Brian Ankney: AI Found Your Customer First

About this episode

Brian Ankney discusses his insights on AI and the future of the automotive industry.

Most people in automotive have never heard of Brian Ankeny. That's exactly the problem. Brian has spent 21 years inside the industry's most underestimated media company, watching every major shift before it happened. AI search. Autonomous vehicle charging. Tread depth data as a dealership revenue stream. He saw all of it coming, and he's been quietly helping the companies that pay attention build for what's next. This conversation goes places most automotive podcasts won't. We talk about why ...

People in this episode

Host: David Spisak

Guest: Brian Ankney

Topics covered

• AI in automotive
• media industry insights
• future of automotive
• revenue streams
• technology trends

Keywords

• AI
• automotive
• media
• revenue stream
• technology
• interview
• future trends

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: automotive, AI, media company

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