Insider Monkey ranks Cerence AI at No. 8 on its list of “10 AI Stocks Under $20 to Buy Now” ahead of the company’s planned debut of new dealer- and customer-facing agents at CES 2026. +

Is your sales team struggling to close in-store customers? Use the DIMTY method to relieve the pressure and sell more cars. Top trainer Gerry Gould of Product Prep explains.

A successful test run at a Texas Hyundai store preceded the nationwide launch of D.A.I.V.E., a new AI agent designed to connect with and assist car shoppers walking dealership lots. +

Product Prep’s Gerry Gould urges sales professionals to be creative, authentic and aggressive with internet leads — or someone else will.

Ford and Lincoln dealers using the factory’s FordDirect customer engagement platform now have a new employee in “Jerry,” Podium’s AI-powered, inbound lead-handling virtual sales assistant. +

A Foureyes analysis of more than 1 billion visits to more than 22,500 dealership websites found 43.2% of all sales leads were mishandled in 2024, including nearly 48% of all website-originated calls.+