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SunCar Leveraging Doubao’s Leading AI Technology in China’s Auto Insurance Market

SunCar Technology Group (NASDAQ: SDA) expanded its GenAI capabilities by integrating ByteDance's Doubao LLM into its digital auto insurance platform and launching a Personalized Auto Insurance AI Agent, with integration beginning in Q3 2025.

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SunCar Technology Group (NASDAQ: SDA) expanded its GenAI capabilities by integrating ByteDance's Doubao LLM into its digital auto insurance platform and launching a Personalized Auto Insurance AI Agent, with integration beginning in Q3 2025.

This AI agent aims to streamline policy discovery, recommendations, quotes, underwriting, and renewals, leverage SunCar’s proprietary vehicle records, and support distribution partners including 20 leading EV OEMs.

SunCar says the Doubao partnership enhances engagement and dynamic risk pricing using multimodal AI and deep reasoning; Doubao’s chatbot reportedly has 150 million weekly active users.

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Positive

  • Integrated Doubao LLM into platform starting Q3 2025
  • Launched Personalized Auto Insurance AI Agent for drivers and partners
  • Partnership covers 20 leading EV OEMs as distribution partners
  • Doubao chatbot has 150 million weekly active users

Negative

  • Direct competitor activity: Insurify launched a ChatGPT insurance app
  • No financial metrics or quantified ROI disclosed for the AI rollout
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On Feb 18, the day this news came out, SDA closed 2.99% above the previous close.

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Key Figures

Integration start: Q3 2025 EV OEM partners: 20 leading EV OEMs Doubao users: 150 million weekly active users
Integration start
Q3 2025
Doubao LLM integration began in Q3 2025
EV OEM partners
20 leading EV OEMs
Partners using SunCar’s AI-powered policy renewal tools
Doubao users
150 million weekly active users
Doubao chatbot weekly active user base

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Key Terms

llm, genai, multimodal ai, chatbot
4 terms
llm technical
"integrated ByteDance's Doubao LLM ("Doubao") into its digital auto insurance platform"
A large language model (LLM) is an advanced computer system trained on vast amounts of written text to understand and generate human-like language, similar to a very fast, well-read assistant that can summarize documents, draft messages, or answer questions. Investors care because LLMs can speed up research, automate customer support, and reduce costs, while also creating new product opportunities and risks around accuracy, bias, and regulatory oversight that can affect a company’s performance.
genai technical
"integrating Doubao's GenAI technology to serve distribution partners and their end customers"
Generative AI (genai) is a type of artificial intelligence designed to create new content, such as text, images, or music, that resembles human-produced work. It matters to investors because it has the potential to transform industries by automating tasks, enhancing creativity, and enabling new products and services, which can influence company performance and market opportunities.
multimodal ai technical
"Doubao’s multimodal AI understanding and deep reasoning capabilities enabling more accurate quotes"
Multimodal AI is a type of artificial intelligence that can understand and process different kinds of information at the same time, such as images, sounds, and text. It’s like a person who can watch a video, read captions, and listen to music all at once, helping machines better understand complex situations and make smarter decisions. This technology matters because it enables more natural and versatile interactions between humans and computers.
chatbot technical
"Doubao’s chatbot has over 150 million weekly active users and is known for its highly engaging applications"
A chatbot is a software program that uses automated rules or computer learning to hold conversations with people by text or voice, functioning like a digital assistant or automated customer‑service representative. Investors care because chatbots can cut customer‑service costs, speed responses, unlock sales or subscription opportunities and produce user data, but they also introduce risks around accuracy, privacy and regulatory compliance that can affect revenue and reputation.

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NEW YORK, Feb. 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SunCar Technology Group Inc. (the "Company" or "SunCar") (NASDAQ: SDA), a leader in digitalizing auto insurance in China, integrated ByteDance's Doubao LLM ("Doubao") into its digital auto insurance platform beginning in Q3 2025. SunCar is now expanding this integration with the launch of its Personalized Auto Insurance AI Agent.

