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Automatic
OBD-II connected car adapters and apps for diagnostics, safety, and usage-based insurance.
Stage
acquired
Status
acquired
Coverage
full
Why Automatic is interesting
Automatic turned any car into a connected vehicle via a dongle — a16z and Founders Fund backed YC alum before SiriusXM acquired it for ~$115M in 2017.
Key facts
- Acquired by SiriusXM (Apr 2017): ~$100–115M for connected car platform (TechCrunch, FT Partners)
- Series B (Jun 2015): $24M led by USAA; Comcast Ventures joined (Business Wire)
- Seed/Series A: a16z, Founders Fund, Y Combinator (Forbes)
- Product: OBD-II dongle + app for diagnostics, crash alerts, and UBI data
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Industries
Consumer
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FAQs about Automatic
Funding context and why this company shows up in venture coverage.
Automatic Labs made OBD-II dongles and mobile apps that connected any car to a smartphone for diagnostics, trip tracking, crash detection, and usage-based insurance data.
Directory-linked investors include Andreessen Horowitz (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) and Founders Fund (/fund/founders-fund). USAA led the Series B.
Automatic raised through Series B and was acquired by SiriusXM in April 2017 for approximately $100–115M.
Before OEM telematics were standard, Automatic's dongle turned any car into a connected vehicle — an early consumer IoT play that SiriusXM bought to bolster its connected-car strategy.
Automatic was acquired by SiriusXM in April 2017.
Last updated: 2026-07-24