Prestigious recognition highlights Impel’s role as a trusted partner helping automotive retailers and OEMs accelerate transformation and growth
New York, NY, November 5, 2025 – Impel, the global leader in AI solutions for the automotive industry, today announced that it has been named to the 2025 Inc. Power Partner Awards list, which honors the top B2B organizations delivering exceptional value and partnership to their clients.
The annual Inc. Power Partner Awards recognize companies that have demonstrated exceptional impact in helping entrepreneurs and businesses thrive. Selection for this prestigious honor is far from arbitrary — honorees are chosen through a comprehensive, data-driven evaluation that combines quantitative scoring, qualitative feedback, and editorial analysis. Each candidate company undergoes a rigorous multistep process that includes verified client surveys, in-depth testimonials, social sentiment analysis, and independent research by Inc.’s editorial team. Using a proprietary algorithm, Inc. evaluates thousands of data points across performance, reliability, customer satisfaction, and measurable outcomes to identify the most trusted, effective, and influential B2B partners in the world. The result is a highly selective list of organizations that businesses can rely on to navigate complex challenges and scale with confidence.
Impel’s inclusion on the list underscores its deep commitment to helping dealers, OEMs, and industry partners harness AI to improve operational efficiency, elevate the customer experience, and drive measurable business results. Dealers consistently highlight that Impel’s success stems from how deeply the company embeds itself in their operations and long-term growth strategy — a reflection of a true customer-obsessed approach that goes beyond transactional software deployments. Unlike vendors that offer standalone tools or general-purpose platforms, Impel’s AI solutions integrate seamlessly with dealer workflows, providing not just technology, but practical partnership that strengthens every aspect of their business.
“At Impel, we believe that partnership is the foundation of progress,” said Devin Daly, Co-Founder and CEO of Impel. “This recognition from Inc. is a reflection of the trust our customers place in us every day, and of our shared mission to drive the industry forward with enterprise-grade, domain-specific Automotive AI solutions. Dealers choose to work with us because we don’t just deliver software — we embed ourselves in their operations, align with their goals, and continuously optimize for measurable outcomes. We’re proud to stand alongside our partners as we help them transform the automotive retail experience through innovation, collaboration, and results-driven technology.”
Impel provides the industry’s most comprehensive AI Operating System, purpose-built to deliver enterprise-grade performance, security, and scalability across the automotive ecosystem. Unlike generalized AI platforms, Impel combines the world’s leading foundational language models with proprietary, automotive-specific intelligence layers and controls – delivering a vertical AI platform that understands the nuances of automotive retail operations, inventory, and customer behavior. Impel’s AI Operating System unifies marketing, merchandising, sales, and service interactions into a seamless experience, enabling dealers and OEMs to engage and retain customers across the lifecycle while improving productivity, efficiency, and profitability.
This latest recognition adds to a growing list of industry accolades for Impel, including awards and certifications from leading OEMs and strategic partnerships across automotive retail and technology sectors.
“The entrepreneurial journey and community are core to Inc.’s mission, and it’s a true honor to celebrate this year’s Inc. Power Partners — the companies dedicated to helping small businesses and entrepreneurs,” said Bonny Ghosh, Editorial Director at Inc. “Whether they’re coordinating complex marketing campaigns or reliably supporting the day-to-day infrastructure of growing companies, these honorees aren’t simply B2B providers — they are true partners in helping businesses grow and succeed.”
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About Impel
Impel is harnessing the power of AI to transform automotive retailing and has become one of the largest vertical AI companies in the world. The company’s industry-leading Automotive AI Operating System helps retailers and OEMs unify the entire customer journey—fueling faster decisions, deeper connections, and measurable impact at every step along the way. To date, Impel has delivered 40 billion customer interactions, influencing more than $9 billion in Sales and Service revenue across 51 countries.
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