
Vehicle Acquisition Network (VAN) is an automotive software platform built to help car dealerships acquire high-quality used vehicles directly from private sellers—without relying on auctions. As wholesale prices rise and vehicle availability tightens, VAN empowers dealers with tools to source inventory faster, more profitably, and with greater control.
VAN aggregates local FSBO (for-sale-by-owner) listings, applies real-time market data to assess profitability, and automates communication with sellers at scale. Buyers can manage leads, track seller conversations, and streamline acquisition workflows through an intuitive CRM-style dashboard designed specifically for dealership teams.
For dealers who don’t have dedicated acquisition staff, VAN offers a Managed Buyer program, pairing stores with expert buyers who actively source, engage, and negotiate with private sellers on their behalf—saving time and boosting acquisition volume without internal hiring.
VAN is trusted by hundreds of dealerships across North America—from independent rooftops to franchise groups—looking to beat Carvana and CarMax at their own game. It's the smarter way to buy cars.
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OpenMetal delivers hosted private cloud and bare metal infrastructure for organizations that have outgrown public cloud pricing or need more control than a hyperscaler will give them.
Built on OpenStack and Ceph, our platform gives you a fully managed private cloud without the cost and complexity of building your own from the ground up. You get dedicated hardware, root-level access, and a transparent fixed-cost model so your infrastructure bill stays predictable as your workloads grow.
Need bare metal without the private cloud overhead? Our dedicated bare metal servers deploy in minutes and can run standalone or integrate directly with an OpenMetal private cloud. Same fixed pricing, same dedicated hardware, no shared resources.
OpenMetal is built for engineering teams, DevOps, and infrastructure leads who are done deciphering complex cloud bills and being financially punished for their growth.
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Knox
Knox serves as a secret management platform designed for the secure storage and rotation of sensitive information such as secrets, keys, and passwords utilized by various services. Within Pinterest, a multitude of keys and secrets are employed for diverse functions, including signing cookies, encrypting sensitive data, securing the network through TLS, accessing AWS machines, and facilitating communication with third-party services, among others. The risk of these keys being compromised posed significant challenges, as the process of rotation typically required a deployment and often necessitated changes to the codebase. Previously, keys and secrets at Pinterest were stored in Git repositories, leading to their replication across the company's infrastructure and presence on numerous employee laptops, which made tracking access and auditing who had permission to use these keys virtually impossible. To address these issues, Knox was developed with the intention of simplifying the process for developers to securely access and utilize confidential secrets, keys, and credentials. It also ensures the confidentiality of these sensitive elements while providing robust mechanisms for key rotation in the event of a security breach, thereby enhancing overall security practices. By implementing Knox, Pinterest aims to streamline secret management processes while fortifying its defenses against potential vulnerabilities.
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PaymentKnox
nsKnox is a financial technology and security firm that assists businesses and banks in safeguarding against fraud and maintaining compliance in B2B transactions. Under the leadership of Alon Cohen, the company's founder and the former CEO of CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), nsKnox offers solutions designed to help entities avoid substantial financial losses, hefty penalties, and damage to their reputation. Today, cybercriminals employ increasingly advanced tactics, including vendor impersonation, business email compromise (BEC), and social engineering methods, to redirect outgoing payments into their fraudulent accounts. As these criminals become more adept, the financial repercussions for affected organizations continue to escalate. To combat this issue, PaymentKnox™ for Accounts Payable provides a technology-based solution that significantly reduces the likelihood of human error and effectively curtails unauthorized payments. This innovative approach not only protects corporate finances but also strengthens overall trust in the payment process.
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