About TestDrive AI

We're Reinventing
How Cars Are Sold.

TestDrive AI was built by a team of automotive veterans and AI engineers who believe the $645 billion car-buying experience deserves the same intelligence revolution that transformed e-commerce, travel, and finance.


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.

2023
Founded
Austin
Headquarters, TX
$3.5M
Series A Raise
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"We started TestDrive AI because we watched brilliant dealers lose deals every day not because of price or product — but because the buying experience was broken. We fixed it."

Alex Rivera
CEO & Co-Founder, TestDrive AI

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

Q1 2023
Founded

Alex and Jordan quit their jobs to solve automotive retail's AI gap. First lines of TD Engine™ code written.

Q3 2023
Pre-Seed Round Closed

Raised $750K from automotive angels. First 3 engineers hired. Core NLP pipeline built.

Q1 2024
Pilot Program Launch

First 5 dealer deployments in Austin and Houston metro. Initial close rate data: 47%.

Q3 2024
Product-Market Fit

15 dealers live. Close rate reaches 60%. 50%+ CAC reduction confirmed. Seed extension closed.

Q4 2024
Series A Begins

$3.5M Series A opens. National expansion plan finalized. Enterprise dealer group conversations begin.

Feb 2026
Series A — Live Beta

Full platform live beta active. 25+ dealers. TD Engine™ v2.4 deployed. Ready to scale nationally.


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.

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