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PitPro Automation

pitproauto.com

San Francisco startup building bay-fit robotic tire-changing systems for tire shops and commercial fleets.

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HQ
San Francisco, California

The verified answer

As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies PitPro Automation: 1 model. 5 sources back the record.

Models

1

Overview

San Francisco startup building bay-fit robotic tire-changing systems for tire shops and commercial fleets. First reported live install: Kal Tire, Calgary (TechCrunch, Sep 2026).

Reality check

Product focus (claimed)

Bay-fit robotic tire change/rotation for shops and fleets; Class 3 and smaller vehicles per company site. Fleet commercial markets remain a stated focus alongside tire chains (TechCrunch).

Availability plan (claimed)

BusinessWire said fleet operators could request early-access pilot systems at depots, with nationwide availability planned for 2026.

Downtime claim (claimed)

Company claimed via BusinessWire that four-tire changes in under 15 minutes reduce vehicle downtime by 80-90% versus traditional methods taking about 1.5 to 4 hours.

Service model (claimed)

Company site states field support for maintenance and parts replacement plus 24/7 monitoring and tech support for hardware and software updates.

Verified record

Verified deployments
None on file
Active incidents
None on file

Key facts

HQ

San Francisco, California (TechCrunch)

CEO

Jeremy Conrad (TechCrunch interview, Sep 2026)

First commercial install (reported)

First automatic tire-changing system installed at a Kal Tire shop in Calgary, Alberta (TechCrunch, 23 Sep 2026). Company-claimed cycle time: full set of four tires in under 15 minutes.

Legal name

PitPro Automation, Inc. (company privacy policy).

HQ address

501 Alabama Street, San Francisco, CA 94110, United States (company privacy policy).

Co-founders (reported)

Jeremy Conrad and Gui Cavalcanti (BusinessWire, 17 Jun 2025).

CEO background (reported)

BusinessWire says Conrad served as a U.S. Air Force officer on weapons-grade lasers and missile defense, co-founded Lemnos Labs (hardware seed VC), and Quartz (construction technology).

Co-founder Gui Cavalcanti (reported)

BusinessWire describes Cavalcanti as a robotics engineer with prior work at Boston Dynamics and Third Wave Automation, and as co-founder of Artisan's Asylum and MegaBots.

Adviser Ted Cannis (reported)

Former Ford Pro / Ford Customer Service Division CEO Ted Cannis is quoted in the Jun 2025 BusinessWire release and named by Conrad to TechCrunch (Sep 2026) as an adviser helping with U.S. fleet introductions.

Product unveil (reported)

Company announced a fully automated tire change and rotation system for Class 3 and smaller fleet vehicles on 17 Jun 2025 (BusinessWire).

Data & sources

News coverage

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Web sources

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