Self Inspection Secures $10 Million to Build the System of Record for Vehicle Condition

Led by Sheryl Sandberg’s Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners (SBVP), with strategic investments from U.S. AutoForce and Westlake Financial, the financing underscores growing industry conviction that Vehicle Condition Intelligence (VCI) is becoming foundational automotive infrastructure.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — [DATE] — Self Inspection, the Vehicle Condition Intelligence platform building the system of record for vehicle condition, today announced the completion of a $10 million financing led by Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners (SBVP). The company was founded by leaders from Apple, NVIDIA, and the automotive industry to solve one of the automotive industry’s most persistent challenges: creating a trusted, standardized record of vehicle condition that follows every vehicle throughout its lifecycle.

The financing includes strategic investments from U.S. AutoForce, one of the largest national distributors of tires, a division of U.S. Venture, and Westlake Financial, one of North America’s largest automotive lenders, alongside participation from Costanoa Ventures, Rebellion Ventures, BrightCap Ventures, and others. These investors join an existing group of supporters that includes DVx Ventures, founded by former Tesla President Jon McNeill, and automotive industry leaders such as Karim Bousta, former Vice President of Worldwide Service at Tesla.

Self Inspection has now completed more than one million vehicle inspections across rental fleets, automotive finance companies, auctions, and marketplaces. The platform has helped customers save more than 300,000 operational hours and reduce costs by over $80 million, while improving transparency, consistency, and trust across vehicle transactions. Automotive finance has emerged as one of the company’s most strategic markets, with Stellantis Financial Services adopting the platform for both lease-end vehicle inspections and corporate vehicle management workflows, further validating Vehicle Condition Intelligence as a foundational capability across the automotive ecosystem.

Vehicle condition is one of the most important—and least standardized—data sets in automotive operations. Every vehicle changes hands multiple times throughout its lifecycle, yet condition information is still captured through fragmented processes, subjective assessments, disconnected systems, and paper-based documentation.

Using only a smartphone, Self Inspection enables operators, consumers, and businesses to create standardized, AI-assisted records of vehicle condition. Guided image capture, automated damage detection, digital condition reports, and auditable inspection histories combine to create a trusted, shareable record that follows every vehicle throughout its lifecycle.

As digital transformation reshapes the automotive industry, Vehicle Condition Intelligence is emerging as a new category, and Self Inspection is leading it—bringing together artificial intelligence, standardized inspection workflows, and trusted vehicle condition data to help organizations make faster, smarter, and more transparent decisions.

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A New Category of Automotive Infrastructure

The financing brings together leaders across automotive, financial services, enterprise software, artificial intelligence, and logistics, reflecting a shared conviction that Vehicle Condition Intelligence is becoming foundational infrastructure for the automotive industry.

“The biggest technology companies are built by transforming industries that are massive, essential, and ready for change,” said Sheryl Sandberg, Partner at Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners. “Vehicle condition touches billions of dollars in automotive decisions every year, yet the data remains fragmented. That is changing. We believe Self Inspection will build the system of record that the automotive industry needs.”

Strategic investments from U.S. AutoForce and Westlake Financial further demonstrate that the automotive industry is not only investing in Self Inspection, but also validating the growing importance of Vehicle Condition Intelligence.

“Tire condition intelligence is becoming one of the most valuable data layers in the automotive ecosystem,” said Chuck Dauk, Chief Innovation & Transformation Officer at U.S. Venture. “It improves safety, enables predictive maintenance, optimizes logistics and distribution, extends asset life, and helps operators make smarter decisions every day. As the industry becomes more connected and data-driven, Vehicle Condition Intelligence is becoming essential infrastructure, and Self Inspection is helping make that possible.”

Building the System of Record for Vehicle Condition

The new financing will accelerate product innovation, expand enterprise deployments, deepen the company’s artificial intelligence capabilities, and accelerate adoption across North America and Europe. As vehicle ownership models evolve and transactions become increasingly digital, trusted vehicle condition data is becoming essential to how vehicles are bought, financed, operated, serviced, and remarketed.

“Vehicle history became a standard part of every automotive transaction. Vehicle condition is following the same path,” said Constantine Yaremtso, Chief Executive Officer of Self Inspection. “Our mission is to build the system of record for vehicle condition—a trusted source of truth that follows every vehicle throughout its lifecycle and enables faster, smarter decisions across the automotive ecosystem. This financing allows us to accelerate that mission.”

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About Self Inspection

Self Inspection is leading the emerging Vehicle Condition Intelligence category and building the system of record for vehicle condition. Its AI-powered platform enables organizations to capture, analyze, and share trusted vehicle condition information through a simple smartphone-based workflow. Self Inspection serves rental operators, fleets, lenders, transportation providers, service organizations, remarketing companies, and marketplaces across North America and Europe.

For more information, visit selfinspection.com.

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