Numa, the Oakland-based AI startup founded in 2017 by Steven Ginn, Joel Grossman ’99, Tasso Roumeliotis, and Andy Ruff, secured $32 million in a Series B funding round, positioning itself as a transformative force for car dealerships across North America. The company initially focused on a broader AI product aimed at conversational commerce. However, the team recognized the immense potential to specialize in the automotive vertical, prompting a pivot to provide highly targeted automation tools for car dealerships.
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