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FI.Vin fi.vin
on-stagehouse
For drivers, dealers and their agents: check, buy, sell, finance, insure and move any vehicle by its VIN, each job at its own address.
The automotive commerce platform built on the VIN. Check, buy, sell, finance, insure, and move any car by its number — each job at its own address, every door agent-native underneath.
From the Startup card at api.sb/fi.vin · Live · Service, Marketplace, Dataset.
contested · 1 tension
- stage: next400 · top100 one lens puts it in its top 100, the other does not (sketch R10: 68 shared, 32 each)
The two lenses (and any ledger statement) are kept side by side, not resolved. Most names carry one; it is a reading to explore, not an error.
What it is
| Tier | house | Inferred · high · portfolio-lens-a.tsv (tier) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status | on-stage | Inferred · high · lens A stage next400 | |
| Product kind | — | no provenance | |
| Core noun | Vehicle record | Inferred · low · seed rule: the unit noun of lens B abstraction V-vehicle (portfolio-lens-b.md §1) | |
| Buyer and position | Buyers needing financing at the deal (F&I commission) | Inferred · high · portfolio-lens-b.tsv (icp_or_position) | |
| Closed set or journey | S12 Vin triad · commerce | Inferred · high · portfolio-lens-a.tsv (set_or_journey) | |
| Abstraction | V-vehicle | Inferred · high · portfolio-lens-b.tsv (abstraction) | |
| Role (lens B) | projection | Inferred · high · portfolio-lens-b.tsv (role) | |
| Registrar | dynadot | Inferred · high · holdings ledger (domains repo, read-only) |
Its stack
Desking.Vin Financing.Vin brands
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FI.Vin centre
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Actions.Dev Marketplaces.Studio Services.Studio Vin.Company the abstractions
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API.Insure APIs.Loans the businesses
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APIs.Credit Gigs.Claims brands
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Searches.Dev MongoLake.Dev Gigs.Loans the abstractions
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APIs.Finance the businesses
Click any node to re-centre the stack on it; the trail above keeps the nesting. Each node's own page is one more click.
Neighbours
Same abstraction (V-vehicle)
Auto.DevAPIs.VinAppraisal.VinAuction.VinAuth.VinB2a.VinB2a2b.VinB2a2c.VinB2a2d.VinB2h2a.VinBuild.VinBuy.VinCharge.VinCollision.VinCommerce.VinConnects.VinData.VinDauth.VinDealers.VinDesking.VinDetail.VinDMS.VinDriveway.DeliveryDropship.VinEmissions.VinEnrich.VinEscrow.VinExplore.VinFinancing.VinFloorPlan.VinGarage.VinGigs.TaxiInspection.VinInsure.VinIntegrates.VinLease.VinListings.VinMaintenance.VinMcps.VinOffers.Vin +705 more
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In logo rows
- API.Insure's row buildable
- Auto.Dev's row specified
- StartupBuilder.Dev's row specified
- API.Holdings's row buildable
- Marketplaces.Studio's row buildable
- Vin.Company's row specified
- Services.Studio's row buildable
- Actions.Dev's row buildable
Its logo row
- Desking.Vin specified
- Financing.Vin specified
Slices
in no slice
Relationships (10)
| from | verb | to | provenance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI.Vin | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | API.Insure | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable sb def fi.vin: built on functions/insurance [low]; api.insure is its preferred provider [medium] | |
| FI.Vin | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | Auto.Dev | Inferred · medium · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvspecified sb def fi.vin: built on functions/vehicle-record [medium]; auto.dev is its preferred provider [medium] | |
| FI.Vin | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | StartupBuilder.Dev | Inferred · medium · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvspecified sb/poc/startup-as-noun/defs/fi.vin/startup.data.mdx | |
| Desking.Vin | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | FI.Vin | Inferred · medium · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvspecified sb def fi.vin: supplies desking.vin [medium] — desking.vin states "every F&I attach line as its own line" on its payment grid. | |
| FI.Vin | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | API.Holdings | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable [row] buildable: entity back office by fits consumer/svc/pay/regulated | |
| FI.Vin | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | Marketplaces.Studio | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable [row] buildable: built in fits consumer/svc/pay/regulated | |
| FI.Vin | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | Vin.Company | Inferred · medium · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvspecified sb def fi.vin: built on vin.company [high] — Its record is vin.company/{vin} (the JSON id of every record it serves) and its agent surface is apis.vin/mcp, the family API behind every . | |
| FI.Vin | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | Services.Studio | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable [row] buildable: built in fits consumer/svc/pay/regulated | |
| Financing.Vin | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | FI.Vin | Inferred · medium · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvspecified sb def fi.vin: supplies financing.vin [medium] — "\"The loan lives at financing.vin ... a product chosen here attaches beside it at close\"; financing.vin earns the commission when a protec | |
| FI.Vin | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | Actions.Dev | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable [row] buildable: actions by fits consumer/svc/pay/regulated |
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