This episode is all about the kind of AI dealers actually need not another shiny chatbot, but a real assistant built inside the DMS and grounded in real dealership data, real workflows, and real accountability.

I'm joined by AJ McGowan, VP of Research & Development at Reynolds and Reynolds and co-founder of AutoVision, to talk about Reynolds' newest reveal: Rey, a tailored AI assistant integrated directly into the Reynolds ecosystem.

We get super practical on how leaders, managers, and frontline teams could use Ray day-to-day:

Service teams asking real-time status questions without leaving the bay
Used car managers making smarter auction decisions by cross-referencing market intelligence with store performance
Multi-store operators pulling up-to-the-second answers mid-meeting (instead of printing reports that are outdated the next morning)
Teams using Ray to learn Reynolds tools, message each other, and even connect with Reynolds support with context already included

Bottom line: the dealer's job isn't to use software, it's to take care of customers. Rey is designed to remove friction, reduce report-chasing, and help dealerships make faster, more confident decisions using the data they already own.

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