The Intelligent Dealership · 2026 20 Group
The AI Nucleus.
A self-paced course for dealers on owning the intelligence layer. Seven modules, about 50 minutes of reading, a readiness score you can bring to the next meeting, and every resource from the session.
Todd Smith · Founder & CEO, QoreAI
The guided path
Not sure where to start? Start at step one.
Five steps, in order. Score your store first, then work the layers. Your progress and your score save in this browser, so you can stop and come back between meetings.
Your path
7 modules
- 1Score your store5 minSeven statements, five minutes. Your lowest score is where you start, so do this before anything else.Take the scorecard →
- 2Understand what changed8 minThe case for change: the three problems the dealership solved for 35 years, and why AI dissolves all three.Read the case →
- 3Build the four layers27 minData, workflows, AI loops, digital employees. Bottom up, in order, never skipping a layer.Start with data →
- 4Sequence the work10 minThe 18-month build, the three gates you do not skip, and a 90-day checklist you can tick off.Open the roadmap →
- 5Take the tools with youAny timeSlides, the AI policy template, the data addendum and the vendor questions. All free, all downloadable.Open the tool kit →
The framework
Build bottom-up. Never skip a layer.
Not a tech stack. A redesign of what AI handles and what humans do because humans are uniquely better at it. Most dealers try to skip straight to layer 3 or 4.
Data
Four systems, zero clarity. Marketing-grade data is not operational-grade data.
Open module →Workflows
You don't have a process. You have a person. 265+ workflows, fewer than 10 documented.
Open module →AI
AI outward is a commodity. AI inward is a moat. Powerful on clean data, dangerous on bad data.
Open module →Digital Employees
One operator, a fleet of agents, the function of 8 to 10 repetitive positions.
Open module →The stake
The numbers to internalize.
$115B
In gross profit sitting in declined service work across 284M franchise ROs last year.
$80B
In declined F&I products that were never revisited. Stone Eagle data.
$900
Average RO written up. Average collected: $494. The gap is where agents live.
8-10x
Human positions one agent operator can replace in repetitive, process-driven roles.
How to use this
Four ways in.
Step one · Learn
Work the modules in order
7 modules, each with plain-English context up front, key takeaways at the end, and a completion tick so you know where you left off.
Step two · Assess
Score your store, 0 to 21
Seven statements. Under 15 and you are not ready to buy an agent. Rescore in 90 days and compare.
Step three · Apply
Run the 90-day plan
A working checklist plus the templates, the AI policy and the vendor questions in the resource library.
Any time · Look it up
Plain-English glossary
Every term in the course explained in one sentence. If a word is doing too much work, it is defined there.
Open the glossary →