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Tekion<\/a>, the automotive industry\u2019s leading AI-native cloud platform, unveiled its AI platform vision and latest agentic and embedded AI capabilities during Founder and CEO Jay Vijayan\u2019s keynote at the 2026 NADA Show in Las Vegas. Building on a strong year of growth and customer adoption, Tekion outlined its next chapter: a unified, AI-native platform that uses accurate, real-time data from across its end-to-end system to provide the richest business context \u2014 enabling dealership employees to sell more, operate more efficiently, access valuable insights instantly, and serve customers a seamless consumer experience.<\/p>\n This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260205479848\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n Founder and CEO Jay Vijayan unveiled three new AI agents as part of its agentic AI Suite, previewed Tekion\u2019s 2026 product roadmap, and announced the company\u2019s inaugural Tekion One automotive conference.<\/p>\n During the keynote, Vijayan shared a business update highlighting Tekion\u2019s continued momentum in implementing its Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) platform to dealers around the world, reporting over 60% ARC revenue growth in 2025. He also reinforced the company\u2019s significant investment to become the industry\u2019s only AI-native, end-to-end automotive retail platform purpose-built for enterprise-scale operations and governed by a single, rigorous security framework. Building on their successful Service Advisor AI agent and other AI solutions, Vijayan announced Tekion\u2019s 2026 product roadmap, centered on expanding AI agents driving measurable business outcomes.<\/p>\n \u201cReal progress is moving far beyond incremental improvements,\u201d<\/em> said Jay Vijayan, Founder and CEO of Tekion. “Key industry KPIs have been stagnant for decades in spite of the plethora of new software available to dealers in the market. For the first time in years, there is a real opportunity with AI to show a significant increase in these KPIs. Tekion is excited about delivering a highly secure, unified platform where AI connects every process and role, elevating performance and productivity. We\u2019re proud of the value we\u2019re delivering with our agentic and embedded AI purpose-built for real-world dealership performance and consumer experience.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n From AI-Augmented to AI-Native<\/em><\/p>\n At NADA 2026, Tekion reinforced its differentiation as an AI-native platform, developed with intelligence embedded directly into core dealership workflows rather than added as an overlay. Designed from the ground up on a unified data model, security framework, and cloud architecture, Tekion enables consistent insights, eliminates operational silos, reduces the complexity that has long slowed dealership innovation, and supports enterprise-scale performance across every rooftop and role.<\/p>\n Tekion\u2019s AI-native platform delivers a growing portfolio of AI Agents across sales, service, parts, accounting, and retail experiences as part of its Agentic AI suite. Operating on a single platform and shared business context, these agents leverage real-time dealership data to deliver outputs that are relevant, accurate, and actionable \u2014 at scale.<\/p>\n New AI Agent Announcements and Platform Expansion<\/em><\/p>\n Tekion announced several platform updates and product advancements, including:<\/p>\n Together, these updates reflect Tekion\u2019s agent-based, AI-native approach, delivering intelligence through a unified platform rather than introducing new systems or fragmented tools, enabling dealerships to scale innovation without increasing complexity.<\/p>\n Trust, Security, and Responsible AI<\/em><\/p>\n Trust<\/a> and data privacy remain foundational to Tekion\u2019s AI strategy. During the keynote, Tekion announced it is one of the first automotive retail platform providers to be certified with ISO\/IEC 42001, the global standard for Responsible Artificial Intelligence Management Systems \u2013 reinforcing their commitment to secure, ethical and responsible AI across the platform. Built on one platform, one security model, and one audit trail, Tekion enables dealerships to innovate with confidence while maintaining the highest standards for compliance, data integrity, and responsible AI governance.<\/p>\n Looking Ahead: Tekion One 2026<\/em><\/p>\n In closing, Vijayan announced Tekion One 2026<\/a>, the company\u2019s inaugural customer conference that is positioned to become the automotive retail industry\u2019s premier Data & AI event. Tekion One will take place June 15\u201317, 2026 at Resorts World Las Vegas, bringing together dealers, OEMS, partners, and industry leaders for hands-on demos, customer success stories, and a deeper look at Tekion\u2019s expanding AI agent ecosystem.<\/p>\n The event builds on the momentum of NADA and reflects Tekion\u2019s focus on adoption, execution, and long-term partnership with its customers.<\/p>\n About Tekion<\/em><\/p>\n Tekion is redefining automotive retail with its end-to-end AI platform purpose-built for the industry. By embedding AI into every workflow, Tekion delivers intelligent automation, real-time insights, and advanced decision support – driving efficiency, revenue, and modern consumer experiences. As the first and fastest cloud-native platform for automotive, Tekion brings OEMs, dealers, partners, and consumers together through its revolutionary suite: Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and large automotive enterprises, and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. With AI-powered, cloud-native technology, Tekion enables the most seamless, transparent, and profitable retail experiences in the industry.<\/p>\n For more information, visit www.tekion.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n View source version on businesswire.com<\/a>:https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260205479848\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n Media Contact, Tekion: Marylou Hastertpress@tekion.com<\/a><\/p>\n KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA NEVADA UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA<\/p>\n INDUSTRY KEYWORD: DATA MANAGEMENT AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING SPECIALTY GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE RETAIL SOFTWARE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTERNET<\/p>\n SOURCE: Tekion<\/p>\n Copyright Business Wire 2026.<\/p>\n PUB: 02\/05\/2026 02:23 PM\/DISC: 02\/05\/2026 02:23 PM<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260205479848\/en<\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" … through its revolutionary suite: Automotive<\/span> Retail Cloud (ARC) … manufacturers and large automotive<\/span> enterprises, and Automotive<\/span> Partner Cloud (APC … MANAGEMENT AUTOMOTIVE<\/span> MANUFACTURING AUTOMOTIVE<\/span> TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING SPECIALTY GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE<\/span> RETAIL …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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