CROW Automotive
AI-Powered SaaS for Auto Repair Shops
A comprehensive B2B SaaS platform designed to modernize how automotive repair shops manage their operations. CROW combines traditional shop management features with cutting-edge AI to provide maintenance recommendations and streamline customer relationships.
Tech Stack
Results & Metrics
Challenges Faced
Vehicle Data Integration
Needed to integrate with 7 different vehicle database APIs to provide comprehensive make/model/year data for accurate maintenance recommendations.
AI Cost Management
OpenAI API costs could quickly spiral out of control with frequent maintenance predictions. Needed smart caching and prompt optimization.
Multi-tenant Architecture
Each repair shop needs isolated data while sharing the same infrastructure for cost efficiency.
How I Solved Them
Unified Vehicle API Layer
Built an abstraction layer that normalizes data from multiple vehicle APIs, with intelligent fallbacks and caching to reduce API costs by 60%.
Smart AI Caching
Implemented Redis-based caching for AI responses, with semantic similarity matching to serve cached responses for similar queries.
Row-Level Security
Used PostgreSQL's row-level security policies combined with tenant identification in the JWT to ensure complete data isolation.