Vehicle Acquisition Network (VAN)
Vehicle Acquisition Network (VAN) is a purpose-built vehicle sourcing platform that enables car dealerships to acquire high-margin, fast-turning used vehicles directly from private sellers—bypassing auctions, reducing acquisition costs, and accelerating inventory turn.
Today’s automotive market is more competitive than ever. Wholesale prices are climbing, auction fees are rising, and reconditioning delays eat into profitability. VAN solves this by giving dealers the tools and talent they need to target, engage, and acquire for-sale-by-owner (FSBO) vehicles in their local market with speed and efficiency.
With VAN, dealers can:
Access thousands of local private-party listings in real time
Use AI-powered filters to find the most profitable cars
Automate personalized outreach and follow-up with sellers
Track communications, tasks, and acquisition progress in one unified CRM
Eliminate auction fees, transport delays, and wholesale surprises
For stores that lack time or staff to do this work in-house, VAN also offers a Managed Buyer program—a turnkey service where VAN’s expert acquisition team works on your behalf to find, contact, and negotiate with private sellers. It’s like hiring a full-time buyer without the overhead.
Whether you're a single rooftop looking for more control or a large group scaling a private-party acquisition strategy, VAN adapts to your dealership's workflow and goals. Dealers using VAN regularly see faster turn times, higher front-end grosses, and more predictable inventory pipelines.
Trusted by over 250 rooftops across the U.S. and Canada, VAN is how modern dealers compete with Carvana, CarMax, and other direct-to-consumer disruptors—by sourcing smarter, not just spending more.
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Sendbird
Sendbird offers advanced communication solutions that harness AI technology, featuring an AI-driven customer service agent, Chat API, and Business Messaging, enabling fluid interactions with customers across various channels such as mobile applications, websites, and social media platforms. The platform is compatible with multiple environments, including iOS, Android, JavaScript, Unity, and .NET, ensuring versatile integration for developers and businesses alike. This comprehensive approach allows companies to enhance their customer engagement strategies effectively.
Sendbird’s AI-driven customer service platform is designed to empower businesses to provide proactive, omnichannel support through intelligent AI agents. These agents deliver instant, 24/7 assistance on mobile, web, social media, SMS, and email, enhancing customer satisfaction while reducing response times and costs. The platform offers a centralized hub for creating and managing AI agents, with built-in tools for testing, monitoring, and optimizing agent workflows. By connecting all customer interactions into one unified system, Sendbird enables businesses to make smarter decisions, scale support efforts, and enhance customer engagement.
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Matador AI
Matador is an advanced conversational AI platform tailored specifically for automotive dealerships, with the objective of improving and simplifying interactions related to sales, service, and support on a large scale. This innovative system includes an AI-powered sales agent for lead generation and nurturing, an AI service agent designed to enhance service revenue and maintain customer loyalty, and an AI call agent that guarantees all inbound calls are attended to, all leveraging the power of “AutomotiveGPT.” Matador also pinpoints essential “opportunity searches” that direct teams on subsequent actions, while automating various tasks such as SMS outreach, appointment setting, and follow-up messages. Furthermore, it boasts features for broadcast messaging, regulatory compliance, automated workflows, video integration, and a strong compatibility with dealer CRMs and lead management systems. Users can take advantage of a browser extension that allows text messaging directly from any CRM or web application using their business number, which includes templates, dynamic fields, scheduling options, attachments, and synchronized messaging capabilities. Trusted by over 1,000 dealerships, Matador empowers automotive professionals to revolutionize their customer interactions. Moreover, the platform's extensive array of tools positions it to significantly reshape how dealerships connect with clients and oversee their operations. With the continuous evolution of customer expectations, Matador remains committed to providing solutions that meet the changing needs of the automotive industry.
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Toma
Toma is a cutting-edge AI solution tailored for automotive dealerships, designed to develop personalized voice agents that facilitate key operations like scheduling appointments, providing customer assistance, handling parts inquiries, and issuing recall alerts, all while serving as an ever-present virtual team member. This sophisticated platform delivers full receptionist capabilities, managing incoming calls at any hour, confirming and rearranging service appointments, transferring calls when needed, and resolving complex situations through appropriate escalation. Moreover, Toma takes the initiative by launching outbound campaigns, including recall notifications and appointment reminders to reduce no-show occurrences, while also collecting detailed information from callers, such as vehicle details and part numbers, to relay to dealership personnel. By effectively integrating with dealership management systems, Toma taps into real-time data, ensuring seamless, low-latency dialogues that reflect the dealership's up-to-date inventory, service offerings, and operational frameworks. This integration not only improves customer engagement but also streamlines workflow efficiency across the dealership, ultimately leading to enhanced overall performance and customer satisfaction. Additionally, Toma's ability to learn from interactions allows it to adapt and refine its responses, further elevating the dealership's service quality over time.
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