Automatic Labs

Automatic Labs was a connected-car company (the Automatic OBD-II adapter and companion app plus a developer platform / REST API for trip, vehicle, and driving-behavior data), founded circa 2011 and backed by a16z. It was acquired by SiriusXM in 2017 and wound down: the service and its developer API were discontinued around May 2020. As of this enrichment pass the automatic.com domain (and its api./developer. subdomains) 301-redirects to automattic.com, the unrelated WordPress company, so no live API, documentation, or developer surface remains to harvest. This profile is retained as a defunct a16z portfolio lead.

Automatic Labs is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Automotive, Connected Car, Telematics, and OBD-II.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyAutomotiveConnected CarTelematicsOBD-IIInternet of ThingsMobileDefunct

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: automatic-labs
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/automatic-labs.png
name: Automatic Labs
description: 'Automatic Labs was a connected-car company (the Automatic OBD-II adapter and companion app plus a developer
  platform / REST API for trip, vehicle, and driving-behavior data), founded circa 2011 and backed by a16z. It was acquired
  by SiriusXM in 2017 and wound down: the service and its developer API were discontinued around May 2020. As of this enrichment
  pass the automatic.com domain (and its api./developer. subdomains) 301-redirects to automattic.com, the unrelated WordPress
  company, so no live API, documentation, or developer surface remains to harvest. This profile is retained as a defunct a16z
  portfolio lead.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/automatic-labs/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-status-evidence: https://automatic.com and api./developer. subdomains 301-redirect to https://automattic.com (probed 2026-07-18,
  HTTP 200 final=automattic.com); connected-car service discontinued ~2020 after SiriusXM acquisition.
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Automotive
- Connected Car
- Telematics
- OBD-II
- Internet of Things
- Mobile
- Defunct
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence