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Powersports
High-intent shoppers moving across motorcycles, ATVs, side-by-sides, and other recreational inventory.
Founder-controlled minority investment opportunity
The next generation of automotive CRM, built for AI and humans to work seamlessly together.
Independently built over a decade for a $4.4 billion U.S. dealer software market, TECOBI is seeking a minority partner to help accelerate the next stage of growth while its founders retain control and continue leading the company.
- Ownership
- Founder-owned + bootstrapped
- Revenue model
- Recurring software subscriptions
- Platform advantage
- Automotive-native AI workflows
- Expansion signal
- Clients in 5 adjacent verticals
The market at scale
The U.S. dealer technology market is large, recurring, and still expanding.
TECOBI operates in the application layer where CRM, customer communication, AI automation, service tools, and operational visibility compete for recurring technology budgets across franchised and independent dealers.
- $4.40B
- U.S. automotive dealer management software market in 2025
- $8.26B
- Projected U.S. market size by 2035
- 6.5%
- Estimated annual growth from 2026 through 2035
- 16,990
- Franchised light-vehicle dealerships
- ~53,000
- Active independent dealerships
- ~70,000
- Combined active U.S. dealer locations
Strategic implication
TECOBI is not asking dealers to create a new software budget. The platform competes inside an established, recurring technology category and serves both franchised and independent retailers with the same core need: turn customer demand into consistent action.
Sources: Emergen Research, 2026 U.S. automotive dealer management system market report for the 2025 estimate and forecast; NADA 2025 Full-Year Data for franchised rooftops; and the active independent-dealer estimate from NIADA's 2025 Used Car Industry Report, as summarized by Blue & Co. Independent and combined counts are rounded; market forecasts are third-party estimates shown for directional context.
Proof of execution
Operating momentum that can be measured.
TECOBI is already supporting high-volume customer demand, earning durable customer trust, and connecting into the systems dealers use to operate.
- Over 4M
- New leads will be processed through TECOBI in 2026 Based on 2026 operating pace
- 15
- Published integration pathways across the dealer stack CRM, OEM, F&I, inventory, trade and DMS
- 10 years
- Independently built automotive technology foundation Founder-led since 2016
Connected ecosystem
Built to work with the dealer technology stack.
The public integration portfolio spans customer management, OEM lead delivery, finance, trade, inventory, DMS data, and title workflows.
Explore all integrationsThe 2026 lead, messaging, and phone figures are company run-rate projections based on operating pace through August 28, 2026, not completed-year results. Google rating and review count are stated as of August 28, 2026.
Expansion surface
The dealer workflow is already beginning to travel.
Automotive remains TECOBI's established core, but the company already supports clients in each adjacent category below. They share the same operating pattern: high-consideration inventory, inbound leads, longer purchase cycles, and relationship-driven sales.
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RV
Longer purchase journeys where persistent follow-up and timely human handoffs can materially affect conversion.
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Marine
Seasonal, inventory-led demand that benefits from consistent response, nurture, and reactivation.
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Heavy equipment
Consultative sales cycles with multiple stakeholders, higher values, and a need for durable lead coverage.
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Commercial trucking
Fleet and owner-operator demand requiring structured follow-up across complex buying timelines.
TECOBI has early client validation in each category. These are active expansion paths, not claims of scaled market penetration.
Global expansion opportunity
A repeatable dealer engagement model with room to cross borders.
The need for fast response, persistent follow-up, intelligent routing, and clear human handoffs extends beyond the United States. TECOBI's operating model creates a foundation that could be localized for other dealer-led markets through the right strategic relationships.
Language and workflow localization Market-specific compliance Regional platform integrations Partner-led market entry
Future expansion opportunity, not a claim of current international operations. Potential market pathway Strategic-partner accelerated
Proven origin U.S. operating model
LocalizeLanguage + workflow IntegrateRegional systems AdaptLocal compliance
Expansion outcome New dealer-led markets
The operating foundation
Built by automotive operators, not around an AI trend.
TECOBI sits inside the daily customer workflow of automotive retailers, helping teams respond to demand, maintain persistent follow-up, handle inbound conversations, and move the right opportunities to people with context intact.
The platform reflects a decade of direct operating experience. Its value proposition is practical: reduce manual dependency, preserve human control, and improve the consistency and visibility of customer engagement.
Automotive-native workflowsDaily operational utilityAI and human orchestration
Where the platform creates leverage
One operating layer from first demand to measurable handoff.
TECOBI connects the moments where speed, persistence, context, and human judgment matter most.
Customer demandAI engagementHuman handoffOperational insight
01 Speed
Always-on response
New demand can receive immediate attention without waiting for a salesperson to notice another task.