Recently, US Insurtech company, Insurify, launched its ChatGPT app to provide AI-powered insurance shopping for consumers. SunCar is pursuing a comparable strategy in China's B2B market, integrating Doubao's GenAI technology to serve distribution partners and their end customers. The Company's Personalized Auto Insurance AI Agent provides drivers with AI-powered insurance services while delivering improved ROI to SunCar's OEM and distribution partners.

Adding the power of GenAI to SunCar’s proprietary database of vehicle records provides drivers with the optimal user experience for many aspects of the auto insurance process including policy discovery, recommendations, quotes, underwriting, and renewals. SunCar’s partnership with Doubao combines SunCar’s deep auto insurance data with Doubao’s multimodal AI understanding and deep reasoning capabilities enabling more accurate quotes and dynamic risk pricing. Drivers can skip tedious forms and make policy comparisons using GenAI-generated prompts. For its partners, which include 20 leading EV OEMs, SunCar’s AI-powered policy renewal tools have significantly reduced customer acquisition costs.

Doubao’s chatbot has over 150 million weekly active users and is known for its highly engaging applications. SunCar's integration of Doubao's technology is designed to deliver similar engagement for auto insurance customers. At the same time, SunCar’s partners are benefitting from the operating efficiencies and improved customer satisfaction that GenAI technology delivers.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains information about the Company’s view of its future expectations, plans, and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from historical results or those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with its ability to raise additional funding, its ability to maintain and grow its business, variability of operating results, its ability to maintain and enhance its brand, its development and introduction of new products and services, the successful integration of acquired companies, technologies and assets into its portfolio of products and services, marketing and other business development initiatives, competition in the industry, general government regulation, economic conditions, dependence on key personnel, the ability to attract, hire and retain personnel who possess the technical skills and experience necessary to meet the requirements of its clients, and its ability to protect its intellectual property. Forward-looking statements in this release include statements regarding the planned launch of AI-powered services, expected improvements in customer experience, potential cost reductions, and the development of SaaS solutions. These statements involve risks including technology development challenges, market acceptance, regulatory approval requirements, and the ability to scale AI implementations. For a detailed discussion of these risks, please refer to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these statements, except as required by law.

Contact Information:

SunCar:

Investor Relations: Mr. Breaux Walker
Email: IR@suncartech.com

Legal: Ms. Li Chen
Email: chenli@suncartech.com

U.S. Investor Relations
Tom Cook
Managing Director
ICR
Email: Tom.Cook@icrinc.com

SOURCE SunCar Technology Group Inc.


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What did SunCar (SDA) announce on February 18, 2026 about Doubao integration?

SunCar announced it integrated ByteDance’s Doubao LLM into its platform beginning in Q3 2025. According to the company, this supports a new Personalized Auto Insurance AI Agent to improve quotes, underwriting, renewals, and partner engagement.

How does SunCar’s Personalized Auto Insurance AI Agent benefit drivers and partners (SDA)?

The AI agent provides drivers with streamlined policy discovery and recommendations. According to the company, it uses GenAI plus SunCar’s vehicle records to enable quote comparisons, skip forms, and improve partner ROI.

Which distribution partners does SunCar (SDA) say are using its AI-powered tools?

SunCar reported its partners include 20 leading EV OEMs and other distributors. According to the company, these partners use AI-powered renewals to lower customer acquisition costs.

What claims did SunCar (SDA) make about Doubao’s AI capabilities and scale?

SunCar said Doubao offers multimodal understanding and deep reasoning to enable dynamic risk pricing. According to the company, Doubao’s chatbot has over 150 million weekly active users, indicating strong engagement potential.

Does SunCar (SDA) face competitive pressure in AI-powered insurance from U.S. players?

The company noted Insurify launched a ChatGPT insurance app in the U.S., showing competitive AI adoption in insurance. According to the company, SunCar is pursuing a comparable B2B strategy in China with Doubao integration.

What aspects of the auto insurance process does SunCar’s AI agent target for improvement (SDA)?

SunCar’s AI agent targets policy discovery, recommendations, quotes, underwriting, and renewals. According to the company, combining GenAI with its proprietary database enables more accurate quotes and dynamic risk pricing.

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