First pilot dealer signed · Now selecting founding dealers

Know them before they walk in.

Meridian replaces your CRM, reads your DMS, and puts the right fact in front of the right person at the right moment. Lens™ prepares your people. It never pretends to be them.

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Rachel Chen

Your customer · 2022 Explorer XLT

  • Lease ends4 payments
  • Contact, last 3 months6 times
  • Last visitService · Aug 14
Example alert, shown only to her advisor.
What changes in your store

The moments your store loses today, handled.

Every department, every shift. Meridian puts the right fact in front of the right person at the moment it matters, then gets out of the way.

The call

Before anyone says hello.

Every inbound call, in every department, arrives with who's calling, what they own, and what's still unresolved. Sales, service, parts, the front desk.

“Nine times out of ten, when a service writer's phone rings, it's a grenade. Meridian turns that grenade into a gift.”

The arrival

Know them before they walk in.

When a customer you know pulls onto the lot, their advisor knows first: the relationship, where their lease stands, the last visit. Nobody else on the floor is told.

The lot visitor

Nobody browses your lot alone.

When an unfamiliar car pulls in, your sales manager knows within seconds, wherever they're standing, and the right salesperson walks out. No names and no lookups: a car, a row, and someone on the way.

“Eleven employees and still missed.”

The lead

Every lead answered, honestly.

Every internet lead gets a specific first reply within minutes, day or night, clearly from the dealership. From there it's your people, and your BDC works the leads that are cooling right now, not a pile of month-old ones.

The notes

Nobody types a note from scratch.

After a call, the notes are already drafted from what was said. After a visit, one plain question replaces the form. Your people confirm it and move on.

The promise

Every promise has an owner.

The callback, the part on order, the “we'll take care of that.” Each one stays in front of the person who owns it until it's kept, so customers stop having to chase you.

One moment from your week

The customer you almost lost.

She's been thinking about a new car for three months. She has been in touch six times. Saturday morning she pulls onto your lot, and nobody on the floor knows who she is.

With Meridian, her advisor already knows: who she is, where her lease stands, and the last time she was in. Nobody calls her name over the intercom. Nobody else on the floor is told. The advisor walks out and has a real conversation.

“That's the Cheers effect — everybody knows your name — delivered through software, invisibly, at scale.”

For every role in the building

Most managers spend their day spinning plates. Meridian shows you which one's about to hit the floor.

One system, a different view for every role. Each person sees what they need to do their job, and nothing that isn't theirs.

General manager
The customers closest to walking, across every department, in one view. Walk into every meeting already briefed.
Sales managers & GSM
The whole floor at a glance: who's here, who's with them, who's waiting. Assign the right salesperson from wherever you're standing.
Sales advisors
Know who's walking up and what they've been thinking about. Start the day with the next best call, not a list of 37.
BDC
Work the leads that are cooling right now. Your call count stays plainly yours, never a leaderboard.
Service writers
Every call and every customer at the counter arrives with the RO, the history, and what's still unresolved.
Technicians
Your queue, whose car it is, and whether they're waiting. Nothing that times you.
Parts
Callers identified before you pick up, and late parts flagged before the customer has to ask.
F&I
The customer and the deal reach you before the customer sits down, with nothing new to log.
Receptionist
Know who's calling before you answer, and transfer with the context attached instead of lost.
Dealer principal
The few numbers that matter, and a heads-up when a great deal books.
Why it's different

Every other platform gives you more information. Meridian gives you the right information.

There's a difference — and your staff will never silence us.

Typical AI CRMMeridian
ConversationsAutomated with bots and auto-textsYour people have them, better prepared
AlertsMore every quarter, until staff mute themOnly what matters right now, so nobody mutes it
The stackA CRM plus add-ons, glued togetherOne layer every department runs on
Your customersAnother app, another botNothing to download, just a dealership that remembers them
Your peopleLeaderboards and quotasTheir own numbers as facts, and coaching that reaches them first
The workMore fields to fill in after every dealRides the work they already do

Why your staff will actually use it

Clocking in is logging in.

Nobody has to remember to open another system. Their day starts where it already starts.

Nothing extra to type.

Meridian rides the work your people already do. If a feature asks anyone for more, it doesn't ship.

Nothing that cries wolf.

An alert fires only when it's relevant, it's now, and it's theirs to act on. Everything else waits until it is.

One system, not six subscriptions

CRM gets replaced. DMS gets read.

