Enterprise SaaS
Mobility/Transport

Flai

AI agents and CRM for automotive dealerships

CORE INFO

$33M+
Total Funding
Series A
Round
2025
Founded
35-40 employees
Team Size
San Francisco, CA
Headquarters

Flai sells software to automotive dealerships and dealer groups that handles customer calls and messages, books service and sales appointments, and automates follow-up across service and sales teams. Its platform is designed to catch missed opportunities and carry out routine dealership workflows, escalating complex issues to employees.

  • Series A: Flai raised $27 million on October 6, 2026, led by Base10 Partners, with Toyota Ventures, First Round Capital, Y Combinator, The Friedkin Group, and Findlay Automotive Group participating.techcrunch.com
  • Appointment volume: Flai reported scheduling more than 50,000 appointments per month across sales and service in October 2026.techcrunch.com
  • TechCrunch reported 20x revenue growth in the year preceding Flai's October 2026 Series A.techcrunch.com

WHY WE WOULD WORK AT FLAI

Modernize Automotive Retail

Help dealerships bring more customers through the door by preventing missed calls, weak follow-up, and lost service opportunities. Flai's mission is to automate dealership operations while keeping employees focused on in-person customer relationships.

Join a High-Growth Startup

Flai has grown revenue 20× year over year, expanded to hundreds of dealerships, and raised $33M+ through its Series A. You'll join a 35–40-person team at a pivotal stage of scale.

Build Real AI Agents

Work on voice agents that answer calls, schedule appointments, send SMS and email, update dealership systems, and escalate complex cases to humans. Flai builds its own voice infrastructure to improve latency, interruptions, and dealership-specific conversations.

See Measurable Impact

Flai's platform schedules more than 50,000 appointments each month and serves over 20% of the top 50 U.S. dealer groups. Customer case studies report outcomes including zero missed calls, staff time savings, and hundreds of appointments booked.

Work Close to Customers

Build alongside dealership operators and solve practical problems across sales, service, and BDC teams. Flai supports named groups including Findlay Automotive, Hiley Automotive, Servco, and Hudson Automotive.

Shape a Scalable Platform

Help expand an AI-native CRM integrated with DMSs, CRMs, schedulers, phone systems, and Tekion. With customers across hundreds of dealerships and a planned Uruguay office, the platform is growing beyond call handling into full dealership workflow automation.

MARKET AND TRACTION

KEY METRICS

✦ KEY METRIC
  • Flai reports more than 50,000 appointments scheduled per month across sales and service.

  • The company has achieved more than 20× revenue growth over the year preceding its October 2026 Series A, according to CEO Ari Polakof.
  • MARKET POSITION

    ✦ KEY METRIC
  • Flai serves hundreds of automotive dealerships and is used by more than 10 of the top 50 U.S. dealer groups, representing more than 20% of that segment.

  • The company has expanded from AI call handling into an AI-native Service and Sales CRM for dealership operations.
  • NOTABLE CUSTOMERS

  • Named dealer-group customers include Alpine Automotive, Findlay Automotive Group, Hiley Automotive Group, Hudson Automotive Group, Servco, and Trophy Automotive Dealer Group.

  • Public case studies feature Freeman Lexus, Freeman Toyota, Glendale Infiniti, and San Leandro Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram.
  • GROWTH TACTICS

    ✦ KEY METRIC
  • Flai uses a sales-led B2B SaaS model with dealership and dealer-group integrations, dedicated Customer Success Managers, and implementation reportedly taking approximately 10 days after contract signing.

  • Approximately half of revenue reportedly comes from new-customer referrals, according to CEO Ari Polakof.
  • COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

  • Flai combines AI voice agents with SMS, email, CRM, scheduling, and dealership workflow automation rather than offering only call answering.

  • Its platform integrates with dealership management systems, CRMs, appointment schedulers, phone systems, and Tekion, while escalating complex matters to dealership employees.
  • PRODUCT AND TECH

    AI Voice Agents

    24/7 AI voice agents answer dealership sales and service calls, capture leads, provide vehicle and service information, and escalate complex matters to employees. Flai built its own voice infrastructure to manage latency, interruptions, and dealership-specific conversations.

    Omnichannel Communications

    Flai coordinates phone, SMS, and email outreach using shared customer context. Dealerships can automate service reminders, recall campaigns, declined-service follow-ups, missed-appointment recovery, and sales-lead re-engagement.

    Service and Sales CRM

    The AI-native CRM surfaces missed opportunities, identifies "heat cases," tracks conversations and appointments, and monitors customer follow-up and satisfaction trends. Agents can recommend or execute actions rather than simply create tasks for dealership staff.

    Appointment Automation

    Flai schedules service appointments, test drives, and sales visits according to each dealership's rules and scheduler availability. The platform reports more than 50,000 appointments scheduled per month as of October 2026.

    Dealership Integrations

    Flai connects with dealership management systems, CRMs, appointment schedulers, phone systems, and Tekion's Automotive Retail Cloud. These integrations let its agents update dealership systems and automate sales and service workflows.

    COMPANY CULTURE

    Values

  • Never miss a customer opportunity

  • Help dealerships bring more customers into the store

  • Build reliable, personalized customer interactions

  • Augment human teams rather than simply replace them
  • Operating Principles

  • Execute actions, not just generate tasks or reports

  • Escalate uncertain or complex matters to dealership employees

  • Build alongside dealership operators and respond to real workflows

  • Prioritize security, consent, compliance, and reliability
  • Work Style

  • Customer-focused and operationally minded

  • Fast implementation, with reported go-live timelines of about 10 days

  • Cross-functional work across AI, CRM, communications, and dealership systems

  • Small, hands-on team serving a specialized automotive market
  • Team Cadence

  • Close collaboration with dealership customers and dedicated Customer Success Managers

  • Continuous refinement based on real customer conversations and edge cases

  • Practical focus on measurable outcomes such as appointments, follow-up, and service efficiency