Automotive
AutoDoctors.ai
Free AI diagnosis for drivers. Shop software behind it. No referral fees, ever.
“What's wrong with your car?”
The problem
The information gap between a driver and a repair shop is the entire reason auto repair feels adversarial. Lead marketplaces monetise that gap instead of closing it.
In short
A driver describes a symptom or enters a scanner code and gets a plain-language diagnosis, a realistic cost range and DIY guidance — then a direct line to a nearby shop. The shop pays nothing for that connection. Shops monetise through the software that runs the bay, not through a toll on every customer.
- Repair shops
- 431K+
- Coverage
- 50 states + DC
- Cities
- 147
- Referral fee
- $0
Directory and coverage figures are read from the platform's own coverage snapshot rather than hardcoded. Shops keep 100% of every connection.
What is built
- Ray — a full-page AI assistant for diagnosis, cost and next-step guidance
- OBD-II scanner-code lookup, recall checker and fix-or-replace calculator
- Safety-gated DIY repair guides ported from the ZeroFi guidance engine
- Shop dashboard, claim flow, quote delivery, and an ad-credit ledger with click billing
- Per-city and per-service SEO surface with prerendering for crawlers
How it earns
- Shop ERP subscription
- AI voice for inbound calls and booking
- Sponsored shop and dealer placements
- DIY parts affiliate revenue
- Payments and multi-location modules
Where it goes
- Convert free connections into claimed shops, then into ERP seats
- Attach voice AI once a shop has claimed and is answering real demand
- Extend to dealer groups, fleets and multi-location operators
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