Founded in 2025 by Ari Polakof, Alen Polakof, and Juan Alzugaray, Flai has rapidly established a foothold in the competitive automotive technology sector by developing specialized AI agents designed specifically for car dealerships. The company’s proprietary platform is engineered to streamline and automate a wide array of front-office and administrative tasks that traditionally require extensive manual labor and human oversight. Flai’s AI agents are capable of handling incoming customer calls, processing messages and emails, scheduling service and sales appointments, sending automated maintenance reminders, and proactively following up with potential car buyers to nurture leads through the sales funnel.
To ensure seamless adoption within existing dealership workflows, Flai’s platform has been built to integrate directly with major dealership management systems and customer relationship management software. This integration capability allows the AI agents to access real-time inventory, pricing, and customer history data, enabling them to provide accurate, context-aware responses to consumer inquiries without requiring human intervention from dealership staff. By automating these routine yet critical interactions, Flai helps automotive dealerships improve their lead conversion rates, reduce response times, and optimize labor resources.
The newly secured $27 million in Series A funding will be deployed strategically to support Flai’s next phase of growth and operational scaling. According to the company’s leadership, the capital will be used primarily to attract new dealership customers, increase sales and account expansion efforts among existing clients, and aggressively scale the company’s internal team. In addition to expanding its footprint in the United States market, Flai has announced plans to open a new office in Uruguay in November 2026, establishing a strategic bridge back to the founders’ home country and tapping into the region’s burgeoning technology talent pool.
Flai’s rapid ascent in the marketplace is underscored by impressive operational metrics achieved in a remarkably short timeframe. The startup currently schedules more than 50,000 appointments per month and provides its AI-driven services to more than 10 of the 50 largest dealership groups in the United States. This rapid market adoption has translated into explosive financial and organizational growth. Over the past year alone, Flai’s revenue has surged twentyfold, while its workforce has expanded dramatically from the original three co-founders to approximately 40 employees, positioning the company for continued expansion as it brings its specialized automation tools to the broader automotive retail industry.
