Launch · Mobility & Logistics
Cars24 accelerates AI adoption across operations and customer support
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- Cars24
- What it does
- Used-car marketplace and auto-tech platform
- Kind
- Launch
- Based in
- Gurgaon
- Founded
- 2015
- Sector
- Mobility & Logistics
What they do
Cars24 is an auto-tech platform that lets users buy, sell, and finance pre-owned vehicles online
What happened
The company processed over 1.1 trillion AI tokens in the June quarter, scaling AI across engineering, inspections, and lending
Why it matters
OpenAI-powered voice and chat agents increased customer support resolution rates by 50 percent while cutting turnaround time
The details
- Cars24 processed more than 1.1 trillion AI tokens during the April-June 2026 quarter, nearly tripling its AI consumption over two quarters.
- Spending on AI tokens reached 8.88 per cent of the central salary run-rate, replacing manual workflows in customer engagement and engineering.
- Automated evaluation software carried out 80 per cent of automobile checks, amounting to 288,000 assessments, and shortened the average check duration to 26 minutes.
- AI-driven loan disbursals rose to 65 per cent, while conversational AI voicebots handled 2.58 million conversation minutes.
- Deploying OpenAI-powered voice and chat agents lifted support resolution rates by 50 per cent and cut turnaround time by 80 per cent.
The bigger picture
- The enterprise is assembling a centralized intelligence architecture leveraging 11 years of historical vehicle valuation and transaction archives to link its offerings.
About the business
- Cars24 operates an online marketplace for buying and selling pre-owned cars, bikes, and new vehicles.
- The platform provides financial services including used car loans, loans against cars, and personal loans.
- Additional offerings include challan payments, RTO (Regional Transport Office) checks, insurance renewals, and vehicle inspections.
- Operations extend internationally to markets such as the UAE and Australia.
What happens next
- The firm is currently designing a consolidated artificial intelligence framework to interlink commerce, credit, and post-purchase utilities around a common client history.
Investors
- SoftBank (participated) — A major global technology investor backing Cars24.
Founders
- Vikram Chopra, Founder and CEO
- Gajendra Jangid, Co-founder
- Mehul Agrawal, Co-founder
- Ruchit Agarwal, Co-founder
About Cars24
- Product
- An online platform for used-car buying, selling, and related lending services.
- Customers
- Consumers and dealers transacting in used cars.
- How it makes money
- It earns from vehicle sales, marketplace transactions, and financing-related services.
- What sets it apart
- Uses AI to improve operating efficiency and support growth.
- Operations
- Operates across multiple countries and runs auction and retail businesses in India.
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