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Bonus Episode: Tekion CEO Jay Vijayan on profitability plans and ROI transparency

In the second half of his interview with Automotive News Retail Tech Reporter Mark Hollmer, Tekion CEO Jay Vijayan discusses the company’s path to profitability in 2026, why Tekion isn’t rushing to go public and how the company delivered 3,000 new features last year while building artificial intelligence tools with transparent return-on-investment dashboards for dealers.

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