Abdel Alnubani left a successful supercar sales career to pursue his dream: leveraging AI to help dealers make better, faster inventory management decisions. +

A Phyron survey of U.S. auto dealers finds 87% believe AI will replace some staff members by 2030, only 5% say AI will “never” fully take over some roles and about half believe AI will sell vehicles by 2028. +

CarEdge’s Zach Shefska believes the emerging automotive AI era isn’t about inventory or incentives — it’s trust. Learn how agentic AI helps dealers build trust and generate sellable leads. +

Lotlinx’s Len Short describes hidden inventory risk as a “silent threat” and “critical blind spot” that leaves units with correctable issues stagnating on dealer lots until they are flagged for deep discounts. +

inride has added Trade Agent AI, a new, agentic AI tool designed to proactively and autonomously identify trade-in and purchase opportunities and engage with vehicle owners. +

OPENLANE announced the launch of Audio Boost AI, a new tool dealers and service team members can use to analyze engine sounds while evaluating and inspecting vehicles. +

The Trump administration’s commitment to removing regulatory barriers to AI leadership promises an innovation-forward future for vehicle design, sales and service — as well as new operational, ethical and security concerns for dealers, agents and industry executives. +

Reynolds and Reynolds has launched Rey, a new agentic AI solution designed to help dealership professionals complete a range of tasks within the Reynolds DMS. +

Ford and Lincoln dealers using the factory’s FordDirect customer engagement platform now have a new employee in “Jerry,” Podium’s AI-powered, inbound lead-handling virtual sales assistant. +

PCMI’s new Claims Intelligence framework was designed to add efficiency to the claims adjudication process by combining the powers of AI and automation. +