Less than a week after DriveCentric CEO Matt Leone announced his company was actively seeking integration partnerships to expand its capabilities beyond customer relationship management, the first domino has fallen. And perhaps not surprisingly, it’s the company Leone left to take the helm of DriveCentric just a few months ago. In a news release, DriveCentric […] [Read More]

PureCars, which provides digital marketing technology and services for the auto industry, has a new CEO. Promoted to the role is Lauren Donalson, who was most recently the company’s president. Aaron Sheeks, previously the CEO, has left the company to pursue other interests. PureCars has also hired Jason Wiley as president. Donalson joined PureCars in […] [Read More]

A growing company just got a financial push forward. Pam, which bills itself as the fastest-growing voice AI and customer experience platform, announced it has received new funding, led by Autotech Ventures with participation from HF0, Ali Rowghani’s First Harmonic, Idris Mokhtarzada of RocketMoney and Geneva Pacific, among other investors and angels. “Pam addresses one […] [Read More]

Sonic Automotive selected NETSOL Technologies to lead what the provider of artificial intelligence-powered solutions and services to sell, finance and lease assets called “a discovery engagement” for the dealer group. According to a news release distributed on Tuesday, the project is focused on defining the “requirements and roadmap” for a next generation omnichannel digital retail […] [Read More]

Chris Walsh has been part of Reynolds and Reynolds since 1987. But the dealership software provider’s president and acting CEO said he’s never seen anything like this. Reynolds unveiled its newest technology — Rey, an artificial intelligence agent designed for dealership professionals — during last week’s Reynolds Retail Summit: Amplify 2025, and Walsh said it […] [Read More]

Fullpath has acquired Fuse Autotech’s Dynamic Payments, a deal it said offers car dealers real-time data to improve the customer experience. Fuse’s system will be integrated into Fullpath’s artificial intelligence-powered customer data platform, the companies said, allowing dealerships to provide car shoppers with personalized and relevant offers. Fullpath CEO and co-founder Aharon Horwitz said the […] [Read More]

The Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail (STAR) on Tuesday announced the hiring of an executive director; someone who has close knowledge of the automotive IT standards organization. Leveraging a relationship with STAR that dates to its formative days, where he worked alongside staff members to develop STAR’s initial standards for automotive, the organization’s executive […] [Read More]