Our Mission
To make every car-buying interaction intelligent, transparent, and genuinely helpful — for both the buyer sitting on their couch and the dealer closing the deal.
We do that through the TD Engine™ — our proprietary automotive LLM trained on 50M+ vehicle transactions, VIN-level specifications, and real-time market data. It's not a chatbot. It's the operating system for the next era of automotive retail.
What We Stand For
Six principles that guide every line of code, every feature, every conversation.
Transparency First
No dark patterns. No hidden fees. No fake urgency. Buyers get real prices, real availability, real information.
AI With Purpose
Every model we deploy must demonstrably help a buyer or dealer — not just generate impressive demos.
Privacy by Design
Consumer PII is never sold. Period. Our security architecture treats data like a bank, not an ad network.
Dealer Partnership
Dealers aren't our competitors — they're our partners. We amplify their expertise rather than replace it.
Relentless Improvement
60% close rate today becomes 70% tomorrow. We ship weekly, iterate daily, and measure everything.
Buyer Advocacy
We succeed when buyers find the right car, at the right price, with zero regret. That's our north star.
Our Journey
Alex and Jordan quit their jobs to solve automotive retail's AI gap. First lines of TD Engine™ code written.
Raised $750K from automotive angels. First 3 engineers hired. Core NLP pipeline built.
First 5 dealer deployments in Austin and Houston metro. Initial close rate data: 47%.
15 dealers live. Close rate reaches 60%. 50%+ CAC reduction confirmed. Seed extension closed.
Full platform live beta active. 25+ dealers. TD Engine™ v2.4 deployed. Ready to scale nationally.
Why Test Drives Are
The Highest-Value Moment in Auto Retail
Once a buyer sits in a vehicle, the probability of purchase skyrockets. TestDrive AI exists to make that moment happen — faster, smarter, and for the right buyer every time.
Our Thesis: AI + Intent = Guaranteed Qualified Buyers
TestDrive AI doesn't just generate leads — we manufacture qualified buying intent. By combining AI conversation, financing pre-qualification, credit scoring, vehicle specificity, and purchase timeline, we deliver buyers who are ready, able, and eager to buy. Dealerships pay $150 only when a verified, pre-qualified buyer arrives. No wasted time. No tire kickers.
Built by Builders.
Obsessed with the Customer.
We didn't build TestDrive AI in a boardroom. We built it in the field — talking to dealers, riding along on test drives, and watching buyers walk away from purchases because the process was broken.
Every feature we ship is pressure-tested against one question: does this make the dealer more money and the buyer's experience better? If both answers aren't yes, we don't ship it.
Lead with data, follow with instinct
Every product decision is grounded in real dealer and buyer feedback, then refined by intuition.
Speed is a feature
If it takes more than 30 seconds to qualify, we over-engineered it. Simplicity wins.
Dealer success = our success
We only win when our dealership partners win. Pay-per-performance aligns our incentives perfectly.
Move Fast
We ship weekly. Speed compounds. Perfection is the enemy of progress in a $645B market.
Radical Transparency
With our team, our partners, and our data. No spin, no fluff — just results.
First Principles
We question everything. Why does the test drive process still involve a 2-hour wait and a pushy salesperson?
Obsess Over Outcomes
Not outputs. Not hours. Not features. Outcomes: booked drives, closed deals, happy dealers.
Join Us in Reinventing
Automotive Retail
Whether you're a dealer, investor, or engineer — there's a place for you in the TestDrive AI story.