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EPISODE · May 31, 2026 · 31 MIN

Scott Painter's Big Plan on Taking TrueCar to $1 Billion | Auto Titans - Episode 10

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Welcome back to Auto Titans. This was one of our favorite conversations yet. This week, we sat down with Scott Painter, the serial entrepreneur who helped digitize car buying, founded TrueCar, and just bought it back for $227 million. Join Diana Lee, Jamie Butters, and Scott Painter as they discuss: Why buying a car in 2026 is still as painful as it was in 2006, How he turned TrueCar from a money-loser to a profitable business in one quarter, The truth about agentic AI, and why most of the auto industry has it completely backwards.

Welcome back to Auto Titans. This was one of our favorite conversations yet. This week, we sat down with Scott Painter, the serial entrepreneur who helped digitize car buying, founded TrueCar, and just bought it back for $227 million. Join Diana Lee, Jamie Butters, and Scott Painter as they discuss: Why buying a car in 2026 is still as painful as it was in 2006, How he turned TrueCar from a money-loser to a profitable business in one quarter, The truth about agentic AI, and why most of the auto industry has it completely backwards.

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