Amit Maheshwari, Max Steckler and Jason Barrie will serve as the AI-enabled dealership conversation platform’s executive leadership team. +

F&I Manager AI was designed to help complete checklists and flag missing documents and potential compliance issues, reducing funding delays and improving deal workflow consistency. +

Spyne and Cox Automotive have joined forces to automate CRM updates with real-time data generated by Vini AI’s sales and service calling, chat, scheduling and follow-up communication suite. +

BMW Toronto made headlines for honoring its AI agent’s overly generous offer for a customer-owned X3. CarBuzz’s Ian Wright blames misplaced trust in technology for the $7,000 error. +

Lokam.ai, a new, voice-first, AI-powered sales and service platform built for dealerships and backed by its first customer, World Auto Group, is now online. +

Car Wars has integrated its AI-powered Cari Scheduler with UpdatePromise’s service scheduling and communications platform for franchised dealerships. +

Impel announced an industry-first pairing of AI-generated videos with AI sales agents, delivering introductions and ongoing conversations at any hour. +

CARS Protection Plus has integrated with Circuitry.ai’s AI-powered Warranty Decision Intelligence Platform in pursuit of faster and more consistent claims handling. +

Agentic AI advertising solutions provider Synter has announced a series of platform enhancements designed to close the “execution gap” in automotive advertising. +

Vehicle Management Systems has launched Virtual Fleet Manager, a fleet- and dealer-facing AI-first platform designed to provide an intelligent operating layer for connected vehicles and fleets. +