# Dealer AI Guy > AI intel for car dealers. A free daily brief covering AI tools, trends, and tactics for dealership operators — plus free diagnostic tools, open-source AI agent skills, and in-store AI training. Written for dealer principals, GMs, BDC managers, and fixed ops leaders. No vendor sponsorships influence editorial content; every statistic is cited to its source, and vendor-reported numbers are flagged as such. Publisher: Ariel Coro. Contact: hello@dealeraiguy.com. AI crawlers are welcome (see robots.txt content signals). ## Core pages - [Daily Brief archive](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/tag/daily-brief/): every daily AI brief for car dealers, published each morning - [Weekly Newsletter archive](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/weekly-newsletter/): weekly recaps of the practical AI shifts in automotive retail - [Free dealer AI tools](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/tools/): Dealer Website Grader, DealerAEOAudit, prompt libraries, workflow playbooks - [AI Training for dealerships](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/training/): in-store AI training days for leadership, Sales & BDC, and Service teams — includes a FAQ on what dealership AI training should include and cost - [Dealer AI Skills](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/skills/): 23 free, MIT-licensed AI agent skills for car dealers - [Dealer AI Company Directory](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/directory/): independent directory of AI companies selling to car dealerships, organized by job, with coverage timelines from the daily brief - [Dealer AI Readiness Checklist](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/dealer-ai-readiness-checklist/): practical scorecard for where a store stands on AI - [Education](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/education/): the plain-English AI learning path for dealership operators - [Consulting](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/consulting/): AI strategy and implementation help for dealerships - [Subscribe](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/newsletter/): the free daily Dealer AI Brief ## Latest daily briefs - [AI Isn't Just Shopping For Your Customer Anymore — It's Trying to Buy From You](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/daily-brief-2026-09-02/): CBT News' Gary Ng-Wai argues the industry has crossed from "AI shopping" into "AI buying" — where a customer's AI assistant doesn't just res - [AI Could Shrink the BDC — And Rewrite F&I](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/daily-brief-2026-08-31/): Steve Greenfield, general partner at Automotive Ventures and host of CBT News' Future of Automotive, joined Co-Founders Jim and Bridget Fitz - [AI Could Make Your BDC "Archaic" Within 5 Years — And F&I Isn't Safe Either](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/daily-brief-2026-08-30/): Automotive Ventures partner Steve Greenfield went on CBT News' Future of Automotive segment this week and didn't sugarcoat it: AI is coming - [AI Could "Archaic-ify" Your BDC — And F&I Is Next](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/daily-brief-2026-08-29/): Automotive Ventures' Steve Greenfield dropped a spicy prediction on CBT News this week: AI will cut dealership labor costs and reshape the B - [Consumers Are Sprinting Ahead on AI. Dealers Are Still Tying Their Shoes.](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/daily-brief-2026-08-28/): Cox Automotive dropped a new "AI in Auto Retail Tracker" this week, and the headline number should make every GM a little nervous: 61% of ve - [AI Bots Are Now Negotiating Car Deals — And Your F&I Menu Isn't Ready](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/daily-brief-2026-08-27/): CBT News's "Future of Automotive" segment (hosted by Steve Greenfield) breaks down a New York Times Magazine deep-dive on AI chatbots talkin - [AlgoDriven Just Let Dealers Talk to Their Own Data Through ChatGPT and Claude](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/daily-brief-2026-08-26/): Australian dealer software provider AlgoDriven launched what is claimed to be an Australia-first ChatGPT and Claude integration for dealers - [AI Could Shrink Your BDC — And Steve Greenfield Says It's Coming Fast](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/daily-brief-2026-08-25/): Automotive Ventures' Steve Greenfield told CBT News that labor makes up about 47% of a dealership's cost structure, citing NADA data, and th - [AI Already Killed a Dealership Job — And Nobody Told Legal](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/daily-brief-2026-08-24/): Car Dealership Guy's podcast recap with Impel's Chief Product Officer Matt Muilenburg makes a blunt case: one entire dealership role has alr - [Cox Automotive Drops a Reality Check: Shoppers Are Already Using AI, Most Dealers Aren't](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/daily-brief-2026-08-23/): Cox Automotive's new AI in Auto Retail Tracker found while 82% of dealers report using AI, many have yet to align with how consumers are sho ## Latest weekly recaps - [The Dealer AI Guy — Week of August 30, 2026](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/weekly-recap-2026-08-30/): 🔥 The AI Drop Automotive Ventures partner Steve Greenfield went on CBT News' Future of Automotive segment this week and put a number on som - [The Dealer AI Guy — Week of August 23, 2026](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/weekly-recap-2026-08-23/): 🔥 The AI Drop This week's dominant story never really left the news cycle — it just kept getting sharper. Cox Automotive's new AI in Auto R - [The Dealer AI Guy — Week of August 16, 2026](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/weekly-recap-2026-08-16/): 🔥 The AI Drop Cox Automotive dropped its new quarterly AI in Auto Retail Tracker this week, and the numbers should stop every GM mid-scroll ## Optional - [Articles](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/articles/): long-form analysis, including the 100 AI Agents Mystery Shop study - [RSS feed](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/rss/) - [About](https://www.dealeraiguy.com/about/)