OBDAI is a founder-led automotive diagnostics company built for people who actually work on cars. We combine professional-grade scan capability with ARIA — an AI diagnostic agent designed to run real test procedures, monitor live data over time, and deliver clear conclusions (not generic code definitions).
In real diagnostics, reading codes is the start — not the finish. Professionals watch live data, correlate symptoms, test drive, and look for patterns over time. It's a process.
When AI went mainstream, most automotive apps used it as a thin wrapper: send a trouble code to a chatbot and return a generic explanation. Helpful sometimes, but it doesn't behave like diagnostics.
"There are two categories: AI agents that use scan tools, and scan tools with AI features. OBDAI was built to be the first one."
ARIA (Automotive Reasoning & Intelligence Agent) is designed to think like a diagnostician. It can choose what to monitor, guide a drive test, request fresh readings mid-conversation, and keep iterating until it can explain the likely cause — and what to do next.
The goal isn't to replace mechanics. It's to make high-quality diagnostic thinking available to every garage — from serious DIYers to professional shops.
OBDAI was designed around the diagnostic workflow — not around a list of codes. Here’s what that means in practice:
Monitor a wide set of parameters during real driving. Not a snapshot — a timeline ARIA can reason over.
ARIA can request fresh readings mid-conversation. Ask a follow-up question? It can check the vehicle again.
Compare today’s readings to your vehicle’s historical behavior to spot meaningful deviations.
Move from scattered symptoms to a coherent explanation of likely cause, supporting signals, and next tests.
Talk about symptoms and conditions in plain language — ARIA structures the diagnostic path for you.
We're building a vehicle intelligence layer — an agent that understands a car over time and can say, “this pattern started last week, it’s trending worse, and here’s why.”
Today, OBDAI helps when the check engine light turns on. Over time, it becomes the system that tracks vehicle health proactively — before problems become expensive.
Founder, Ontario Analytics (OBDAI)
OBDAI was founded by Daniel Blackmon, a veteran of professional OBD and emissions diagnostics systems with 28+ years in automotive testing. After building and supporting real-world diagnostic and inspection workflows, the gap was obvious: consumer scan tools weren’t evolving fast enough, and “AI” was being used mostly for marketing.
OBDAI was created to bring modern diagnostic reasoning — plus professional deliverables for shops — into a tool that regular people can actually use. The company is founder-led, with a growing team and a single focus: build the diagnostic system we would trust in a real garage.
OBDAI is used worldwide by serious DIYers and professional shops. We pay attention to what happens in real garages — support tickets, feedback, edge cases, and the “this actually helped” emails. That loop is how the product gets better.
Start scanning, then ask ARIA what the data means. Premium unlocks full diagnostic reasoning, live monitoring, and the web dashboard — with PRO available for shops who want deliverables and professional tools.
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