{"id":12444,"date":"2017-05-02T14:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=12444"},"modified":"2017-05-02T14:21:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T14:21:08","slug":"siriusxm-just-spent-100m-car-tech-makers-automatic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/siriusxm-just-spent-100m-car-tech-makers-automatic\/","title":{"rendered":"SiriusXM just spent over $100m to buy car tech-makers Automatic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>American internet and satellite radio broadcasters Sirius XM have bought Automatic, the &#8220;connected&#8221; car company in a giant $100 million deal.<\/h4>\n<p>SiriusXM aren&#8217;t strangers to having their products in cars, being in charge of radio services, but Automatic are a very differently focussed company. Automatic&#8217;s products are based mostly around collecting real-time data on cars for drivers, including tips on driving more fuel efficiently and automatic crash alert services.<\/p>\n<p>It may not seem like the most logical purchase but SiriusXM emphasise the growing importance of driving data, which is becoming a focal point for car manufacturers and third-party developers around the world.\u00a0Automatic will still remain largely separate despite its new ownership. Automatic said in their release statement that they had turned down offers before because they &#8220;didn&#8217;t think those companies would give us the creative freedom we needed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Automatic spoke on their progress leading up to the acquisition and SiriusXM&#8217;s role in their statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We founded Automatic with the vision that unlocking the data in cars could make owning a car safer, cheaper, and smarter.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last six years, our small team shipped four generations of connected car products and a robust developer platform, all powered by our custom cloud infrastructure to process the millions of miles of driving data that come in every day. We were just getting warmed up!<\/p>\n<p>Our plan had been to remain an independent company so we could ensure the products we believed in would see the light of day. Sometimes we couldn&#8217;t move as quickly as we wanted with our limited resources, but had turned down previous acquisition offers because we didn&#8217;t think those companies would give us the creative freedom we needed.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike other companies, the folks at SiriusXM truly share our vision and they value what we&#8217;ve built. What&#8217;s more, we&#8217;ll be able to make progress faster together because of their strong relationships with automakers, significant existing connected vehicle business, and financial resources.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"fc3b\" class=\"graf graf--h4 graf-after--p\">So what happens\u00a0now?<\/h4>\n<p id=\"0d96\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--h4\">SiriusXM believes in us: our brand, products, and team are staying right where they are. We\u2019ll be able to focus on making better products than ever and <strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">there are no plans to change your daily Automatic experience. <\/strong>Here\u2019s an <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/community.automatic.com\/automatic\/topics\/automatic-siriusxm-faqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/community.automatic.com\/automatic\/topics\/automatic-siriusxm-faqs\">FAQ<\/a> with more details.<\/p>\n<p id=\"b869\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Thank you for helping us get this far! We think you\u2019re going to like what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n<p id=\"c79f\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p graf--trailing\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">Ljuba Miljkovic<\/em><br \/>\n<em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">Co-founder<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American internet and satellite radio broadcasters Sirius XM have bought Automatic, the &#8220;connected&#8221; car company in a giant $100 million deal. SiriusXM aren&#8217;t strangers to having their products in cars, being in charge of radio services, but Automatic are a very differently focussed company. Automatic&#8217;s products are based mostly around collecting real-time data on cars for drivers, including tips on driving more fuel efficiently and automatic crash alert services. 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