Few customers realize how much time it takes to put a deal together, and even fewer have the patience for it. Gerry Gould of Product Prep injects efficiency into the F&I process with a DMS-to-finance portal SOP.

QoreAI’s unified data infrastructure platform was purpose-built for automotive retail and features Lokam.ai as its first native agentic application partner. +

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. +

Ava AI by Get My Auto promises improved efficiency and customer satisfaction by leveraging AI to move all the functions of a traditional DMS and CRM onto one interface. +

Cox Automotive’s Accelerate My Deal platform now offers ID verification, document upload, esignatures and delivery scheduling to help dealers complete more deals online. +

Cerence AI will debut two new conversational AI agents — one for dealers and the other for car buyers — at the upcoming CES 2026, which will be held in January in Las Vegas. +

AI expert Devin Daly believes the fractured nature of dealership operations means “generic” solutions like ChatGPT may be helpful but can’t create the “control layer” dealers need. +

The newest addition to DAS Technology’s Consumer Data and Experience Platform is AI-powered, “hyper-personalized” videos designed to help dealers engage car shoppers with tailored content. +

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. +

Access to CDK’s Fixed Operations Suite is no longer restricted to CDK DMS users, expanding access to the feature-rich digital service lane solution. +