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Dealership management system and CRM platform for auto retailers. Based in Westlake, TX; part of CDK Global.
DealerSocket is a dealership management system (DMS) and automotive CRM platform headquartered in Westlake, Texas. Founded in 2001, DealerSocket built a comprehensive suite of dealer software products spanning CRM, inventory management, digital marketing, desking, and reporting before being acquired by CDK Global in 2021. The acquisition combined two of the automotive retail technology industry's most prominent platforms, giving CDK a broader product portfolio spanning both the operational DMS layer and the customer-facing sales and marketing tools that DealerSocket specialized in. DealerSocket's products continue to serve thousands of dealerships across North America.\n\nDealerSocket's product portfolio includes its flagship CRM for lead management and sales workflows, an inventory management system (Inventory+) for stocking, pricing, and multichannel vehicle merchandising, a website and digital advertising platform (Dealer Inspire, now part of CDK), and a DMS for franchised dealerships. The CRM module is particularly well-regarded for its lead routing automation, follow-up task management, and integration with OEM lead sources. Its inventory tools help dealers manage days-on-lot, price to market, and push listings to third-party marketplaces like Cars.com and AutoTrader automatically.\n\nWithin the CDK Global family, DealerSocket's product investments are being rationalized and integrated with CDK's broader platform strategy. For dealers evaluating DMS and CRM solutions, DealerSocket's established customer base, deep OEM integrations, and broad feature set remain relevant, even as Tekion and other cloud-native competitors challenge the legacy stack. DealerSocket competes with Reynolds & Reynolds, Dealertrack, and VinSolutions in the core automotive retail technology market.
Adept AI raised $415M to pioneer computer-use AI agents; its core research and agent team moved to Amazon in 2024 in a landmark talent acquisition while the company continues developing ACT-1 for enterprise automation.
Adept AI was founded in 2022 by a team of former OpenAI, DeepMind, and Google Brain researchers to build AI that can take actions on computers — navigating software interfaces, filling forms, and executing multi-step workflows in any application. Its ACT-1 model demonstrated the ability to control web browsers and desktop applications through natural language instructions, pioneering the computer-use agent paradigm that Anthropic later commercialized with Claude's computer use feature.
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