About Sheeva.AI and Our Technology

What is Sheeva.AI?

Sheeva.AI is the future of v-commerce: Pay for transactions using your vehicle.

Sheeva.AI's patented geolocation technology powers a seamless customer experience through a simple API integration and an embedded digital wallet, enabling secure in-vehicle payments for fuel, charging, parking, tolls, and retail services.

What is v-commerce? 

We define v-commerce (or "vehicle commerce") as transactions to deliver "car-centric" services -- like fueling, EV charging, parking, tolling, car washes and vehicle-focused retail -- that are enabled using the vehicle’s precise location and paid for via an embedded digital wallet in the car.

This allows drivers to make purchases and engage with service providers directly via their car's infotainment screen.

How does your technology work?‍

At its core, we use the vehicle’s location to engage drivers in real-time and launch a premium, personalized in-vehicle experience.

There are several kinds of existing technologies that do some aspects of this today. For example, many fast-food restaurants can identify their users when they arrive on-premise thanks to beacons and other physical infrastructure. Similarly, tolling systems frequently use RFID chips and license plate reader cameras to facilitate tolls based on the vehicle’s location. Some fueling stations and parking meters use QR codes to launch an app on your smartphone.

However, combining location with identity allows our platform to replace these other technologies with a more streamlined experience in both activation and payment, right from the car infotainment screen.

‍Why can’t I use my smartphone?

A smartphone alone is not accurate enough, especially in urban canyons where GPS/GNSS signals may bounce off buildings. There is a dead reckoning issue with GPS, and we’re using our patented location algorithm to fill in the gaps created by GPS so we can more accurately show where the vehicle is at the moment. 

For in-vehicle commerce, a sub-2 meter accuracy (about 4x more accurate than smartphones alone) is required to define a specific parking spot, drive-thru lane, toll gantry, fuel pump or EV charger, which then allows automation of payment and delivery of service.

Real-time data from the vehicle is also not always available on a smartphone. For example, knowing a vehicle is low on fuel and at pump #4 of a gas station makes it easier to automatically activate pump #4 and pay for the transaction once it's complete, so the driver simply gets out, fuels up, and drives away.

What is your relationship with mobile providers?

We leverage whatever mobility relationship the automotive OEM has. We do not have a direct relationship with any single mobile provider.

Do you have other ways to deploy into a non-connected vehicle?

We can provide hardware-based solutions or integrate with existing OBD2 devices.

We are ultimately agnostic to the interface, but our goal is one touch of the vehicle infotainment screen for an activation and payment.‍

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