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Conversations with the people building automotive retail: dealer leaders, technology founders and the teams behind the tools dealers use every day. Every episode comes with chapters, a full transcript and the takeaways that matter for your store.

Dealers built dashboards and apps on Foureyes' open data platform at the Claude for Dealers workshop. What they learned about data access and trust.

David Steinberg, Melody Edwards
FoureyesDealers built dashboards and apps on Foureyes' open data platform at the Claude for Dealers workshop. What they learned about data access and trust.

David Steinberg, Melody Edwards
FoureyesClient Command opens its Active Shopper Network to any dealer, vendor or AI builder through an API, so call lists and audiences start with real intent.

Megan Horton, Wally Burchfield
Client CommandWhy a lower CPM can mean worse streaming inventory, where dealer CTV ads really run, and what to ask your provider, from Pasch Group's streaming research.

Owen Moon, Kevin Kulma
Dealer StreamClean data, security guardrails and extra engineering: how FPT Americas helps dealer groups and vendors build on first-party data without waiting.

Charlie Daniel, Chuck Bratton
FPT AmericasWhy AI agents should be trained like new hires instead of bolted on like software, and what dealers should measure in the first 90 days.
Albert Thompson
IDPrivacy.aiWhy PureCars bought AutoAlert, what the deal adds to its AutoMiner CDP and ad business, and what changes for dealers on either platform.
Jason Wiley
PureCarsJ.D. Power is now mostly a data company. How its sales, configuration and repair data can help dealers order smarter, fix cars faster and grow F&I.
Doug Betts
J.D. PowerShoppers who start a chat on your website already have the facts. Ted Rubin explains why they want a person they can trust, and where AI still fits.
Ted Rubin
ActivEngageMobility Global puts Polk, Market Scan and automotiveMastermind in one Sales Solutions team, giving dealers data, pricing and scoring in one relationship.
Aaron Baldwin
Mobility GlobalDriveCentric led dealer scores in Pasch Group's CRM research. Matt Leone explains why a CRM now has to be the engagement platform the whole store runs on.
Matt Leone
DriveCentricClient Command's Megan Horton on keeping CDP data clean, finding in-market shoppers before they reach your site, and sending audiences to any channel.
Megan Horton
Client CommandFoureyes CEO David Steinberg on how Connect shares consent and messages across a dealer's vendors and keeps bad CRM data out of the customer profile.
David Steinberg
FoureyesWhy dealer websites leak data and slow down, which CTA buttons earn their place, and why dealers have so few places to keep learning.

Dan Barker, Zach Billings
WikimotiveHow BLiNK AI turns telematics alerts, inbound service calls and declined work into appointments booked straight into the DMS by voice, text and email.
Dan McAllister
BLiNK AILiminal puts data hygiene, identity resolution and campaign activation in one platform. Two dealer groups explain how they use it across their stores.


David Solar, Gary LaDue, Jim Kosobucki
Liminal
Modern Automotive NetworkShoppers already have the specs and prices. Ted Rubin of ActivEngage explains why a website chat is a request for a conversation, not for more data.
Ted Rubin
ActivEngageCallRevu has a new investment partner and keeps its leadership. Ben Chodor on expansion abroad, new products and AI that catches calls stores now miss.
Ben Chodor
CallrevuSpyne turns lot photos into studio-style merchandising, then adds 24/7 AI agents that answer VDP questions and make recall and follow-up calls.
Sanjay Varnwal
SpyneDriveCentric is bringing automotiveMastermind's clean customer data, Behavior Prediction Score and private offers into its CRM through a new integration.

Matt Leone, Aaron Baldwin
DriveCentric
automotiveMastermindautomotiveMastermind's new CEO on why its behavior prediction score and clean ownership data should feed your CRM, CDP and agencies, not just its own mail.
Aaron Baldwin
automotiveMastermindMatt Leone, DriveCentric's new CEO, on opening the platform with an API, treating customer data as the dealer's and why AI makes the CRM mission critical.
Matt Leone
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