Australian automotive artificial intelligence company AutoSwift has secured a strategic investment of nearly A$10 million ($6.5 million) from Singapore-headquartered X Star Technology to develop its AI WINGMAN platform and support regional expansion.
The companies did not disclose the precise investment amount, valuation, ownership stake or transaction structure. AutoSwift said in a statement on Tuesday that the capital would accelerate product development and help bring its automotive-retail software to more markets.
AI WINGMAN is an agentic customer-engagement platform for automotive dealers. AutoSwift said the system handles inquiries across web chat, SMS, WhatsApp and telephone channels, qualifies leads, books appointments and uses dealership customer and operational data to identify sales opportunities.
The company said dealerships representing brands including BYD, Zeekr, Land Rover and Kia are already using the platform. It did not disclose customer names, deployment volumes, financial performance or independently verified operating metrics.
X Star Technology is an automotive-finance technology company headquartered in Singapore and wholly owned by Hong Kong-listed Yixin Group. According to X Star’s company profile, it operates across Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East and works with more than 2,000 dealers, manufacturers and financial institutions. Those figures are company-supplied.
The investment links AutoSwift’s Australian software development with X Star’s regional automotive-finance network. AutoSwift showcased AI WINGMAN at the Australian Automotive Dealer Association Convention and Expo in Sydney in July and at AIMCONNECT 2026 in Singapore in October.
At the Singapore event, X Star and other industry participants demonstrated AI-assisted dealership and financing workflows. TNGlobal previously reported that the event’s discussions focused on connecting customer inquiries, vehicle selection, financing and dealer operations while retaining human oversight and controls around automated decisions.
AutoSwift said the platform is designed to work alongside dealership sales and servicing teams rather than replace them. Its tools aim to respond to customer inquiries continuously and surface higher-potential leads for staff follow-up.
The transaction adds to investment in software for automotive retail and financing across Asia-Pacific, where dealers, lenders and vehicle manufacturers are increasingly testing AI in customer engagement, underwriting support and post-sale services. AutoSwift and X Star did not provide a timetable for entry into additional markets or name the first countries targeted under the expansion plan.
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