What AUTIX does

AUTIX (Autix Automotive, Inc.) is a McKinney, Texas-based software company that operates an AI-powered platform for the modified and specialty vehicle community. The platform's core product is xEstimate, a patent-pending AI valuation engine that produces enthusiast-market valuations for modified vehicles using four weighted factors (Maintenance 35%, Performance Mods 30%, Social Sentiment 20%, Cosmetic Mods 15%) grounded in live market comparables. Around this, AUTIX has built a multi-product ecosystem including vehicle profiles with QR activation, a Digital Glovebox for encrypted document storage, xEvent for digital car show management with QR check-in and judging, and AUTIX Lens, a computer-vision tool that identifies vehicles from event photographs and matches them to owner profiles.

The platform is browser-based (built on AWS/Amplify, Supabase, Clerk, and Stripe) and serves five primary personas: vehicle enthusiasts and collectors, event organizers, car clubs, automotive photographers, and dealers/insurers. It monetizes through tiered subscriptions (Enthusiast Premium $19.95/mo, Platinum $49.95/mo, Event Pro $49/mo, Club Pro $249/mo, Club Elite $599/mo, Photographer Studio $79/mo), per-vehicle dealer listing fees, marketplace transaction fees, ambassador referral commissions, and custom-priced API access for insurance and dealer enterprise accounts. A marketplace for buying and selling modified vehicles is in development. The company has filed three patent-pending methodologies and registered trademarks for AUTIX, xEstimate, and xEvent.

Founded in 2021 by Jake Hamann, AUTIX operates with 1-10 employees from McKinney, TX. No external funding rounds have been disclosed, suggesting the company is bootstrapped or pre-seed stage. Distribution is primarily product-led via a free tier and 15-day xEstimate trial, supplemented by a two-tier Ambassador Program with recurring commissions, social media presence across Instagram/Facebook/X/YouTube/TikTok, and event-driven acquisition through the xEvent platform. Dealers and insurers are reached through a direct sales motion with custom pricing and API access.

Name

AUTIX

Legal name

Autix Automotive, Inc.

Website

https://autix.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Autix Automotive, Inc.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Mckinney

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Enthusiast Subscriptions: Tiered monthly/annual subscriptions for individual enthusiasts: Free tier (1 vehicle, limited xEstimate), Premium $19.95/mo or $199/yr (5 vehicles, xEstimate 2x/year), Platinum $49.95/mo or $499/yr (15 vehicles, always-on xEstimate). Collector tier (15+ vehicles) at custom pricing.
2. Event Organizer Subscriptions: Monthly or per-event subscriptions for car show organizers: Community (Free, 25 registrations), Pro $49/mo or $99/event (250 registrations), Premium $99/mo or $249/event (unlimited registrations). Custom Enterprise tier with white-label and multi-account support.
3. Club & Community Subscriptions: Tiered monthly subscriptions for car clubs: Starter (Free, 5 members), Club Pro $249/mo (50 members), Club Elite $599/mo (200 members), Enterprise (unlimited, custom). Platform fees of 5%/3%/1% on member dues depending on tier.
4. Photographer Subscriptions (AUTIX Lens): Tiered subscriptions for automotive photographers: Hobbyist (Free, 3 galleries), Shooter $19.99/mo (unlimited galleries), Studio $79/mo (teams, white-label). Plus ambassador commissions on referred user upgrades.
5. Dealer Vehicle Listings: $30 listing fee per vehicle, reduced to $25/vehicle in blocks of 10. 3.5% transaction fee on sold vehicles. Includes xEstimate on all inventory, dealer dashboard, and analytics.
6. Marketplace Transaction Fees: Marketplace for buying/selling modified vehicles: Premium Sellers $125 listing fee + 5% transaction fee, Platinum Sellers $85 listing fee + 3.5% transaction fee, Dealer Listings $30/vehicle + 3.5% transaction fee.
7. Ambassador Referral Commissions: Recurring commissions (10-20% typically) on subscription revenue from referred users. 15% override on recruited ambassadors' referrals. Two-level cap with automatic Stripe Connect payouts.
8. Insurance/Dealer API Access: Custom pricing for API access and bulk valuations targeting insurers and large dealer operations. Volume-based pricing starting at 50 vehicle profiles.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AUTIX is an AI-powered SaaS platform that enables vehicle enthusiasts to document, value, and share modified and specialty vehicles. Its core offerings include AI-powered vehicle valuations (xEstimate), digital event management for car shows (xEvent), AI photo matching for photographers (AUTIX Lens), and dealer/insurer compliance addendums for modified vehicle inventory and claims.

