# Fore Datum > Fore Datum is an AI-first software company. Its AI agents pull a business's data back from its vendors into one governed picture, on storage the business owns, read by AI agents that speak its language. Built inside a working Mercedes-Benz Van Center. Fore Datum LLC, Utah. Contact: info@foredatum.com ## What customers get - Certainty: every AI answer is reconciled across sources and traced to the system, feed and date it came from; variances are flagged, and untraceable figures are not shown ## Pages - [Home](https://foredatum.com/): what Fore Datum does, a sample answer with its sources, how it works, and why the answers can be trusted - [For dealers](https://foredatum.com/dealers.html): how it works in five stages, who it serves, and questions to ask any data vendor - [About](https://foredatum.com/about.html): where Fore Datum came from and what it believes - [Contact](https://foredatum.com/contact.html): start a conversation - [Book a demo](https://outlook.office365.com/book/ForeDatum@NETORGFT20275420.onmicrosoft.com/): pick a 30-minute demo slot - [Privacy](https://foredatum.com/privacy.html): what this site collects, why, and how to ask for it to be deleted ## For auto dealers - Data reclamation: lands DMS, CRM and OEM data on storage the dealer owns - Data optimization: reconciles on VIN and customer keys, dedupes, checks each source - Marketing ecosystem: audiences built from transactions, with suppression applied first - Dataspine: one backbone for DMS, CRM, OEM portal, service and telematics feeds, with receipts at every stage - VIN metaprofiling: a living profile per vehicle - Operator copilots: plain-language answers from live dealership data ## Proof points (sourced) - 1 live Mercedes-Benz Van Center runs every capability daily - 5,600+ VINs linked to customer profiles in the governed warehouse (distinct VINs in the customer-VIN link table, counted 2026-11-06) - DMS and inventory feeds land daily - VIN profiles shown on the website are labeled example records, not customer data ## Company - Ownership is the architecture: data stays on infrastructure the customer controls - Multi-model: several AI providers, each used for the work it does best - General business: the same architecture applies to any business whose systems don't talk to each other ## Optional - [Full site text](https://foredatum.com/llms-full.txt): every page as Markdown in one file - Markdown twins: each page is also served as Markdown, e.g. [https://foredatum.com/dealers.md](https://foredatum.com/dealers.md) - [Sitemap](https://foredatum.com/sitemap.xml) - [Email the team](mailto:info@foredatum.com) --- # Fore Datum · AI-first software for dealerships > AI agents that answer your dealership's questions from DMS, CRM and OEM data you own, every number traced to its source. Built inside a live dealership. Canonical: https://foredatum.com/ AI-first software for dealerships # Answers you can be certain of. From data you own. Fore Datum's AI agents bring your DMS, CRM and OEM data onto storage you own, then answer your questions in plain words, with every number traced to its source. [Start a conversation →](contact.html) [Book a 30-minute demo](https://outlook.office365.com/book/ForeDatum@NETORGFT20275420.onmicrosoft.com/) Illustration with sample data. In your store, answers come from your own systems, inside your own environment. Proven on the floor Built inside a working Mercedes-Benz Van Center, and run there every day. 5,600+ VINs linked to customer profiles in the dealership's governed warehouse Daily DMS and inventory feeds land fresh every morning 5 source types on one spine: DMS, CRM, OEM portal, service and telematics Source: Fore Datum warehouse, distinct VINs in the customer-VIN link table, counted November 6, 2026. Built for the people who keep vehicles moving: the service lane, the parts counter and the sales floor. How it works ## Twelve portals in. One answer out. Each of your vendors holds a piece of the store. Fore Datum puts the pieces back together on your storage, and keeps a receipt at every step. DMS deals and ROs 6:12 AM ✓ CRM leads 6:20 AM ✓ OEM statement Oct 31 ✓ Service schedule 6:05 AM ✓ 1 · Land ### Your data, on storage you own Feeds from your DMS, CRM, OEM portal and service systems land every day on infrastructure you control, checked for freshness on arrival. W1Y4NBHY4RT000117 3 systems agree Ana Rivera 3 records → 1 In-service date DMS 3/14 · OEM 3/21 Variance Flagged for review 2 · Reconcile ### One record per vehicle and customer Vehicles and customers are matched across systems on VIN and customer keys. Where sources disagree, the difference is flagged, not hidden. Customer-pay service on 2022 Sprinters is up 9% this quarter. Source DMS repair orders Checked Matched to OEM ✓ 3 · Answer ### Plain answers, with receipts Managers ask in their own words. Every answer shows the system, feed and date behind each number, so you can act on it. Examples use sample data. Certainty ## Every answer comes with a receipt. An AI answer is only useful if you can act on it. So nothing reaches you until it has been reconciled across your systems and traced back to where it came from. Every figure links to the system, feed and date it came from. When two sources disagree, you see the variance, not a guess. If a number can't be traced, it isn't shown. Ownership ## Yours, secured, and never locked to one AI. ### Your storage Everything lands on infrastructure you control. It stays portable, and readable even if you stop using Fore Datum. ### Locked down by default Runs in Microsoft Azure, encrypted in transit and at rest. Access is set by role. ### The right model for each job Several AI models from several providers, each on the work it does best. Your context stays on your storage, so it carries across models. Let's talk ## Tell us what you run. We'll show you what you own. A conversation, not a pitch. Bring the systems you use and the question you can't get answered today. [Start a conversation →](contact.html) [Book a 30-minute demo](https://outlook.office365.com/book/ForeDatum@NETORGFT20275420.onmicrosoft.com/) --- # About Fore Datum · AI-first software, Utah > Fore Datum is an AI-first software company in Utah, building AI agents on dealer-owned data, proven inside a working dealership. Canonical: https://foredatum.com/about.html About Fore Datum # AI-first. Proven on the floor. Fore Datum is an AI-first software company. It started inside a working Mercedes-Benz Van Center, where the problem was plain: the store's own data was spread across vendors who treated it as theirs. Everything we build runs there first, every day. What we believe ## Your data is yours. 