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AutoDealerPro · seed round.

Public summary on this page. Full data room (financials, design partner letters, technical architecture deck, IP) under NDA — email investors@autodealerpro.io.

The deal

Round

Seed

Opening Q3 2026

Target raise

$3.5M

With $1.5M lead

Valuation

Discussed under NDA

Cap table at request

Use of proceeds

18-month runway

2 hires, GTM, 50→500 dealers

One-line thesis

The agentic OS for car dealerships, sold to the 17,400 independents CDK / Reynolds price out, and proving the playbook in time to take franchise + group accounts when their incumbent contracts expire.

Why now

Voice AI just crossed the indistinguishable threshold (sub-700ms p95)
CDK June 2024 ransomware destroyed dealer trust in incumbents
Consumer call volume up 41% YoY — phone ≠ dead
Independents have been under-served since DMS consolidation in 2009

Full /why-now memo →

Why us

One technical founder, agent-augmented build team
12 dealers committed to the founding program in 90 days
Voice agent + marketplace in production, not slides
Public roadmap, public pricing, public changelog

What the early numbers say

From the founding-dealer cohort. Caveat: small N, early. Full cohort data (12 dealers, 90 days) under NDA.

Vendor consolidation

$4.8k → $1.5k

Avg per dealer / mo

Herald minutes / mo

1,612

Per dealer, average

Test drives booked

184

By Herald, last 30 days

After-hours pickup rate

38%

vs. 0% with old phone tree

Lead → deal conversion

14.2%

Industry: 8.4%

NPS (founding cohort)

Excellent for B2B

Time to value

<4 hours

From signup to first deal

Net revenue retention

TBD

Cohort too young (avg 38d)

Market sizing (US)

Independent dealers: 17,400
Franchise dealers: 38,000
Multi-rooftop groups: 2,800
Avg software spend per rooftop: $48k / yr
Total US dealer software TAM: ~$3.4B / yr
Independent-dealer-specific TAM: ~$1.4B / yr
ADP target year-3: 0.7% share = $25M ARR

Path to scale

V1.0: Shipped May 2026
V2.0: Shipped July 2026
Now (July 2026): 2.0 live · founding cohort onboard
EOY 2026: 50 dealers (founding cohort cap)
EOY 2027: 500 dealers · ~$3M ARR
EOY 2028: 2,500 dealers · ~$15M ARR
EOY 2029: 6,000 dealers · ~$40M ARR
Margin profile: 78% gross, opex-light

What you can verify yourself, right now

Dealer dashboard

Full app shell. Live demo.

Open

Live Herald call

Streaming transcript demo.

Open

Marketplace

Public, free, working.

Open

OpenAPI 3.1

Machine-readable contract.

Open

Healthz

Production readiness probe.

Open

API sandbox

No-auth, hit it live.

What we'll tell you we're worried about

Single-founder concentration risk. Mitigation: agent stack reduces bandwidth need; first 2 hires close on funding.
Incumbents will eventually ship voice AI. Their architecture makes it 18-24 mo away. We use the window.
Voice AI cost curve could plateau. We're hedged: COGS runs ~$0.15–0.20/min against $0.35/min pay-as-you-go; if the curve stalls we're fine.
Sales cycle is bottom-up. Slow. True. The Founding 50 program closed May 2026. Pace is acceptable.
Multi-rooftop groups want hand-holding. Custom plan + in-person onboarding for first 5 group customers.

Direct line

Arthur replies personally. investors@autodealerpro.io for the data room, calendar link, or any specific question. We don't do generic discovery calls — bring a question.

Email Arthur Meet the team Why now

Miami · we travel for raises

What the early numbers say

From the founding-dealer cohort. Caveat: small N, early. Full cohort data (12 dealers, 90 days) under NDA.

Vendor consolidation

$4.8k → $1.5k

Avg per dealer / mo

Herald minutes / mo

1,612

Per dealer, average

Test drives booked

184

By Herald, last 30 days

After-hours pickup rate

38%

vs. 0% with old phone tree

Lead → deal conversion

14.2%

Industry: 8.4%

NPS (founding cohort)

Excellent for B2B

Time to value

<4 hours

From signup to first deal

Net revenue retention

TBD

Cohort too young (avg 38d)

What we'll tell you we're worried about

Single-founder concentration risk. Mitigation: agent stack reduces bandwidth need; first 2 hires close on funding.

Incumbents will eventually ship voice AI. Their architecture makes it 18-24 mo away. We use the window.

Voice AI cost curve could plateau. We're hedged: COGS runs ~$0.15–0.20/min against $0.35/min pay-as-you-go; if the curve stalls we're fine.

Sales cycle is bottom-up. Slow. True. The Founding 50 program closed May 2026. Pace is acceptable.

Multi-rooftop groups want hand-holding. Custom plan + in-person onboarding for first 5 group customers.