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Nautilus

AI platform to grow and to optimize car washes

Y CombinatorSummer 2025ActiveB2BSales

What they do

Problem

Car wash operators rely on expensive, outdated legacy systems that hinder growth and optimization.

Solution

Nautilus provides a modern AI-driven, mobile-first platform for car wash e-commerce, membership management, and automated marketing.

Who it's for

Car wash operators and multi-site car wash businesses use it to run and grow their operations.

Founders

Amayr Babar
Founder

Captain at Nautilus Amayr holds an A.B. and a B.E. in Engineering from Dartmouth.

Ali Sareini
Founder & CTO

Ali Sareini is the co-founder and CTO at Nautilus. He holds a B.S. in CS from the University of Virginia and left Dartmouth’s MEM program to build Nautilus full-time. Previously, he built critical money-movement systems at Fidelity Investments. Ali led SABRES, a private consulting firm, and serves on the board of a Missouri-based public-safety company. He got his start at Autobell Car Wash in high school — now he builds the software the industry runs on.

Open roles 1

Full-Stack Engineer
San Francisco, CA, US · Full-time · $140K - $220K · 0.25% - 1.50%
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