Alliance Creative Group has added a new, automated marketing and customer engagement solution that uses AI characters to assist dealership website visitors. +

CEO Jay Vijayan announced the addition of three new agents to Tekion’s AI Suite and the launch of a new customer conference and industry event at the 2026 NADA Show. +

Covideo has launched VIN Reels and AI Video Agent, two tools designed to allow dealership sales teams to easily create high-quality, AI-generated videos and share them with customers. +

Tech Video Grader is one of a number of new, AI-driven service lane and payments solutions MyKaarma is set to debut at the upcoming 2026 NADA Show. +

Fullpath is beta testing its Agentic CRM with a select group of dealers and will demo the new, AI-powered customer relationship management system at NADA 2026. +

BizzyCar has expanded beyond recall-driven campaigns with Service Engine, a new AI platform designed to autonomously find, engage, schedule and follow up with customers. +

ActivEngage has added a suite of AI tools designed to increase the quantity and quality of inbound and outbound engagements and relay each customer’s intent. +

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. +

Founder Jim Lawrence announced the launch of ImagineMyDreamCar, a new AI-driven lead generation platform designed to help dealers target “ultra-high-net-worth” clientele. +

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. +