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LotShot

The neutral AI operating layer for automotive dealers

Turn raw dealer inventory into better listings, branded showrooms, and compounding intelligence.

The problem

Dealers manage inventory upstream. Listings perform downstream.

  • Disconnected workflowsVehicle data, photos, pricing, and channel performance sit in separate tools.
  • Slow inventory activationInconsistent imagery and manual listing preparation hold vehicles back.
  • No neutral systemDealers publish across several channels but lack one way to improve every listing.
  • Channels optimise trafficPlatforms sell advertising; dealers need conversion and operational control.

Better vehicle inventory should become better-performing listings — everywhere.

Upstream — how dealers operate
Unstructured photos shot on a dealer lot
Spreadsheets
Manual workflows
Dealer inventory & media
Marketplace A
Marketplace B
Dealer website
Social
Downstream — where listings live
The solution

One neutral layer between dealer inventory and every sales channel.

Dealer inventory — vehicles, photos & data
LotShot — neutral operating layernot a marketplace
01

Capture inventory

Guided angles, plate & VIN

02

Create listing-ready media

AI enhancement, copy, price

03

Publish a branded showroom

Instant, dealer-owned

04

Export or assist posting

To every dealer channel

05

Learn from performance

Vehicle & listing signals

Marketplace A Marketplace B Dealer website Social What's next

LotShot improves the dealer's asset before it reaches any distribution channel.

The product

From vehicle shoot to dealer-ready listing — fast.

  1. Guided vehicle-angle capture
  2. AI photo enhancement — background, lighting, quality, plate anonymisation
  3. VIN / plate-assisted vehicle-data capture where available
  4. Instant branded dealer showroom publishing
  5. Listing-ready package — media, description, suggested price, export workflow
< 90 min
a 10-car shoot
< 15 min
first listing live — assisted / export
Phone photo of a car on a dealer lot Same car rendered in a branded LotShot showroom Showroom output Lot capture

Drag the slider — mobile capture → enhanced listing → dealer showroom → export package.

Value proposition

LotShot helps dealers activate inventory faster and present it better.

Consistent presentation

Professional inventory presentation on every vehicle.

Less manual prep

Minutes of preparation per vehicle, not hours.

Faster activation

A shorter path from arrival to live listing.

Dealer-owned record

Branded showroom presence and an inventory record.

Measurable improvement

A basis for better merchandising, pricing, and performance.

Measured from day one

First pilots measure time-to-listing, demo-to-close, pilot-to-paid, and listing conversion.

On-site onboarding — the early GTM edge
A LotShot representative arriving at a dealer lot 01 · Arrive at dealership
Vehicles being captured on the lot 02 · Capture 5–10 vehicles
The dealer showroom live before departure 03 · Showroom live before departure
Product intelligence

Every vehicle makes LotShot smarter.

01

Capture

A consistent inventory and media record

02

Listing-ready inventory

Structured, reusable assets

03

Performance signals

Price, vehicle, market, engagement

04

Dealer intelligence

Merchandising, pricing, recommendations

Dealer intelligence — compounding quietly

Every vehicle processed adds to the pricing, condition, and merchandising signals a dealer can act on — and the product improves without requiring a marketplace to control the workflow.

The workflow is the product; the data layer is the compounding advantage.

Business model

SaaS first. Higher-value dealer intelligence earned later.

Now

Dealer subscription

Listing preparation, media enhancement, showroom presence, and listing-output workflow.

As proof compounds

Upsells

Data, workflow, and performance intelligence.

Proof gate

adoption, retention
+ unit economics

Longer-term optionality

Dealer intelligence

Higher-value intelligence and transaction workflows — once density and data quality are proven.

Expansion revenue is not assumed before the core dealer engine proves adoption, retention, and unit economics.

Market & competition

Dealers need a neutral layer that no marketplace can provide.

  • Multi-channel realityDealers list across multiple sales channels.
  • Channels can't be neutralA marketplace improves its own environment — not competing channels.
  • Still fragmentedDealer inventory, media, and performance data sit in separate tools.
  • LotShot sits upstreamBetter dealer outputs for every channel, from one layer.

Not a marketplace. Not a classifieds platform. The dealer's listing-performance and inventory-intelligence layer.

Dealer — inventory & media
LotShot — neutral layerupstream
Marketplace A
Marketplace B
Dealer website
Social
performance data flows back
Proof plan

We build the proof that earns scale.

THE PROOF
  • MVP live
  • 5–10 signed pilot dealers
  • 2–5 paid conversions
  • 2–3 documented dealer ROI case studies
  • Core team and repeatable pilot onboarding in place
What we measure
  • Demo-to-close rate
  • Pilot-to-paid conversion
  • Time to first live listing
  • Listing conversion where measurable
  • Monthly churn
  • Gross margin

If pilot conversion or retention fails, we fix product value delivery before scaling GTM spend.

Boots-on-the-ground activation Live proof, not a demo White-glove onboarding Learning loop

Red dots mark the discipline thresholds we watch before scaling spend.

Abu Dhabi commitments

We are building LotShot from Abu Dhabi.

Founder commitment
  • Two founders will relocate to Abu Dhabi
  • One founder has already purchased a residence there
  • Regular, full-time Hub71 operating presence
Company commitment
  • Investor-ready company structure in ADGM
  • MVP, Capture App, and listing-output workflow built from Abu Dhabi
  • Early pilot operation run from Abu Dhabi
Local-team commitment
  • Hire Abu Dhabi-based engineers
  • Hire Abu Dhabi-based sales & marketing to run dealer activation
Founders relocate ADGM entity Product build Local engineering Local marketing & sales Pilot execution

Our commitment is measured by founder presence, local hiring, product delivery, and commercial proof.

First 90 days at Hub71

Establish. Build. Validate.

Days 0–30 — Establish
  • Progress ADGM incorporation and entity structure
  • Confirm two-founder Abu Dhabi operating cadence
  • Open local hiring plan for engineering and marketing/sales
  • Set up Hub71 workspace, cadence, and introduction list
Days 31–60 — Build
  • Ship the MVP capture-to-listing workflow
  • Establish the pilot onboarding playbook
  • Publish first dealer-showroom outputs
  • Train the field-onboarding motion
  • Begin selected Hub71 ecosystem conversations
Days 61–90 — Validate
  • Run 3–5 signed dealer pilots
  • Process 40–80 vehicles / publish 30–75 live listings
  • Convert 2 pilots to paid — or document the learning
  • Publish 2 case studies / dealer-ROI evidence
  • Complete 15–20 in-person dealer onboarding visits

The first 90 days produce evidence — not just presence.

Team

The founders building LotShot.

The workflow is the product. The data is the compounding advantage.

Chad Garrett

Chad Garrett

Sales & growth

Experienced sales & growth professional with a background in digital-asset and OTC markets.

in/chadsgarrett
Dabir Chowdhury

Dabir Chowdhury

Operations

Operator across retail, wholesale, and global trade — bridging traditional businesses into the AI-powered digital economy.

in/dabir-c
Joey Kheireddine

Joey Kheireddine

Engineering

Engineering leader across category-defining Web3 & AI products — Layer 1 mainnets, wallets used by tens of thousands, AI agent launchpads.

in/joey-kheireddine

LotShot turns dealer inventory into better listings today — and the intelligence layer dealers need tomorrow.

LotShot

The neutral AI operating layer for automotive dealers.

Better inventory. Better listings. Better dealer outcomes — built from Abu Dhabi.

We build the proof that earns scale.

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