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CurbyAI

AI-Powered Universal Parking Sign Interpreter

Solving the $2.4 Billion-Dollar daily parking information deficit. One camera scan, one definitive plain-English verdict, zero tickets.

Expo & React Native Universal Engine
Google Gemini Vision AI Integration
CCPA-Compliant Block Spatial Telemetry
Confidential Investor Copy · May 2026
The Friction

Parking Signs are Cryptic by Design

drivers pay the price for structural confusion.

Street parking regulations in major U.S. metropolitan centers are intentionally complex. A single physical pole frequently features 3 to 5 overlapping signs detailing varying permits, morning tow-aways, street sweepings, and seasonal time limits.

For commuters, fleets, and delivery logistics, decoding these hieroglyphs in real time under pressure causes extreme cognitive load and leads directly to avoidable fines.

Market Friction Metrics

2,000,000+
Tickets Issued Annually in LA
Angelenos receive over 5,400 parking citations every single day.
$186,000,000
Annual Fine Revenue (Los Angeles)
Average ticket costs $93, scaling up to $363 for red zone sweep zones.
The Innovation

Instant Vision Compliance

Gemini Vision AI reads the curb.

CurbyAI completely replaces the rules engine nightmare with an intelligent, multi-modal interface. Users simply point their camera at a stack of parking signs.

Using Google's state-of-the-art Gemini Vision OCR and spatial time calculations, the app does three things in 1.2 seconds:

  • Parses the stacked text into structured logical time windows.
  • Cross-references the active date, time, and coordinates.
  • Displays a binary OK or NO decision with an auto-started lockscreen countdown.

Active AI Strengths

Handles Ambiguity
Parses handwritten, scratched, weather-worn, or non-standard municipal abbreviations effortlessly.
No Mapping Databases Required
Zero dependency on slow, expensive city-digitized GIS tables. If the driver can see the sign, the AI can read it.
Integrated Parking Timer
Auto-configures notifications and dynamic widgets on iOS & Android before the limit changes.
Product Demo

Experience CurbyAI Live

Click the phone simulator to run the AI core.

Test our core visual UX without leaving the pitch deck.

1. Select a Sign Preset under the device screen.
2. Click the yellow 📸 Scan Sign button to trigger the camera sweep and local OCR.
3. Experience the automated Gemini payload parser and verdict output!

💡 Developer Note: The live production application operates identically, reading image file frames continuously or capturing camera snapshots in under 1.2s.

Logo CurbyAI
AI-Powered Parking Interpreter
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Camera Standby
Select a test sign preset below
Parking Sign Presets:
🧹 DTLA Street Sweeping
NO PARKING 8AM TO 10AM WEDNESDAY
🚨 Sunset Blvd Tow Zone
TOW-AWAY NO STOPPING 4PM TO 6PM DAILY
🏖️ Venice Beach Commuter
2 HOUR PARKING 8AM TO 6PM EXCEPT PERMIT A
Logo CurbyAI Verdict
Gemini 2.0 Compliance Engine
🟢 OK TO PARK
You can park here for up to 120 minutes. Next restriction starts at 8:00 AM.
Active Rule: 2 Hour Parking
Time Frame: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Next Restriction: Tomorrow 8:00 AM
AI Confidence: 99.4% Match
Logo CurbyAI Timer
Background Countdown Active
120
:00
Parked on Sunset Blvd. Notification scheduled 15 mins before expiry. Lock screen widget active.
Unit Economics

Extreme Margin at Scale

Sub-cent API costs create SaaS-like profit.

Traditional parking solutions are weighed down by heavy offline mapping labor. CurbyAI bypasses this overhead by operating as a pure AI-Vision API pipeline.

Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash pricing makes vision processing exceptionally cheap, allowing consumer scaling at negligible increments.

📈
Pro User Average Contribution
Sells at $4.99/mo. Costs $0.04/mo in API resources (based on 20 scans). Gross Margin: 99.2%.

Per-Scan Cost Architecture

Gemini 2.0 Image Scan (OCR) $0.0020
Gemini 2.0 Logic Processing $0.0002
Supabase Spatial Log Write $0.00001
Vercel Serverless Hosting Overhead $0.000005
Total Cost Per Scan: ~$0.0022
📌 Fixed Platform Overhead: High scalability means fixed fees are locked flat at **$55/month** (Vercel Pro $20, Supabase Pro $25, iOS Developer $8) regardless of volume.
Market Opportunity

A $2.4 Billion Addressable Market

Starting in highly car-dependent Los Angeles.

Los Angeles represents the optimal proving ground. With 4 million vehicles, a car-dominant infrastructure, and hyper-complex street ticketing, the pain is felt universally.

Our market progression maps a methodical route from Phase 1 (B2C consumer dominance in LA) into Phase 2 B2B logistics feeds, culminating in a national roll-out in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco.

