Motorcycle & Powersports News · May 2026
Details the Moto Morini deployment of Ekho’s AI Sales Agent and its buyer-qualification workflow.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
Overview
Ekho is a New York-based commerce infrastructure company for titled vehicle dealerships, OEMs, and dealer groups. It provides an AI sales agent, a 50-state transaction engine, and an AI-native website to help dealers sell vehicles online with less manual work.
Primary product
Commerce infrastructure for digital vehicle sales (AI Sales Agent + Transaction Engine + AI-native Website)
Founded
2022
Headquarters
New York, New York, United States
Team size
11-50
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Automotive commerce / dealer software / vehicle retail infrastructure
Offices
New York, United States
India (distributed workforce)
Business model
B2B SaaS
usage/transaction-enabled software
enterprise platform licensing
Funding
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$17.9M
Latest round
Series A · Jul 2025
Latest amount
$15M
Jul 2025 · Activant Capital
Jul 2025
Pre Seed Round
Aug 2022 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
Rowan Mockler
Co-Founder
Chris Howard
Co-Founder
Will K.
Founding GTM
Connie Jan
Founding Product Designer
Ali Hagenburg
Head Of Operations
Jared Colow
Operations Research Lead
Nadim El-Jaroudi
Founding DevOps Engineer
Jeremy Lamande
Chief Revenue Officer (Fractional)
Founding Finance & Strategy Lead
Platform Operations Lead
Automation Engineer
Software Engineer
Work & culture
Public evidence suggests a fast-moving, high-ownership startup culture focused on AI-heavy execution and rapid shipping. A LinkedIn post states more than 80% of code is written by AI and that the company rebuilt its corporate site in a week.
Compensation
No public compensation data was found. LinkedIn evidence shows active hiring and some roles in engineering/operations, but no salary ranges were surfaced in primary sources.
Product & market
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; likely enterprise SaaS / platform pricing with transaction or implementation components.
Differentiators
- —End-to-end checkout from lead to keys, not just lead capture
- —50-state transaction and compliance engine
- —Dealer/OEM-native workflows for financing, titling, registration, taxes, and fraud checks
- —AI sales agent across chat, SMS, and email
- —AI-native website focused on search visibility, speed, and conversion
- —Designed to preserve dealer margins and fit existing sales processes
Technology
Shopify
Stripe Checkout
Stripe
React
Datadog
NoSQL
Intercom
Retool
Python
Kubernetes
Docker
Mixpanel
SQL
Firebase
TypeScript
JavaScript
Figma
Sentry
Lever
Segment」「Notion」「Zapier」「GitHub
Customers
OEMs
dealerships
dealer groups
marketplaces
powersports dealers
automotive dealers
marine dealers
RV dealers
golf cart dealers
LSV dealers
OPE dealers
EuroCycle Group
Stark Future
Competitors
Carketa
CarNow
Gubagoo
Tekion
AutoFi
RouteOne
Dealer.com
Shift Digital
Reynolds and Reynolds
Latest news
Powersports Business · May 2026
Reports Moto Morini’s rollout of Ekho’s AI Sales Agent to qualify buyers and route leads across its U.S. dealer network.
Powersports Business · Jul 2025
Trade press coverage emphasizing dealer/OEM checkout workflow and industry use cases.
Motorcycle Powersports News · Jul 2025
Announced $17.3M in seed and Series A funding; details platform scope, investors, launch timing, and customer traction.
Built In NYC · Jul 2025
Covers the funding round and product architecture, including Ekho Dealer, Access, and Omni.
Jobs and careers at Ekho
4 jobs at Ekho
Chief of Staff
On-site
GTM
New York City HQ; New York, New York, United States
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Admin Operations Associate
On-site
Operations
New York City HQ
3mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Enterprise Account Executive
On-site
GTM
New York City HQ
7mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Full-stack Engineer
On-site
R&D
New York City HQ
1y ago
On-site
Full-time