How AI Is Driving the Future of Automotive Retail – With Devin Daly of Impel

About this episode

Devin Daly discusses how Impel is transforming automotive retail through AI and shares insights on scaling and disruption in the industry.

Show Notes – Strong on AI, Automotive 🚘🤖 In this episode of Ignite & Scale, we sit down with Devin Daly, founder and CEO of Impel, the first unicorn on our podcast. Devin takes us inside the incredible journey from investment banking to building a global AI powerhouse transforming automotive retail. Impel now powers 36bn shopper interactions, driving over $9 billion in sales across 51 countries. From humble beginnings creating 360° product visualizations for fashion brands to becoming the leading AI platform in automotive, Devin shares how bold vision, smart pivots, and relentless focus on people and culture fuelled their success. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: How Impel scaled from fashion e-commerce to revolutionizing automotive AI Why car dealerships’ razor-thin margins made them ripe for disruption How AI is unifying the fragmented consumer journey across sales, service, and aftersales The role of culture, agility, and world-class talent in scaling to unicorn status Lessons from building an AI Center of Excellence in Georgia What the next 5–10 years look like for AI in automotive retail – from digital concierges to predictive vehicle acquisition Key Takeaways: AI…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Allen

Guest: Devin Daly

Topics covered

• AI in automotive
• automotive retail
• business transformation
• consumer journey
• scaling startups
• disruption in car dealerships

Keywords

• automotive retail
• AI
• Impel
• disruption
• consumer experience
• global scaling
• profitability
• car dealerships

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Impel, AI Center of Excellence

Places: Georgia

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