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Mar 31, 2026
9 min read
AI Agents in the Dealer Channel: What Manufacturers Should Actually Build First
Most manufacturers are being pitched AI chatbots for their website. The real opportunity is dealer-facing agents that answer configuration questions, draft quotes, and operate inside the workflows where time is actually lost.
ai
agents
dealer-portals
cpq
strategy
elixir
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Mar 14, 2026
11 min read
Bridging Ruby and Elixir: How We Built a Real-Time CPQ Engine with Erlport and Poolboy
A deep dive into the architecture behind our CPQ platform — how we connect a battle-tested Ruby rule engine to Phoenix LiveView using Erlport process pooling and BEAM message passing to deliver real-time product configuration for manufacturers.
elixir
phoenix
cpq
architecture
ruby
engineering
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