Hendon Jr. on Veterans Day, Cirillo & Collingridge on ÆTHR, Souza on AI | Daily Dealer Live

Today's show features:

- Roger Hendon Jr., General Manager & Operating Partner at Bridgewater Chevrolet

- Michael Cirillo, CEO & Co-founder at ÆTHR

- Dan Collingridge, CTO at ÆTHR

- Italo De Souza, General Manager at Carfive

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