Ekho

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) · Car Dealerships
$18.5Mtotal raised · 2 rounds on record
2open roles
$17.3Mlatest round · Venture round · Jul 2025 · 16 mo ago
3backers · Y Combinator, Activant Capital

Overview

The vehicle commerce platform that closes deals 24/7. AI sales agents, high-converting websites, and a 50-state transaction engine for titled vehicle dealerships.

Key facts

As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 2 open roles at Ekho. Ekho is headquartered in New York, United States. It was founded in 2022. It has raised $18.5M in 2 funding rounds. The latest round is Venture - Series Unknown of $17.3M, announced in 2025.

Headquarters
New York, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
Founded
2022Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
Employees
50+Alion company profile, an estimated range
Total raised
$18.5MSum of 2 equity rounds Alion knows
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown · $17.3M · Jul 1, 2025Press report · powersportsbusiness.com
Visa sponsorship, United States
5 · H-1B filings in 12 monthsUS Department of Labor · latest filing May 28, 2026
Technologies in its job postings
11Named in its job postings
Official records

Funding and backers

Total raised
$18.5M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$17.3M
Venture round · Jul 2025 · 16 mo ago
Team
28
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +211% in a year
Hiring now
2
open roles
Backers
3
Y Combinator, Activant Capital
The money's age
Due for its next round
16 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 2026 Formerly Airdealer (ekhodealer.com) 2025 Team of 28 was 9 · US Form 5500 (plan participants) Jul 1, 2025 Raised a round Venture round $17.3M Jun 2022 Went through Y Combinator 2022 Founded May 13, 2015 Raised a round Venture round $1.2M · mediapost
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 7%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Jul 2025 $17.3M — powersportsbusiness.com
Venture round May 2015 $1.2M — mediapost
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Jobs

$180k – $230k per year · In office · Full-Time · New York
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$178k
Typical range
$125k – $230k
Open positions
2
1 Jobs
Junior 100%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 1 $125k $125k
Highest paying role Full-stack Engineer $230k
Normalized to USD per year

Visa sponsorship

#2,586 of 8,998 sponsors
5
H-1B filings in 12 months
$143k
Median offered salary
2
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Industrial engineers
2
Software developers
2
Compliance officers
1
The salary offered for each occupationVisa pass · 90 credits
In the register as Ekho Inc., New York, NY
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US Department of Labor · latest filing May 28, 2026 · Visa details by country

Growth

Hiring Momentum
42/100
Stable
Open positions
2
0 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
75 days
faster than 16% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
100% ▼

Financials

Total raised
$18.5M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2025 $17.3M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2015 $1.2M Details

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Ekho over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
11
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
86/100AI adopter
Languages
Node JS
JavaScript
Frameworks & libraries
Express
React.js
Cloud & platforms
Anthropic
Firebase
GCP
Developer tools
Claude Code
AI & ML
Claude
Practices & domains
AI Agents
Multimodal AI
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Connections

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Shared investors3
124 portfolio companies: Ziina, Yave, Zalos and 121 more
Soma CapitalVia a fund
876 portfolio companies
Y CombinatorVia a fund
6310 portfolio companies

News

News Pulse 2.0 4 months ago
EKHO Infrastructure Solutions Acquires GIS, SSI, And ARES Retaining Wall System
EKHO Infrastructure Solutions has announced three strategic additions to its mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) and retaining wall business: the integration of Ground Improvement Systems (GIS) and Structured Soils Inc. (SSI), two specialized geotechnical
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News dealernews.com 6 months ago
DEALERNEWS What Happens When an Icon Races into AI? How Moto Morini is using Ekho's AI Sales Agent to convert more buyers across its US dealer network. May 11, 2026 See the article
How Moto Morini is using Ekho's AI Sales Agent to convert more buyers across its US dealer network.
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News Pulse 2.0 8 months ago
EKHO Infrastructure Solutions: North American Operations Unified Under Integrated Brand
EKHO Infrastructure Solutions announced that it has unified several previously independent operating companies across North America under a single integrated brand as part of a strategy to deliver coordinated infrastructure solutions for construction proj
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News YahooFinance 8 months ago
EKHO Infrastructure Solutions Unites North American Operations Under Integrated Brand
EKHO Infrastructure Solutions will serve North American construction projects with safe, smart, sustainable infrastructure under a unified brand.
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
New York
New York United States
HQ
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50-200 est. staff $178k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Sales
seen since May 2026 job postings

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Alion, "Ekho: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/ekho

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