01 ### Ownership is the architecture Data lands on storage the business controls. If Fore Datum disappeared tomorrow, the data and its history would stay. 02 ### Every number has a receipt If we can't show where a figure came from, we don't show the figure. 03 ### The right model for each job We use several AI models from several providers and change them as the field moves. Your context stays with you. 04 ### Prove it in production New capabilities run at a live dealership before we offer them to anyone else. Beyond dealerships ## Same problem, other industries. Any business whose systems don't talk to each other, and whose vendors hold its data hostage, has the same problem. The Dataspine works the same way there: land it, reconcile it, govern it, and answer from it. [Talk to us about your business →](contact.html) --- # Contact Fore Datum · Book a demo > Start a conversation with Fore Datum. Tell us which systems you run and the question you can't get answered. Canonical: https://foredatum.com/contact.html Let's chat # Start a conversation. A conversation, not a pitch. Tell us what you run and the question you can't get answered today. [Book a 30-minute demo →](https://outlook.office365.com/book/ForeDatum@NETORGFT20275420.onmicrosoft.com/) Or email [info@foredatum.com](mailto:info@foredatum.com) --- # AI for franchise auto dealers · Fore Datum > How Fore Datum works for a franchise dealership: DMS, CRM, OEM and service data on storage you own, reconciled on VIN. Canonical: https://foredatum.com/dealers.html For auto dealers # Run the store from one picture. Fore Datum was built inside a working Mercedes-Benz Van Center, against the systems a franchise store actually runs. Here's how it fits into yours. How it works ## Five stages. Receipts at each. 01 · Land ### Feeds arrive DMS, CRM, OEM portal, service and telematics data lands daily on storage you own. 02 · Validate ### Checked on arrival Every file is checked for freshness and shape before it is trusted. 03 · Reconcile ### Keyed on VIN Customers and vehicles are matched across systems, and disagreements are flagged. 04 · Govern ### Who sees what Access is set by role, and every number keeps a trail back to its source. 05 · Serve ### Answers on the floor Managers ask in plain words, and campaigns and reports draw on the same picture. Who it's for ## Every desk in the store. The same governed picture serves the dealer principal and the service advisor. Each sees what their role needs. 01 ### Dealer principal One view across sales, service, parts and the factory statement, without waiting for month-end. 02 ### Sales manager Aging units matched to open leads, and trade-in equity from real service history. 03 ### Service and parts Every VIN's history in one place, and customers due back before they drift to an independent shop. 04 ### Controller Variances between the DMS and the OEM statement surfaced as they happen, with the source of each number. 05 ### Marketing Audiences from real transactions, with suppression applied before anything is sent. Before you sign with anyone ## Questions to ask any data vendor. 01 ### Where does my data live? On storage you control, or inside the vendor's platform? 02 ### What happens if I leave? Can you keep reading your history without them? 03 ### How do you get the data? Through approved feeds and dealer-authorized access, or by screen scraping? 04 ### Can I trace a number? Can every figure be followed back to the system and file it came from? 05 ### Which AI, and who chooses? Are you locked to one model provider, or does the platform use the right model for each job? Let's chat ## Bring your systems. We'll map them. Tell us which DMS, CRM and OEM portals you run, and we'll show you what one governed picture looks like for your store. [Start the conversation →](contact.html) [Book a demo](https://outlook.office365.com/book/ForeDatum@NETORGFT20275420.onmicrosoft.com/) --- # Privacy · Fore Datum > What Fore Datum collects on this website, why, where it goes, and how to ask us to see or delete it. Canonical: https://foredatum.com/privacy.html Privacy # Your data stays yours. The same rule we build for customers applies to this website. Here is exactly what it collects and what we do with it. Effective November 6, 2026 · Fore Datum LLC, Utah, USA ## What we collect When you use the contact form: the name, work email, company, systems and message you type. Nothing is sent until you press send. When you visit a page: we log the page requested, the response status, the website that referred you (the site name only), and, if your browser identifies as a known search or AI crawler, that crawler's name. We do not log IP addresses or full browser details in our own records. What we do not use: no cookies, no advertising or analytics trackers, no third-party scripts, and no fonts or files loaded from other companies' servers. ## How we use it Contact-form messages are emailed to our team so we can reply, and may be recorded in our customer relationship system so we can follow up. Page logs tell us which pages people and AI agents read, so we can improve the site. We do not sell or rent personal information, and we do not use it to train AI models. ## Where it is kept This site, its logs and our email run on Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 in the United States. As our hosting provider, Microsoft may process standard network data, such as IP addresses, to operate and protect the service. ## How long we keep it Contact messages are kept while we are in conversation with you and for our business records afterward, unless you ask us to delete them. Page logs are deleted automatically after a limited retention period. ## Your choices Email [info@foredatum.com](mailto:info@foredatum.com) to ask what we hold about you, to correct it, or to delete it. We will answer within 45 days. ## Changes If this policy changes, we will update this page and its effective date.