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The operating system for the dealership the giants forgot.

Auto Expert replaces the legacy DMS and the dozen bolt-on apps stacked on top with one system — built for single-rooftop and small-group franchise dealers by a service manager who still works the drive. We're raising to scale a wedge that lands in fixed ops and expands across the whole store.

$944M lost in 3 weeks

The 2024 DMS ransomware outage took ~15,000 dealers offline and cost an estimated $944M — proof the incumbents are aging and brittle.

$11B+ DMS market

Dealer management software is a multi-billion-dollar market — and growing. Auto Expert folds the CRM, scheduler, equity, payroll, and training tools dealers buy separately into the DMS itself.

12+ apps, one bill

Dealers stack a dozen bolt-ons on a legacy DMS. We replace the whole stack with one system — land in service, expand across the store.

Founder-led by the customer

Built by a working service manager, not a software company guessing at the workflow. The roadmap comes from the drive.

"I'm not a software company guessing at the workflow. I run a service drive every day, and I'm building the tool I always wished I had."

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Bode Manzitto
Founder · The Auto Expert