Eric Rea
@ericwilliamrea
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Co-founder & CEO of @PodiumHQ 🇨🇦/🇺🇸
Utah, USA
Joined October 2009
Our engineering teams at @PodiumHQ are on-site every day with auto dealers, HVAC providers, and Medspa owners to build agents that make them more money. We’re excited that @OpenAI chose to feature our story. https://t.co/mvueP5B8n5
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By using GPT‑5.1 to power AI agents that capture leads and close jobs, Podium gives SMBs a faster path to growth.
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Big news at @PodiumHQ today — we just launched a major upgrade to our AI employee: Jerry 2.0. This is the most capable and customizable AI on the market, built to do one thing: make our customers more money. Across the businesses we work with, we’ve learned the biggest
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This is the worst AI will ever be—let that sink in. It’s already outperforming human BDCs. Faster. Smarter. Always on. Just chatted about it with @CarDealershipGuy on the CDG podcast. Take a listen:
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Today I’m joined by Eric Rea, CEO of Podium. We dive into the state of Dealership AI in 2025, the questions dealers should be asking to stay ahead, why 10% of US de…
“This Is the Worst It’ll Ever Be”—State of Dealership AI and What Dealers Should Be Asking My conversation with Eric Rea, CEO of @PodiumHQ: 0:15 What fueled Podium's rapid growth? 1:07 How did Podium get started? 3:00 How is AI transforming dealerships? 5:42 What makes Jerry AI
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I can't wait for Audible x AI voice models where you can interrupt non-fiction books to ask questions.
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airport lounge worship is for dorks who are bad at timing. the optimal airport experience is walking directly from security onto the plane.
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We’re thrilled to share that NVIDIA has highlighted Podium as an industry leader in AI on their earnings call! Acknowledgment from a pioneer like NVIDIA is a testament to our dedication to helping local businesses win big using the power of AI. It's been amazing to see our AI
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It was great chatting with @GuyDealership this week about how AI is changing the game for auto dealers. Our AI Employees are the fastest-growing, highest ROI product we've ever built at Podium! Wondering if you should have Jerry working for your business? Talk to him here:
A.I. Expert: Rise of the A.I. employee in car dealerships • Hack to convert 99% of customers • Raising $420M for the future of A.I. • Why size matters for language models and more! My conversation with @ericwilliamrea, CEO of @PodiumHQ: https://t.co/1WW91dedvF
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Everything in red is regulated in such a way that market forces don’t apply freely. Blue lines are unencumbered.
JUST OUT: "Chart of the Century" Update through June 2024 based on yesterday's CPI report. A few observations: 1. The cost of Hospital Services continues to rank No. 1 and has escalated significantly in the past few years. 2. College Tuition continues to rise but at a slower
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I appreciate Roger’s perspective, but @PodiumHQ's AI Employee is an excellent example of the massive value that AI is creating today. It's become indispensable to thousands of our local business customers, and we see daily examples of revenue uplift and efficiency gains.
🧵 Today I was on @SquawkStreet on @CNBC to talk about the bubble in AI stocks. @GoldmanSachs put out a report warning capex for AI was way too high, given lack of high value use cases. Goldman is right on, but does not address other crippling issues facing AI. Thread. 1/15
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IT'S TIME FOR OFFENSE. We’re on the cusp of a Great Reawakening for startups. Companies that survived the Mass Extinction need to move decisively or risk being beaten by competitors. Here’s what’s changed & how to get *responsibly* aggressive.🧵/1 https://t.co/uVjXLYJY9N
PREDICTION: There's a mass extinction event coming for early & mid-stage companies. Late '23 & '24 will make the '08 financial crisis look quaint for startups. Below I explain when, why & how it will start & offer *detailed advice to founders* on surviving the looming die-off. /1
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I can't wait to upgrade. @eightsleep has been one of the best investments in my overall health and well-being.
BREAKING NEWS: Introducing Pod 4 Ultra. A complete redesign of the fan-favorite @eightsleep Pod, now available in over 28 countries worldwide. âś…2x the cooling power âś…40% quieter âś…Controlled without a phone âś…10x more comfortable âś…And now with snoring detection and mitigation
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Huge shout out to the entire @PodiumHQ team for being named a @ycombinator Top Company for the fourth year in a row. Our local business customers are the backbone of the economy, and it's rewarding to see how hard the entire Podium team works every day to help them win!
Congratulations to the 2024 YC Top Companies! The companies on this list are collectively valued at $458B, with a combined $57.2B in total revenue generated in 2023. https://t.co/NzFurfr56y
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Peter Thiel on customer acquisition: “The kitchen sink approach doesn’t work. Most companies get zero distribution channels to work. If you get just one channel to work you have a great business. If you try for several but don’t nail one, you’re finished. Distribution follows
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most people don’t realize a major part of being a corporate executive is slack jiu jitsu. it’s literally just maintaining state on a million ongoing threads and connecting person A to person B to resolve dependency conflicts at an incredibly rapid pace
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Frank Slootman on alignment: “Sales IS harder, which is why the rest of the org needs to be in alignment and in support of them. We need to provision the entire company behind that. They are experiencing the reality of the marketplace. The rest of us have to adjust to that”
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One of the most important things you can do in scaling a company is maintain a high velocity of shipping product. It eventually becomes almost all that matters.
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As a local business owner, you never forget your first 5-star review. We think you should commemorate it the same way you would the first dollar you made – by framing it. In fact, we did just that for three Podium-loving businesses.
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Album is the real deal. Huge congrats guys!
ANNOUNCING ALBUM FUND IV Thank you to all who have been a part of this. Our best work is yet to come! #avc
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