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§ Private Profile · Miami, FL, USA
Building AI employees for car dealers, starting with AI receptionists
Sandra AI builds AI employees for car dealerships and auto repair shops, starting with AI receptionists. Dealerships miss 30% of customer calls, leading to 45% of customers switching dealerships and up to $2M in annual lost revenue per dealership. Sandra AI operates 24/7, handling calls, emails, and texts, and directly schedules appointments, ensuring no opportunity is lost.
Sandra AI has raised $2.0M across 1 funding round.
Key people at Sandra AI.
Sandra AI was founded in 2024 by Ismail Majjad (Founder) and Badr El Idrissi Mokdad (Founder) and Skandere Sahli (Founder).
Sandra AI has raised $2.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Sandra AI was founded in 2024 by Ismail Majjad (Founder) and Badr El Idrissi Mokdad (Founder) and Skandere Sahli (Founder).
Sandra AI has raised $2.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Sandra AI's investors include 9Yards Capital, Forgepoint Capital, Y Combinator, Mark Cuban, Sanjay Parekh.
Sandra AI has raised $2.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $2.0M Seed in December 2024.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2024 | $2M Seed | — | 9Yards Capital, ForgePoint Capital, Y Combinator, Mark Cuban, Sanjay Parekh | Announced |
Key people at Sandra AI.
Sandra AI builds AI-powered employees specifically for car dealerships, starting with multilingual AI receptionists that handle inbound and outbound calls, emails, and texts 24/7. Their AI receptionist automates call management, lead capture, appointment scheduling, and customer engagement with human-like, natural conversations. Sandra AI integrates deeply with dealership management systems (DMS) and customer relationship management (CRM) platforms, enabling seamless workflows for automotive retailers. The company serves major dealership groups such as Stellantis, Ford, Suzuki, and others, helping them improve operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, and sales follow-up without replacing human staff[1][2][5].
Sandra AI was co-founded by Skandère Sahli, with a leadership team including Benoit Alves, Emmanuel Poutz (Director of Sales and Innovation), and Ghassen CHAABANE (Founding Engineer). The founders brought expertise in automotive technology and AI, inspired by their consulting experience in the BPO and automotive sectors where they observed significant revenue loss and customer dissatisfaction due to missed calls. This insight led to the creation of Sandra AI, a solution tailored to the unique challenges of car dealerships, aiming to automate and optimize customer interactions through AI[1][5].
Sandra AI rides the growing trend of AI-driven automation in customer service, particularly in industries with high call volumes and complex customer interactions like automotive retail. The timing is critical as dealerships face increasing pressure to improve customer experience while managing costs and operational efficiency. Market forces such as rising consumer expectations for instant, multilingual support and the proliferation of AI technologies favor Sandra AI’s solution. By automating routine communications, Sandra AI enables dealerships to focus on closing deals and enhancing in-person service, thus influencing the broader ecosystem by setting new standards for AI adoption in automotive retail[1][3][5].
Sandra AI is poised to expand its footprint by enhancing its AI capabilities, potentially adding more AI employee roles beyond receptionists and sales agents. Trends such as increased AI adoption, multilingual support demand, and integration with evolving dealership technologies will shape its growth. As AI becomes more embedded in automotive retail workflows, Sandra AI’s influence will likely grow, helping dealerships transform customer engagement and operational efficiency. The company’s focus on human-like, seamless AI interactions positions it well to lead innovation in automotive customer service automation[1][5].
