Fyusion's distinguishing advantage was its patented .fyuse 3D capture format, which let dealers and inspectors build interactive multi-angle vehicle views from ordinary smartphone video rather than fixed photographs.
After joining Cox Automotive, that advantage deepened through scale: millions of vehicle images captured inside Manheim's auction gates trained the company's automated damage detection algorithms, which its technology could identify the twenty most common damage types with high accuracy by understanding each vehicle in three dimensions.
Fyusion raised a $30 million Series C announced in April 2019, led by Cox Automotive, which then acquired the company outright in December 2020, completing the deal announced in early January 2021.
The company operated thereafter as an acquired brand inside Cox Automotive, with its imaging technology embedded in Manheim's wholesale merchandising and condition-report workflows rather than sold as a standalone product line.
Fyusion's core product was a 3D imaging platform that converts short smartphone video into interactive, multi-angle vehicle images and condition reports.
Following the 2020 acquisition, the platform was deployed across Manheim's wholesale auction network, powering mobile image capture inside the auction gates and an AI-driven fixed imaging gantry for automated damage detection.