02 Coverage
Persistent follow-up
Auto Bots® continue proactive outreach, nurture, reactivation, and follow-up around the clock.
03 Judgment
Intelligent inbound handling
Response Bot manages inbound replies and routes conversations when human judgment is needed.
04 Visibility
Operational insight
Reporting, attribution, queues, and workflow signals show teams where customer demand is forming.
Why this opportunity, now
The next value layer is execution, not another system of record.
Dealerships already have systems that store customers and assign tasks. TECOBI is focused on making sure communication and follow-up actually happen, then showing operators what happened next.
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Vertical AI, not a generic wrapper
TECOBI was built around automotive customer workflows, language, routing decisions, reporting, and operator realities.
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Software inside a recurring workflow
Lead response, follow-up, inbound replies, appointments, calls, and handoffs happen every day across the dealership.
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Early adjacent-market validation
Existing client activity across powersports, RV, marine, heavy equipment, and commercial trucking provides a starting point for broader distribution.
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A durable human-plus-AI model
Automation handles coverage and consistency while people retain control where judgment, relationships, and closing matter.
Why TECOBI is difficult to replace
The defensibility is in the operating system, not a single AI feature.
Replacing TECOBI means reconstructing connected follow-up logic, integrations, compliance guardrails, team workflows, reporting, and customer-conversation continuity. That operating depth has been built over time.
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A decade of workflow depth
TECOBI reflects years of automotive-specific routing, follow-up, messaging, reporting, compliance, and dealership operating decisions that a generic AI layer does not inherit.
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Embedded across the operating stack
Published integration pathways connect TECOBI to the CRM, OEM lead, credit, trade, inventory, DMS, and registration systems dealers already rely on.
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Production scale, not a prototype
Millions of new leads move into the platform each year, creating an operating environment built around real dealership volume, timing, and customer behavior.
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Human control remains part of the system
Auto Bots®, Response Bot, queues, reporting, and human handoffs work together so automation expands coverage without removing judgment from the dealership.
Strategic value An investment partner is not starting with an AI concept. TECOBI brings an established automotive operating layer, an active customer footprint, connected infrastructure, and a team that knows how dealerships actually work.
Jason GirdnerCo-Founder & CEO 
Scarlet GirdnerCo-Founder & Vice President 
Ryan FloresCo-Founder & CTO Founder-led with an operator's perspective
Three founders. One long-term operating commitment.
Jason Girdner, Scarlet Girdner, and Ryan Flores built TECOBI around a practical belief: technology should make customer conversations easier to manage without taking the humanity out of them.
Jason leads company direction and product strategy, Scarlet connects that vision to the people and operating functions that keep the company moving, and Ryan leads the architecture, software, infrastructure, integrations, data, and AI strategy behind the platform.
Independent by designFounder-owned leadership combining automotive experience, operating discipline, and technical depth.
Meet the founders and TECOBI team Potential strategic fit
A strategic platform with multiple paths to greater scale.
TECOBI is evaluating minority investment partners whose automotive reach, software experience, distribution, operating resources, or patient capital could accelerate the platform's next chapter while the founders retain control.
Automotive technology
Platforms that can extend customer communication, workflow automation, data, or dealer operations.
Potential accelerationProduct depth + dealer distribution
AI and communications
Operators building durable AI-powered engagement, messaging, and human-handoff infrastructure.
Potential accelerationVertical expertise + workflow adoption
Growth equity
Minority investors experienced in founder-led vertical software and long-duration value creation.
Potential accelerationPatient capital + operating leverage
Strategic investors
Qualified organizations with a credible path to accelerate distribution, product reach, or market impact without displacing founder leadership.
Potential accelerationReach + strategic alignment
A disciplined process
A clear path from public interest to protected diligence.
Qualified parties move through a controlled process that establishes fit before confidential business information is shared.
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Review the opportunity
Start with a concise view of TECOBI, the platform, and the strategic profile.
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Request information
Tell us who you represent and why a confidential conversation may be relevant.
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Complete the NDA
Approved parties receive personal portal access and review the current NDA online.
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Enter the digital CIM
Qualified parties receive a structured confidential view of the business and next steps.
Request confidential information
Start a qualified conversation.
Share enough context for the TECOBI team to understand who you represent and why a founder-controlled minority investment may be relevant. You will receive a personal email link to review and electronically sign the current NDA.
- 1Verify email and review NDA
- 2Sign electronically
- 3TECOBI reviews CIM access
What happens nextThe NDA link expires in seven days. Signing protects the confidential process but does not guarantee CIM access or create any obligation to pursue a transaction.
Preliminary information
This page is for informational purposes only. It is not an offer to sell securities, a commitment to enter any transaction, or a representation that any transaction will occur. TECOBI may accept, decline, or discontinue discussions at its discretion.