Private Market Intelligence, Unlocked

Turn Hidden Listings Into Market Advantage

Team

Why Us

Tesla

Saw legacy industry
run the modern way

→

Sales Automation

Built it. Failed.
Wrong problem.

→

KaiHive

Inventory & data
is the real leverage

Ex-Tesla

Jason Li

Founder & CEO

Managed SalesOrg at Tesla Canada. Deep expertise in automotive retail and dealership operations.

Ex-Meta

Julien Loutre

CTO

Ex-Meta. Two-time founder with 9-figure ARR. Expert in scalable software and AI architecture.

The Problem

Saturated Data, Shrinking Margins

50%

of the market is invisible

Private sales that legacy tools completely miss

Overused Data: Over-reliance on the same dealer data and auction feeds everyone else uses

Shrinking Margins: Auctions work, but competition drives prices up and margins down

No Alternative Sources: Hungry for new data points and inventory channels competitors don't have

The Solution

Unlock the Private Market

50% of cars sell private. We surface the ones worth buying.

Aggregate

Pull from all sources

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Filter

Remove 80%+ noise

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Insight

Pricing & market data

Best Inventory Wins. Unique Insight gets you there first.

Why Now

The Market Shifted. Dealers Are Scrambling.

Auctions Are Broken

Post-pandemic disruptions and rising prices have dealers desperate for alternatives

Untapped Data Goldmine

Private seller market is massive, fragmented, and completely uncaptured

AI Changes the Game

No more dashboards or experts—AI lets any staff extract insights instantly

Legacy dealer software is ripe for disruption. We're bringing a new lens.

Traction

Launched Jan 2026

$4K

MRR

Growing 15%/week

$1K

ARPA

<$200

CAC

<1 mo

Payback

16% Lead→Paid Conversion

50% More Inventory Sourced

Long-term Contracts — CA & US

$100K Government Funding Secured

Competition

They Find Cars. We Build Intelligence.

Traditional Aggregators

VAN, Vettx, Vincue

Scan private listings across marketplaces

Dealer buys the car

Transaction ends, data disappears

Legacy lens. Dashboard-focused. Just a sourcing tool—no intelligence layer.

KaiHive

Data Moat

Search & click behavior → Know what to surface first

Purchase decisions → Predict what converts

Pricing actions → Optimize offer prices

Competitors scrape listings. We learn from decisions.

They see listings. We see behavior. That's the moat.

Go-To-Market

Start with Sourcing. Become the Data Layer.

Inventory sourcing gets us in the door. Pricing and market insights keep us there.

Wedge

Inventory Sourcing

Get in the door with immediate ROI. Dealers see value in week one.

Expand

Pricing & Market Insights

Add predictive pricing, market signals, and deal scoring. Increase ARPA.

Vision

The New Data Layer

Replace legacy tools like vAuto. Become the data platform dealers rely on daily.

Not just a sourcing tool. A new lens for used car data.

Market Opportunity

$12.9B Market

Dealership software spend is growing 2.4x over the next decade.

TAM: $12.9B

NA Dealership Software

SAM: $3.5B

Data Analytics

SOM: $100M+

5 year target

157,000+

Used-car dealerships

~8K in Canada, ~149K in the US. Massive addressable market.

2.4x Growth

Market expansion

Dealership software spend growing from $5.45B today to $12.95B by 2033.

The Ask

$1M to Scale

The ML model is why we're raising. Every dealer interaction trains our proprietary model—building a data moat that compounds over time.

Sales & Marketing: Pour fuel on the fire—social marketing converts, and we've proven it.

ML Infrastructure: Training models is compute-intensive. This builds the moat.

Platform & Ops: Integrations, infrastructure, and runway buffer.

12-Month Target: $1M ARR • 80 dealers • ML model live

The Intelligence Layer Is Forming

We're opening our pre-seed to a few strategic partners.

Request Access →

jasonli@kaihive.com