generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://www.slashgear.com/automatic-labs-connected-car-dongle-shutdown-iot-siriusxm-01618989/
name: Automatic (Automatic Labs, Inc.)
status: sunset
summary: >-
  The Automatic Developer Platform (REST API, Events API via webhooks/websockets,
  and a private-beta Bluetooth Streaming SDK) is permanently retired. Automatic Labs
  ceased all operations on 2020-05-28 and no developer surface, API host, portal, or
  documentation remains online.
company:
  founded: 2011
  headquarters: San Francisco, CA, US
  founders:
  - Thejo Kote
  - Jerry Jariyasunant
acquisition:
  acquirer: SiriusXM (Sirius XM Holdings Inc.)
  announced: '2017-04-27'
  price_usd: 115000000
  source: https://investor.siriusxm.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1777/siriusxm-acquires-automatic-labs-inc
shutdown:
  announced: '2020-05-01'
  effective: '2020-05-28'
  scope: all services and features, including the developer platform and third-party app integrations
  reason_published: >-
    "With fewer consumers purchasing and leasing vehicles and drivers on the road, we
    unfortunately do not see a path forward for our business." (COVID-19 impact)
  sources:
  - https://www.slashgear.com/automatic-labs-connected-car-dongle-shutdown-iot-siriusxm-01618989/
  - https://9to5mac.com/2020/05/01/automatic-labs-shutting-down/
  - https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/automatic-labs-shutdown-covid-19/
domain:
  domain: automatic.com
  owned_by_provider: false
  note: >-
    automatic.com no longer belongs to Automatic Labs. As probed 2026-07-19 it resolves to
    WordPress.com/Automattic infrastructure (192.0.78.24, 192.0.78.25) and 301s to
    https://automattic.com/. No /.well-known/, TLS, or DNS posture on this domain can be
    attributed to Automatic Labs, so no domain-security artifact was recorded.
  probed: '2026-07-19'
  probe_result: 200 -> https://automattic.com/
historical_api_surface:
  note: >-
    Recorded from the archived developer portal for historical accuracy only. NONE of these
    endpoints are live; no OpenAPI or AsyncAPI was ever published or recovered.
  archived_portal: http://web.archive.org/web/20191006121606/https://developer.automatic.com/
  archived_status: 200
  captured: '2019-10-06'
  apis:
  - name: Automatic REST API
    description: Trip logs and user data — distance, start/end times, route, MPG, plus user and vehicle metadata.
    status: retired
  - name: Automatic Events API
    description: Real-time driving events over webhooks and websockets — ignition on/off, hard brake, acceleration, speeding, location change, check-engine status.
    status: retired
  - name: Automatic Streaming SDK
    description: Private beta. Streamed raw OBD-II data directly from the 2nd-generation Automatic adapter over Bluetooth.
    status: retired
  historical_sdk_languages:
  - ios
  - android
  - nodejs
  - ruby
  - php
  historical_sdk_note: >-
    The archived portal advertised iOS, Android, node.js, Ruby and PHP libraries. The
    corresponding repositories are no longer present in the github.com/Automatic
    organization (17 public repos as of 2026-07-19, none of them API client SDKs).
status_page: null
deprecation_policy: null
sla: null
deprecated_operations: []