Carvana was granted a patent for stabilized 360-degree vehicle images.

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    "uspto_assignee": "Carvana, LLC",
    "patent_abstract": "The system may determine a direction of gravity in each image of a sequence of images around an object; estimate a center of mass of the object in each image of the sequence of images using the direction of gravity and dimensions of the object; stabilize each image in the sequence of images using the center of mass; and generate a 360 degree display of the object using each image in the stabilized sequence of images.",
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curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"carvana.com","limit":20}'