Most car buying still involves hundreds of manual steps and friction points.

Ever, an AI-native EV marketplace, just raised $31M Series A led by Eclipse to fix this. The San Francisco startup built a unified operating system that handles everything from appraisals to titling automatically.

• $31M Series A led by Eclipse
• Thousands of customers already buying/selling EVs
• Sales team 2-3x more productive than traditional dealers

How it happened:
• 2022: CEO spent 1 year researching auto retail friction points
• Built AI orchestration layer to automate transaction workflows
• Created unified customer experience vs. bolt-on AI tools
• Achieved 2-3x sales productivity gains through automation

Takeaway: Clean-sheet AI design beats bolt-on solutions for process-heavy industries.

Source: TechCrunch

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