Automotive software platform Tekion opens new office in Bengaluru; to increase headcount by over 300

Tekion, an automotive software platform backed by former Tesla chief Information officer Jay Vijayan, has moved into a newer and bigger office in Bengaluru. The cloud-native platform serving the automotive retail ecosystem also plans to hire more than 300 professionals in product, design and engineering roles, the company said in a release on January 6.

The California-headquartered firm has onboarded over 52 original equipment manufacturers (OEM) brands on its platform and is used by some of the leading vehicle dealers in the US, Canada and Great Britain, it said.

The platform uses big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) to bring together OEMs (automotive assembly), retailers (vehicle dealers), and consumers.

Binu Mathew, CTO, Tekion, said the company would continue to leverage the best talent to transform automotive retail. "We are increasing our AI, engineering, design, and product management professionals by over 300 globally, especially in India. We are scaling our product, technology, and AI infrastructure to support rapid growth, accelerate AI-based disruption of legacy business processes, and reinforce our position as the industry's innovation leader,” Mathew said.