PAVE.AI

At PAVE.AI, we're transforming the landscape of vehicle inspections. Headquartered in Toronto and Ho Chi Minh City, our team merges automotive and tech expertise to redefine how inspections happen. We've pioneered an intuitive process—accessible via a smartphone link—empowering anyone to conduct a comprehensive vehicle inspection effortlessly.

Through our unique blend of human-guided expertise and machine learning, our process ensures accuracy and efficiency. With just a few clicks and 13 photos, you'll have a real-time, detailed Condition Report in under five minutes. We're making vehicle inspections smarter, quicker, and accessible to everyone.

Co-CEO/Founder

Vicimus

VP Products

Bumper App Inc.

A better way to fix your dealership's RETENTION DEFICIT DISORDER. Now you can launch and manage your own Sales Events in minutes, without hiring a third party.

About Bumper App Inc.

Steve recently founded a bootstrapped start-up, Bumper App Inc., a first-mover fully automated cloud retention marketing tool for car dealers. 

Bumper empowers dealers with the ability to create Loyalty Sales Events targeting their current customer database.  Having an automated online platform drastically reduces the dealer’s usual costs by keeping their retention marketing efforts in-house, while only investing a few minutes effort as the software does all the work. 

Bumper was successfully brought to market in October 2014 and within the first eight months it was embraced by over 10% of the Canadian automotive industry with 300 franchised new car dealers now using the platform. 

2015 is to be a very successful first calendar year for Bumper, with sales expected to exceed initial targets driven mostly by word-of-mouth, which is now spreading into the US market as dealers are witnessing instant results of increased vehicle sales with remarkable ROI.  

Bumper received top honors in San Francisco as 2015’s winner of the AWA Award for Marketing Innovation. The Automotive Website Awards has become the benchmark in recognizing the best vendors of innovative automotive products in technology, and design.

Founder

Kingston Volkswagen & Audi

Managed the operations of sales and lead a seven person sales team for both Volkswagen and Audi.

General Sales Manger

CarFusion Mobile Auctions

Developed one of the first software platforms to enable dealers to wholesale re-market pre-owned vehicles through a bidding platform that worked entirely using a mobile smartphone.

Kingston Nissan

Developed joint venture with the dealership to speculate on pre-owned vehicles to source and trade between franchised dealers throughout Canada. 

Grew to be one of Canada's highest volume wholesalers with annual sales of $43,000,000 to over 150 franchised dealerships located from Nova Scotia to BC and everywhere in between.

National Wholesale Remarketer

Kingston Honda

Came into the role as the first UCM the dealership ever hired. Developed the used vehicle operations from beginning with an inventory of only six units in stock and quickly grew the used car volume of the dealership to become and maintain being the fourth highest national Certified Honda Preowned dealer in Canada with annual certified preowned sales of 680 units.

Used Car Manager

1000 Islands Toyota

Brockville Honda

Sales Manager

With over three decades of experience in the automotive industry, Steve Southin has transitioned from retail to global wholesale and ultimately ventured into Autotech and entrepreneurship. In 2018, he founded PAVE.AI, leveraging his deep industry insights to revolutionize vehicle inspections through advanced AI and computer vision.

Steve's extensive experience in tech and startups includes over 15 years of pivotal product launches, notably with Bumper App, which seamlessly integrated with Vicimus Inc. in 2017. His entrepreneurial spirit has led to the successful launch of three startups, each making unique contributions to the industry.

PAVE.AI embodies Steve's visionary approach to transforming the automotive sector, with a focus on enhancing customer experiences and optimizing processes. His dedication to innovation, particularly in mobile vehicle inspections, marks an exciting new chapter in his journey as he continues to pioneer industry advancements with unparalleled speed and vision.

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