Co ditio I tellige ce catego y. The compa y’s AI-powe ed platfo m lets a y o ga izatio captu e, a alyze a d sha e t usted co ditio data f om a sma tpho e. Its custome s i clude e tal ope ato s, fleets, le de s, t a spo tatio p ovide s, se vice o ga izatio s, ema keti g compa ies a d ma ketplaces ac oss No th Ame ica a d Eu ope. Lea mo e at https://www.selfi spectio .com.
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