Product overview

AUTIX is a platform-plus-modules architecture serving the modified vehicle community. The core platform consists of Vehicle Profiles for documenting builds and tracking modifications, xEstimate AI for valuations, and xEvent for digital car show management. Supporting modules include AUTIX Lens (AI photo matching for photographers), Digital Glovebox (document storage), QR Activation (vehicle QR codes), Social Sentiment (community features), Ambassador Program (referral commissions), and FTC Compliance Addendums (dealer documentation). An upcoming Marketplace will enable vehicle transactions. The platform serves six personas: enthusiasts/collectors, event organizers, clubs, photographers, dealers/insurers, and ambassadors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• xEstimate™: AI-powered valuation system for modified vehicles that analyzes modifications, documentation, and community signals.
• xEvents™
• AUTIX Lens
• Digital Glovebox

Products and services

• Vehicle Profiles Digital profiles for modified vehicles that document every modification, track investment history, and showcase builds with photos and build history. Each vehicle receives a unique QR code for sharing at shows and meets, and each profile includes unlimited mod tracking, a public profile URL, and an active QR code.
• xEstimate AI-powered valuation tool that analyzes modifications, maintenance history, social sentiment, and cosmetic condition against live market data to produce enthusiast-market valuations for modified vehicles. Uses a four-factor weighted scoring system (Maintenance 35%, Performance 30%, Social 20%, Cosmetic 15%) with patent-pending methodology.
• xEvent Digital event management platform for car shows and meets. Includes registration, QR check-in, custom judging categories with weighted scoring, People's Choice crowd voting with anti-fraud verification, multiple judge panels, and real-time analytics.
• AUTIX Lens AI-powered photo matching service for automotive photographers. Upload event galleries, AI identifies vehicles and matches them to owner profiles automatically. Photographers can track their network growth, send smart invite cards to unmatched vehicle owners, and earn ambassador commissions.
• FTC Compliance Addendums Modification disclosure documentation for dealers selling modified vehicles. Generates standardized addendums covering known modifications, condition, and warranty implications in FTC-compliant format with digital signatures and audit-ready records. Includes xEstimate valuations on all inventory, dealer dashboard, and analytics.

Quantifiable outcome

• Club Pro saves $748/mo vs individual subscriptions (50 members at $249 vs $997.50)
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability5 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ClerkcoreTechnology or IntegrationAuthentication provider handling account creation, social login (Google, Apple), and identity management. Part of core user identity infrastructure.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment processing for subscriptions, event registrations, and marketplace transactions. Stripe Connect enables direct payouts to organizers and ambassadors. AUTIX receives Stripe customer ID, subscription status, and payment history.
• SupabasecoreTechnology or IntegrationDatabase and storage infrastructure for user accounts, vehicle profiles, and platform data.
• AWS / AmplifycoreTechnology or IntegrationCloud hosting and infrastructure powering the AUTIX platform.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Hagerty: Direct peer operating media, insurance, valuation, and marketplace services specifically for the automotive enthusiast market. Hagerty's valuation tools currently ignore modifications the way AUTIX addresses, making it the closest competitive threat and strategic acquirer candidate.
• Bring a Trailer: Curated online auction platform for enthusiast and collector vehicles. Directly competes for the same modified/collector vehicle transaction audience that AUTIX's in-development marketplace targets.
• Cars & Bids: Online auction platform focused specifically on modern enthusiast vehicles (1980s-present). Competes with AUTIX Marketplace for the modified modern enthusiast transaction segment and shares the same buyer/seller persona.

Broad incumbents

• Hemmings: Long-running enthusiast vehicle media brand with classified marketplace for classic and collector cars. Operates as a broader incumbent across enthusiast media and transactions, overlapping with AUTIX's club and event organizer segments.
• ClassicCars.com: Established marketplace for classic and collector vehicle listings. Competes with the AUTIX Marketplace on the collector vehicle transaction segment and serves overlapping buyer/seller personas.
• Kelley Blue Book (KBB): Dominant consumer vehicle valuation platform from Cox Automotive. AUTIX explicitly differentiates by noting KBB ignores modifications; competes on valuation use cases for dealers, insurers, and consumer lookups.
• CARFAX: Vehicle history and valuation service. AUTIX cites CARFAX as ignoring modifications, positioning xEstimate as a complementary or superior valuation source for modified vehicles.

Emerging players

• CarVertical: Vehicle history report platform operating across multiple European markets. Adjacent in vehicle data/valuation but focused on history rather than modification-aware valuation.
• Driven Lifestyle (StreetCarDriven, StanceNation): Community/media properties focused on modified car culture, similar to AUTIX's enthusiast social features. Differs in being content-driven rather than valuation and documentation-driven.

Regional players

• Collector Car Network: Network of regional enthusiast car auction sites across the US. Overlaps with AUTIX on the modified/collector vehicle transaction audience but operates regionally rather than as a unified platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/autixauto
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@autixauto
• Facebookfacebook.com/autixauto
• Instagraminstagram.com/autixauto
• TikToktiktok.com/@autixapp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/autixauto

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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