Carma

tl;dr: Carma saves you hundreds to thousands of dollars on any auto repair and gets you same-day service at the mechanic – Carma users get pushed to the front of the line and don’t have to wait weeks for service! Right now, all YC content readers have been exclusively granted free priority business access (business customers pay $499/month) to enjoy the same benefits as a large enterprise business customer that owns 50+ cars:

Download Carma on the Apple App Store

Download Carma on the Google Play Store

We are also hiring top-caliber full-stack and front-end MOBILE software engineers – apply HERE today.

👀 Watch our Demo Video:

😡The Problem: Everyone HATES getting auto repair!

It’s a time-draining hassle to get car repair – a lack of price transparency coupled with frequent scams makes U.S. consumers lose $37 billion each year due to improper or unnecessary vehicle repairs. Based on national averages, shops overcharge consumers 85% of the time, leaving car owners overpaying an average of 62% higher than what they actually should based on the fair cost of service for their issue. The worst part: there’s not much the average car owner can do – most Americans rely on 1 car to commute and don’t have the time to price shop for quotes. 80% of car owners don’t know what fair auto repair pricing looks like or how a car works.

💲The Solution: The Carma App

Carma lets users get prioritized same-day service offers with locked-in pricing on their car repairs. Car owners request any service they need through the Carma app, which we send to our highly rated and vetted local service center Partners, who respond with real-time offers. Car owners can compare multiple same-day service offers in just 60 seconds or less. Carma handles the transaction with zero fees – no marked-up prices or “convenience” charges – you pay the service center’s in-store price or better.

Car owners save upwards of 50% when they use Carma vs. the median price for the same service in their zip code. It takes just 30 seconds to add a car to your profile and request service.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Meet the TEAM

We are setting a new standard in automotive service to make pricing transparent and the entire process hassle-free.

Carma was founded by a team of automotive experts with deep technical domain expertise from the most prominent industry leaders, with a combined 120+ years of experience in the automotive service industry:

• Muhammad Alasgarli - Co-Founder & CEO. Previously, Muhammad worked in investment banking (M&A/Restructuring) in NYC where he executed mega-cap mergers & acquisitions for publicly traded auto-tech companies, automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and related auto service providers. He has worked on over $60B of cumulative transactions for notable corporate clients such as Carvana, Honeywell Transportation Systems, and various stakeholder affiliates of Hertz Rent-A-Car. Graduate of Washington University in St. Louis.
• Brandt Lawson - Co-Founder & CTO. Prior to co-founding Carma, Brandt worked as a software engineer for Gelber Group, a high-frequency trading hedge fund in Chicago, where he focused on marketplace design and developing algorithmic trading strategies. Graduate of Washington University in St. Louis.
• Alan Kennedy - Vice President of Sales. Alan spent 36 years at Hunter Engineering Company, most recently as an International Regional Manager for the Asia-Pacific region and previously as a U.S. sales representative for Hunter Engineering’s sales territories in Texas and Oklahoma, specializing in undercar service equipment sales to independent automotive service centers and dealerships, with extensive experience in direct sales to both single-location and large-chain service facilities.
• Doug Felt - Technical Product Manager and Subject Matter Expert. Prior to joining Carma, Doug spent 46 years in automotive service: 32 years at Hunter Engineering Company as a Technical Training Manager and Subject Matter Expert, where he managed a portion of Hunter Engineering's training department supplying training to automotive and heavy truck technicians using over 35 satellite training centers nationally; including wheel alignment, balancing, tire changing, brake lathe operation, and counter sales training. Doug also managed training partnerships with Audi/Volkswagen, Bridgestone, Goodyear and a variety of other industry leaders. Before this, Doug spent 7 years as a Shop Manager at Hood’s Automotive and 7 years as a service technician and instructor in the U.S. Air Force.
• Suleyman Alasgarli - Director of Operations. Prior to joining Carma, Suleyman led operations for a portfolio of commercial and residential real estate investments and served as Operations Director for a prominent dental care chain, where he managed the entire sales pipeline end-to-end. Suleyman studied biology and chemistry with an emphasis in biomedical science at the University of Missouri - Kansas City.

🤝Our Offer to You

Use the special YC links below to download Carma, and your account will be able to make free requests for same-day service (business customers pay $499/month):

Download Carma on the App Store

Download Carma on the Google Play Store

🙋Our Asks

We have only 3 simple asks:

1)      Anytime you need any car repair (from a simple oil change to a complex engine repair), make a free request in the Carma app first and see the cost savings for yourself. Many users have cut their repair quotes in HALF after using Carma.

2)      Give us your feedback if you think anything can be improved in our user interface or user experience so we can deliver the most fluid customer journey possible. No forms, just call or text me (Muhammad, CEO) on my cell and give me direct feedback: (636.293.5254). You can also email your feedback to me at muhammad@joincarma.com – I read and respond to every user.

3)      If you have a relationship with the owner of a small business that owns cars – anything from HVAC, plumbing, pest control, landscaping, construction, home renovation contractors, etc. – please give us a three-way intro over text or email (Muhammad, 636.293.5254 or muhammad@joincarma.com). We would greatly appreciate a warm intro to a business owner who we can help save big on auto repair costs.

Cities where Carma is available now: San Francisco, CA and St. Louis, MO:

🌉San Francisco, CA🌉

🍕_St. Louis, MO_🍕