AlgoDriven
500 GlobalDubai, AE · Founded 2018 · 30 employees on LinkedIn · 4 known investors
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AlgoDriven provides AI-powered appraisal, inspection, and pricing tools for used-car dealers, banks, OEMs, and online marketplaces. The platform uses proprietary datasets and machine learning models trained on live market data to support inventory valuation and purchasing decisions across Australia, New Zealand, MENA, and the USA.
Also known as EvalExpert
Founders & leadership
AlgoDriven was founded in 2018 by Glenn Harwood and Jaron Crossland.


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Company profile
researched Aug 2026AlgoDriven is an automotive data and software company that provides vehicle valuation and appraisal tooling to car dealers. Its core valuation engine returns a live retail price range for a specific used vehicle specification, derived from live market listings and completed transactions rather than published book values, and refreshed on a continuous basis. Users select country, make, model, year and trim and enter mileage to obtain a current retail range; the same engine also supplies VIN-level valuations inside the company's applications and through a pricing API.
The product portfolio is modular, with each component sold as a standalone product that can also be combined. EvalExpert covers the trade-in appraisal workflow from enquiry through VIN decode, inspection, offer, DMS hand-off and wholesale exit, across online, phone and showroom channels. InspectExpert performs AI-guided inspections that identify, photograph and cost defects. DriveExpert manages test drives and loan and staff vehicles. Insights provides price guides, residual value forecasting and VIN lookup. Stock Analytics addresses inventory management with pricing recommendations and stock-age analysis. Leads AI includes an assistant, Carlie, that answers customer enquiries around the clock in the customer's language and books appointments. Marketplace runs private digital tenders for wholesale and de-fleeted stock, and a Data & APIs offering exposes the price guide, specification data and residual forecasts as documented REST APIs.
The company describes a six-step end-to-end workflow: enquiry capture, VIN decode using factory build data to establish trim, options and specification, AI-guided photo inspection that surfaces damage with repair costs and scores condition, a recommended offer and retail price supported by market evidence, integration into the dealer's DMS without re-keying, and exit of non-retail stock via sharing, auction or tender to other dealers and auction houses.
Business model
AlgoDriven sells software products to automotive retailers, positioned as individually adoptable modules that interoperate, plus programmatic access to its underlying data through documented REST pricing, specification and residual-value APIs.
Traction
The company states that 1,200+ showrooms across 14 countries value cars with AlgoDriven, that more than US$28 billion of cars are valued through the platform annually, and that one in three used cars sold in Australia is analysed by its system. It also cites inclusion in Deloitte's Fast 50 ranking of fastest-growing technology companies in the MENA region.
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Market position
AlgoDriven positions itself as a single platform spanning the dealer trade-in lifecycle rather than a standalone valuation data provider, arguing that its AI models on live market data outperform published book values, and citing adoption by dealers representing every major automotive brand.
Differentiation claims center on VIN-level accuracy using factory build data, valuations sourced from live listings and completed transactions instead of book values, continuous refresh, an integrated workflow from enquiry to wholesale exit including DMS integration, and a suite of proprietary AI models covering damage costing, pricing, residual forecasting, follow-up and lead handling.
Technology
The platform combines VIN decoding against factory build data with a set of machine learning models the company says are trained on millions of live market data points: Damage AI (photo to damage and reconditioning cost), Pricing AI (VIN plus market data to a reasoned price), Residual Value Forecasting, Eval Follow Up (automated appraisal follow-up) and Leads AI (enquiry to booked appointment). Valuations are computed from live market listings and completed transactions and refreshed continuously, rather than from published book values.
Go-to-market
The company markets its products directly through its website with demo bookings and contact-based sales, offers a public interactive price guide as a live product sample, and runs a MENA-focused newsletter covering used-car pricing trends, dealer benchmarks and product news. Customer testimonials from dealer principals and sales managers are used as social proof, and API access provides an additional channel for customers building their own systems.
Automotive dealers, from single-site showrooms to national dealer groups, including franchise operations representing major brands. Named customer references include Autocorner, Mercedes-Benz Sunshine Coast, Brisbane BMW (Sime Darby), BMW Sydney, Mornington Mazda, Trinity Hyundai, Valley Motor Group, Porsche Center Kuwait (Behbehani Group) and Volkswagen Saudi Arabia (Samaco Group).
Geography
AlgoDriven reports 1,200+ showrooms in 14 countries using its valuation tools. Its live price guide covers the GCC markets of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, and the company cites Australian market coverage as well as recognition in the MENA region.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does AlgoDriven do?
- AlgoDriven builds VIN-level car valuation and appraisal software that runs dealer trade-in, inspection and wholesale workflows.
- Who founded AlgoDriven?
- AlgoDriven was founded by Glenn Harwood, Jaron Crossland in 2018.
- Who are AlgoDriven's investors?
- AlgoDriven's investors include 500 Global, Automotive Ventures Mobility, Capria Ventures, Tractor Ventures.
- Where is AlgoDriven headquartered?
- AlgoDriven is headquartered in Dubai, AE.


