Host: Mike Allen – Cambria Private Capital

🔍 About This Episode

In today’s episode, Mike Allen sits down with Anthony Brennan, Board & Business Development Director at Autonomy, part of the MTC Group. Autonomy is redefining how dealerships and OEMs deliver digital experiences by designing platforms that combine freedom, flexibility and scale.
This conversation dives into how Autonomy was built — not just as a product, but as a philosophy. It’s about giving power back to teams, dealers, and customers through smart systems that enable rather than restrict.

🧭 Key Themes & Talking Points

1️⃣ Origins & Vision

What sparked the creation of Autonomy — and what ‘autonomy’ truly means in an industry rooted in legacy systems.

2️⃣ Scaling Gracefully

The balance between customisation for dealers and the discipline of keeping a robust, scalable core.

3️⃣ Team Autonomy & Culture

How Autonomy empowers internal teams to make decisions, innovate fast and remain aligned.

4️⃣ Customer Success Stories

Real-world impact: dealers and OEMs who have transformed performance through Autonomy’s platform.

5️⃣ Lessons for Leaders

Anthony’s top lessons on building autonomy into products, organisations, and leadership structures.

🎯 Who Should Listen

Dealer principals & OEM leaders
Founders in platform or SaaS businesses
Anyone scaling teams, tech or culture

🔗 Learn More
Explore Autonomy at: getautonomy.co.uk
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Show Notes – Strong on AI, Automotive 🚘🤖

In this episode of Ignite & Scale, we sit down with Devin Daly, founder and CEO of Impel, the first unicorn on our podcast. Devin takes us inside the incredible journey from investment banking to building a global AI powerhouse transforming automotive retail.

Impel now powers 36bn shopper interactions, driving over $9 billion in sales across 51 countries. From humble beginnings creating 360° product visualizations for fashion brands to becoming the leading AI platform in automotive, Devin shares how bold vision, smart pivots, and relentless focus on people and culture fuelled their success.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• How Impel scaled from fashion e-commerce to revolutionizing automotive AI
• Why car dealerships’ razor-thin margins made them ripe for disruption
• How AI is unifying the fragmented consumer journey across sales, service, and aftersales
• The role of culture, agility, and world-class talent in scaling to unicorn status
• Lessons from building an AI Center of Excellence in Georgia
• What the next 5–10 years look like for AI in automotive retail – from digital concierges to predictive vehicle acquisition

Key Takeaways:

• AI isn’t replacing people – it’s augmenting dealerships, boosting profitability, and elevating customer experience.
• Scaling globally means balancing speed, agility, and culture.
• The future of automotive retail will be driven by always-on AI brains guiding the entire consumer lifecycle.

📌 Learn more about Impel: impel.ai
📧 Contact: info@impel.ai

In this episode of Ignite & Scale, Mike Allen sits down with Charlie Cook, founder of Rightcharge, to explore how a climate-driven mission evolved into one of the UK’s most innovative EV charging businesses.

What began as a simple comparison tool has since transformed into core EV charging payments software—a tech platform designed to make charging payments seamless and accurate for both drivers and admins. This evolution from spreadsheet beginnings to trusted technology partner highlights the company’s ability to pivot, scale, and seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

From spotting a gap in the market, to building trust with major customers, to connecting the dots between the original mission and the platform’s current role in the EV ecosystem

📌 Listen Now

🎧 [Apple Podcasts]

🎧 [Spotify]

🎧 [YouTube]

👉 If you’d like to connect with Charlie directly, you can reach him on LinkedIn.

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🎧 www.cambriaprivatecapital.com

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