Suraj Viswanathan

About Suraj Viswanathan

I started on the showroom floor, not in tech—spending 20+ years inside automotive sales and operations, where I learned exactly how pricing, financing, and margins work. After scaling a dealership to #1 in the region with 200%+ growth, I saw the real problem: consumers make billion-dollar decisions without access to the data that actually drives the deal. So I built DriveYo. I’m a hands-on technical founder, designing and building an AI-driven platform that ingests VIN data, integrates lender and incentive programs, and computes real-time pricing, payments, and negotiation insights. DriveYo is a full-stack intelligence layer for car buying—turning insider knowledge into scalable software and putting control back in the hands of consumers.

Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Driveyo

   Oct 2025 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Car buying is broken.Over $20B a year is quietly taken from consumers through hidden markups, opaque financing, and information asymmetry.Dealers have the data.Customers don’t.That’s the system.DriveYo ends it.We’re building an AI-powered intelligence layer for car buying—one that exposes the true structure of every deal in real time: pricing, APR, incentives, and profit margins.No guessing.No games.No imbalance.I’ve spent 20+ years inside the system—scaling sales, leading teams, and becoming #1 in performance. I know exactly how deals are built.Now we’re flipping it.DriveYo gives the customer the same power as the dealer.This isn’t a feature.This is a shift in control.$20B back to consumers.We’re not fixing car buying.We’re replacing how it works.

Education

• Sathyabama Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai

  BE

Skills

• Leadership
• Mobile Devices
• Customer Service
• Strategy
• Enterprise Marketing
• Strategic Partnerships
• Contract Negotiation
• Selling
• Start-Ups
• Mailchimp
• Human Resources
• Document Management
• Small Business Marketing
• Business Strategy
• Transportation
• Social Media Marketing
• Warehousing
• Records Management
• Management
• Negotiation
• Email Marketing
• Pricing
• International Logistics
• Entrepreneurship
• P&L Management
• Public Speaking
• Marketing
• Business Development
• Digital Marketing
• Strategic Planning
• Logistics
• New Business Development
• Relocation
• Account Management
• Communication
• Sales
• Small Business Management
• Talent Management
• Android
• Sales Management