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We Bring Customers to Your Dealership

Summer 2025Founded 202515 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA

About

The problem we solve: 56% of dealership leads arrive after business hours, and most dealers lose these potential customers to competitors who happen to be available 24/7. Missing after-hours calls alone costs the average dealership $1M annually in lost revenue. We built Flai to fix this - AI assistants that answer dealership calls 24/7, scheduling test drives, oil changes, or running outbound recall campaigns so no opportunity slips away. The result: No more missed opportunities, no more losing customers to competitors. Our founding team has built voice AI products at HappyRobot, scaled infrastructure at Uber for millions of users, and applied data science at Netflix to solve operational challenges. We're not just answering phones, we're helping dealerships win in an AI-first world where availability determine who gets the sale.

Founders ยท 3

Ari Polakof
Ari PolakofFounder

Co-founder and CEO of Flai. Previously Founding Engineer at Happyrobot (S23).

Juan Alzugaray
Juan AlzugarayFounder
Netflix

Co-founder and COO of Flai. Previously data science at Netflix.

Alen Polakof
Alen PolakofFounder
Uber

Founder and CTO of Flai. Previous Founding Engineer at HappyRobot (S23), and Infrastructure at Uber 4+ years.

Launch

Launched on Y Combinator ยท Jul 2025
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We answer the phone 24/7 and manage critical outbound communications, helping auto dealerships turn more leads into booked on-site visits.

Flai offers 24/7 AI assistants for auto dealerships to book test drives, service appointments, recalls, and reminders across calls, SMS, and email. The plug-and-play AI integrates with dealer DMS/CRM, provides full call logs with SOC 2 Type II security, and delivers immediate 100% call coverage to reduce missed opportunities.

Formerly โ€œFLAIโ€

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