Auto Finance News is excited to announce that Kenyon Adei-Manu, vice president of AI labs and developer platform at Capital One Auto, will join a discussion on agentic AI at Auto Finance Summit 2026, taking place Oct. 5-7 at Caesars Palace Las Vegas.
View the full event agenda here.
Adei-Manu will join the session titled “Welcome to the AI era: Agentic AI in auto finance” at 4:30 p.m. local time on Oct. 6. The panel will discuss optimizing underwriting with AI and integrating lender technology into dealership channels.
He will be joined by Alfa Automotive Market Lead Jason Lloyd and U.S. Bank Senior Vice President of Dealer Services and National Product and Strategy Executive Kristina Bolte.
They will discuss:
- Identifying high-impact areas for digital investment across the entire dealer-consumer journey;
- Using data, analytics and AI to optimize underwriting, pricing and portfolio management; and
- Integrating lending technology into dealership and retail digital sales channels to streamline approvals and funding.
Adei-Manu, who joined Capital One in June 2022, has led the lender’s Auto Navigator platform that provides customers with prequalification tools and dealers with sales process information. He previously served in search engine optimization and product roles at Amazon and Carvana.
Capital One’s auto originations rose 18.9% year over year in the second quarter to $12.9 billion, according to its earnings supplement. Capital One was the fifth-largest auto lender by outstandings at yearend 2025, according to the latest Big Wheels ranking data.
Auto Finance Summit 2026 brings together executives shaping auto lending, credit strategy and capital markets and provides attendees with three days of data-driven insights, networking and real-world strategies to strengthen underwriting, navigate compliance, address affordability, and apply AI and automation in auto lending.
Learn more about Auto Finance Summit 2026 and register here.