Market Tier Structure

U.S. National TAM: $2.4B+ US Cities LA Total Addressable: $139M 1.5M Drivers Year 1 SOM: $6.9M 100K Users
Based on active drivers, average tickets avoided, and professional fleet delivery penetration.
Business Model

Multi-Pronged Monetization

SaaS subscripions + B2B APIs.

CurbyAI does not rely solely on consumer freemium downloads. We maximize our spatial parking data asset in three distinct markets:

📱
B2C Premium Tier (CurbyAI Pro)
Unlimited image scans, background move-alerts, parking guides. $4.99/month.
🚚
B2B Fleet Logistics API
Enables delivery and cargo fleets (e.g. Amazon, UPS) to map temporary loading restrictions and reduce dwell-time fines.
🏛️
Municipal Planning Data Dashboard
Licensing aggregated real-time curb behavior analytics back to city planners looking to optimize high-demand areas.

Consumer Subscription Plans

Free Tier
10 OCR scans/month, basic timer
$0/mo
POPULAR
CurbyAI Pro
Unlimited camera scans, map feeds, alerts
$4.99/mo
CurbyAI Business / Fleet
Team controls, white-labeled overlays
$9.99/mo
Financial Engine

Interactive ROI Calculator

Slide parameters to run revenue and cost projections.

Test the business viability by sliding the active user count and the premium conversion variables.

Watch the dynamic gross margin scale rapidly, demonstrating why our zero-mapping database AI architecture yields remarkable economics.

💡 Scaling Fact: Even at 100,000 monthly active users scanning 20 times each, our server and database cost handles the load at less than **$5,000/month**.

Financial Simulation

Active Monthly Users 25,000
Pro Conversion Rate 5.0%
Projected MRR: $6,238
Gemini API Cost: $750
Fixed Server Infrastructure: $55
Net Monthly Profit: $5,433
Gross Profit Margin: 87.1%
The Moat

Proprietary Curbside Telemetry

Passive collection establishes data dominance.

While sign interpretations protect drivers day-to-day, every scan feeds a highly valuable backend data pipeline.

For every sign analyzed, CurbyAI maps the exact block coordinates, timestamp, permitted duration limit, and occupancy patterns. Within 12 months of active use, CurbyAI will possess the only structured block-level parking telemetry map of Los Angeles in existence.

This proprietary asset forms our definitive moat, creating a defense vector that competitors cannot replicate without copying our active user footprint.

Why The Data is Highly Valuable

📍
Curb Space Allocation
Delivery fleets pay to optimize loading zones and avoid predictable citation spikes during specific windows.
🗺️
Map API Integrations
Sells block-level predictive availability metrics to navigation systems like Waze or Apple Maps.
Engineering

Highly Defensible Architecture

Expo SDK 56 + Supabase Postgres Engine.

Our technology stack is built for high speed, low maintenance, and unified multi-platform operations.

With a unified React Native & Expo Web architecture, a single coding layer publishes identical builds to the iOS App Store, Android Play Store, and global serverless Vercel web apps.

1.2s
Avg AI Verdict
100%
Code Reuse Web/Mobile
TLS 1.3
CCPA Compliance Guard

Technical Stack Architecture

Layer Technology Purpose
Frontend React Native + Expo SDK 56 Native iOS, Android, and Vercel Web support
AI Parser Gemini 2.0 Flash Vision Multimodal vision scanning & logical rule parsing
Backend Supabase Postgres & Auth CCPA-compliant user profiles and location metrics
CDN / Hosting Vercel Deployments & low-latency serverless routing
Methodical Execution

Our 24-Month Roadmap

Phased rollout designed to compound user footprint and spatial dataset value.

1
Months 1 - 4
MVP Core Launch
iOS visual sign interpreter, automated countdown active alerts, initial LA parking core.
2
Months 5 - 8
Data Integration
Android expansion, scan history, heat-maps, anonymized block occupancy telemetry.
3
Months 9 - 14
Predictive AI
Real-time availability predictor, parking compliance scores, permit zones, EV signs.
4
Months 15 - 24
B2B Logistics API
Multi-city rollout (SF, Chicago, NYC), commercial API licenses for delivery fleets.
Seed Ask

Funding CurbyAI Success

Accelerating engineering and regional growth.

We are raising our seed round to accelerate developer hiring, support AI throughput, and execute our marketing plan across Los Angeles.

Contact Founding Team:
📱 Live Web Sandbox: curbyai.com

Use of Seed Funds

45% Engineering & Core Development
15% Marketing & Driver Acquisition
15% AI Vision / API Throughput Costs
10% Design, Brand, and UX Optimization
10% Legal, CCPA & Core Infrastructure
5% Operational Reserve Funds