Your DMS stays the system of record for deals, inventory, and accounting. Meridian reads it through an adapter. Everything your CRM holds today moves into Meridian once, at go-live: customers, open leads, follow-ups, notes.

Most stores assemble this capability from separate vendors and glue it together. Meridian is built as one layer that every department runs on.

What a rooftop pays for todayPer month
  • CRM with AI conversation add-ons$2,500–3,500
  • Voice AI and call intelligence$2,000–4,000
  • Plate recognition and arrival alerts$400–800
  • Outsourced or AI BDC$1,500–3,000
  • Reporting and dashboards$500–1,500
  • Integration glue and consultants$500–2,000
  • Assembled stack$7,400–14,800
  • MeridianOne line item

Ranges are typical published and quoted figures for a franchise rooftop. Your walkthrough prices against what you actually pay.

Founding dealer program

Meridian launches one store at a time, with the founder on site.

A 90-day pilot with measured before-and-after results. Founding dealers shape the product with seventeen years of floor experience on their side of the table.

  1. Walk the floor together

    The first meeting happens at your store. We watch a real hour before anything goes on a screen.

  2. Confirm the fit

    Your DMS, your phone system, your current CRM, and where two plate cameras would go.

  3. Prepare every manager

    Every manager gets a 30-minute one-on-one before launch: what Meridian does for them, what they control, and what to flag on day one.

  4. Go live with the founder in the building

    Adam lives at the pilot store through launch. Technical support runs remotely alongside.

  5. Measure what changed

    Return rates, CSI, and recovered customers, compared against your own numbers from before go-live.

Plans

Priced per rooftop. Quoted at your walkthrough.

The price depends on your DMS connection and phone setup, so we quote it once we have seen both.

Lens Core

Single-rooftop, lower-volume franchise stores.

  • The full Meridian platform for one rooftop
  • Arrival and call intelligence
  • CRM migration at go-live
  • Onboarding and training

Lens Pro

Most stores

A standard franchise rooftop with active manager use.

  • Everything in Core
  • The complete manager toolset
  • Higher Lens usage for busy stores

Lens Enterprise

Dealer groups and high-volume stores.

  • Everything in Pro
  • Multi-rooftop dashboards
  • Dedicated customer success manager
  • Priority support
One-time setup covers plate cameras, the DMS connection, and training. Founding dealers get the founder on site through launch.
“Other systems in this category are racing to automate. Meridian does the opposite: it sharpens what the people already do, so customers experience the dealership as more human, not less.”
Adam Hernandez, Founder & CEO
Built by an operator

Adam Hernandez spent seventeen years on dealership floors. He started selling cars in 2008 at eighteen, moved into management in 2015, and, with a remarkable team, took Currie Motors Ford of Valparaiso from #220 in the region at launch to #1 in 2025, interrupting an 18-year reign by the previous incumbent.

He left a senior leadership position to build Meridian full-time. Meridian is designed from documented, hour-by-hour walkthroughs of real dealership roles.

17years on dealership floors
#220in region at launch, 2015
#1in region, 2025
Questions GMs ask first

Straight answers.

Is this another CRM?

It replaces your CRM. Customer records, leads, follow-ups, and notes all live in Meridian. Your existing CRM data moves over once at go-live. Your DMS stays exactly where it is, and Meridian reads it.

Will my customers know it exists?

No. There is nothing for them to download or talk to. They deal with your people, who simply know more about them at the right moment.

How do plate cameras handle privacy?

A plate is a public identifier, and Meridian uses no facial recognition or biometrics. Customer details go only to the person who needs them, and nobody else on the floor.

Is this meant to replace staff?

No. Meridian is built to give your people time back and make them better at the work they already do. It never asks anyone to do more, and it never stands in for a person in front of your customer.

What does it cost?

Meridian is priced per rooftop per month, with a one-time setup. We quote after the walkthrough because your DMS and phone setup change the number. Expect it to come in under what most stores pay for the separate tools it replaces.

When can we start?

Meridian launches store by store. Our first pilot dealer is signed, and we're selecting the next founding dealers now. A walkthrough is the first step, and it costs you nothing but an hour on your own floor.

Book a walkthrough

Start with a 30-minute call. Then we walk your floor.

Pick a time for a 30-minute call with Adam, or tell us about your store and he'll reach out.

Pick a timeWeekdays, 9–5 Central
adam@meridiandealer.ai
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