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Press releases, partner announcements and coverage of Trade Agent AI, the acquisition engine that sources used cars from the customers dealers already have.
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Trade Agent AI and ACV's ClearCar put follow-up behind every trade-in value
When a customer gets a ClearCar value on the dealer's website, in the service lane or through a VIPER inspection, Trade Agent AI takes it from there. The agent texts the customer, answers questions, works through objections and books the trade-in appointment, then hands the seller to the dealer's team with the full conversation and appraisal.
Read the release » Integration details »Trade Agent AI featured in Automotive News
The September Retail Technology report looked at which AI tools are producing results for dealers. Trade Agent AI was featured among them.
Read more »Trade Agent AI joins the Fortellis Marketplace
Now certified for the CDK DMS and CRM (formerly Elead), with setup handled by inride's engineers.
Read more »One million conversations: the auction has competition
What one million customer text conversations across 75+ rooftops show about the trade equity sitting with dealers' past buyers.
Read more » PR Newswire »inride files patent for its agentic AI platform
The filing covers the autonomous architecture behind Trade Agent AI, announced ahead of its NADA 2026 debut in Las Vegas.
Read more »inride launches Trade Agent AI
The official launch of Trade Agent AI, which finds trade-in opportunities among a dealer's past buyers and books the appointments automatically.
Read more »Media and partnership inquiries: tradeagentai@inride.com or 855-712-1112
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