A financially stressed market reframes the value of F&I products. Protective’s Tim Blochowiak explains how agents and dealers are using AI-driven training to seize the opportunity. +

EasyCoach powered by Siro is a new training platform designed to leverage AI to identify gaps, opportunities and risks to improve insights and performance for groups, dealerships and individuals. +

Agent Summit and Automotive Ventures have partnered to present the inaugural Startup Symposium, a new event for agents leading the charge toward F&I innovation. +

Protective Asset Protection has launched an AI-fueled expansion to its Protective Training Institute, including the integration of Anomaly Labs’ AutoTrainer coaching and roleplaying tool. +

AI-powered technology can’t perform on its own, and new solutions may require new processes, workflows and resource allocation. CBT News’s Jen Suzuki reports.

Americans who purchased new vehicles in June describe a significantly less enjoyable dealership experience than those surveyed just one month earlier, according to CDK Global’s latest survey. +

Brown & Brown Dealer Services’ new SIM 365 training platform was designed to deliver AI-powered objection handling, menu presentation and full sales process simulations.

Reynolds and Reynolds has partnered with Skaivision, a provider of “smart space” AI designed to help dealers become more efficient and profitable by leveraging cameras trained on staff and customers. +

Anomaly Labs CEO Marty Hu believes his company’s AI-powered F&I training tool will help dealers complete compliance checklists while F&I professionals sharpen their skills again AI “customers.” +

JM Family Enterprises has joined forces with RockED to leverage “personalized learning paths” to identify topics and skills in need of focus and improvement. +