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Sylndr, an online used-car retailer, raises $12.6M pre-seed to disrupt Egypt’s automotive market

TechCrunch

But t he used cars market isn’t only enormous in Egypt; it is in almost every country with a large population globally. Recently, there’s been rapid digitization of this market , with several startups upending incumbents such as classifieds and hoping to define the new era of used-car-sale platforms. Some include U.K.’s

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Salesforce seeks to unify automobile supply chain with Automotive Cloud

CIO

Now Salesforce is hoping to sweep that away with Salesforce Automotive Cloud, a dedicated platform for the auto industry that sticks close to industry standards on data exchange. Michael Ramsey, a VP and automotive analyst at Gartner, said Automotive Cloud offers a way for auto makers to take back control of their branding. “At

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Volkswagen drives the automotive industry cloud forward

CIO

VW’s primary goal for the project is to reduce the cost of manufacturing, accelerate time to market, tailor solutions for its unique manufacturing needs, increase safety, and scale the solution to all its factories globally. Automotive Industry, Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation

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A Tribute to Mark Smail: A Great Automotive Leader and Friend

Perficient

The FDAF is a group of dealers that are focused on regional marketing. My role was to help them with their digital marketing, provide an industry perspective, and lead all their war rooms. I learned so much about automotive from these great connections, spanning perspectives from the manufacturers to the dealerships.

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Eatron, which makes ‘intelligent automotive software’, raises $11M Series A led by MMC

TechCrunch

So, the more this embedded automotive software is de-coupled from the underlying electronic hardware, the more this optimization can take place, and the more efficient vehicles can become. based Eatron , which makes this “intelligent automotive software”, has managed to attract an $11 million Series A funding round led by the U.K.’s

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Emerging Loyalty Trends in Automotive to Watch Closely: Detroit Event Highlights

Perficient

Last year, Perficient hosted an automotive event in Detroit that was so successful we had to return. It used to be that the responsibility of loyalty was housed in one department, where marketing was the custodian. With increasing competition and changing market demands, brands must rethink their CX strategies.

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Automotive simulation platform Morai secures $20.8M Series B to expand its global footprint

TechCrunch

Morai , which provides autonomous vehicle developers with automotive simulation tools to verify the safety and reliability of self-driving systems, announced today it has raised $20.8 We expect to see the continued growth of the company since it has potential to lead the autonomous driving market not only in Korea but globally.” .