Kosmi vs Smartcar

Kosmi is an online communications platform not unlike hangouts or houseparty but with embedded realtime apps that can be ran in the hangouts.

Watch videos together, play games, or simply chat with friends or strangers all from within your browser!

Location: Berlin, Germany

The car API for developers

At Smartcar, we empower developers to build the future of mobility.

Smartcar’s platform allows web and mobile apps to communicate with cars using simple HTTP requests. Our API works with without aftermarket hardware, letting developers locate, unlock, and read the odometer from cars of 13 brands in a single integration.

Founded in 2015, Smartcar has raised $12M in seed and series A funding from the venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and New Enterprise Associates (NEA).

Our customers range from early-stage startups to large enterprises. To name a few, the mobile car wash service Spiffy, the peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace Turo, and the oil and gas company Shell are using our API to build innovative mobility experiences.

Location: Mountain View, CA, United States