Founder & CEO
Space Auto
A unified platform for dealership websites, digital retailing, and customer relationship management, with AI tools for automotive retail.
Entrepreneur · Technologist · Musician
Nick Askew
Nick Askew is an entrepreneur and technologist, founder and CEO of Space Auto, founder of Askew AI, and an owner and partner in Eden Body Art Studios.
About Nick Askew.
Nick Askew works at the intersection of automotive retail, software architecture, and applied artificial intelligence. As founder and CEO of Space Auto and founder of Askew AI, his work spans dealership technology and AI-first software development. His approach is grounded in a practical question: how can technology make the work people already do simpler and more connected?
Before building software companies, Askew worked in automotive retail. In a 2024 interview with ASOTU’s Auto Collabs, he described a path from playing in a band to selling cars, followed by work in finance and insurance, marketing, and dealership operations. That experience exposed him to the disconnected systems used to complete a car sale, and informed his decision to build software for the industry.
Space Auto brings dealership websites, digital retailing, and customer relationship management into a unified platform. Askew has described the company’s aim as connecting what customers and dealers need to transact, rather than adding more disconnected tools. His account of working in retail places the customer experience alongside the day-to-day realities of the people using dealership software.
His public discussions of AI emphasize practical applications, experimentation, and the quality of the underlying data. In subsequent Auto Collabs appearances, he discussed breaking work into specific tasks for AI agents, understanding software architecture, and helping dealers take a more active role in their data strategy. He has also explored how background agents could support operations without making a chatbot the center of every interaction.
At Askew AI, his work extends into AI-first architecture and digital product development. The company’s leadership directory identifies him as CEO and Software Engineer. Alongside his technical work, Askew continues to discuss creativity and the discipline of building: in an April 2025 interview, he reflected on recording a song each day for a month and the lessons that commitment offered for running a startup.
Beyond software, Askew is an owner and partner in Eden Body Art Studios, a premium tattoo studio brand based in Dallas, Texas. In that role he focuses on the company’s growth and expansion, including new studio development and the technology infrastructure supporting its operations. It reflects a broader through-line in his work: building and scaling companies across industries, not only in automotive and AI.
Companies & ventures.
Founder
Askew AI
A design and development agency focused on AI-first software architecture, digital products, and the systems connecting people with artificial workforces.
Owner & Partner
Eden Body Art Studios
A premium tattoo studio brand based in Dallas, Texas. As an owner and partner, Nick Askew works on the company’s growth and expansion, including new studio development and the technology infrastructure supporting its operations.
Selected projects & experiments.
Creator
InertiaPhysics
An experimental browser-based synthesizer created by Nick Askew, exploring computation as a physical medium for sound synthesis. Rather than emulating analog circuitry, the engine draws on concepts including stochastic oscillator drift, parameter inertia, nonlinear feedback, and signal routing to create emergent sonic behavior. It reflects a personal thesis about computation, instability, and synthesis, with the technical argument made in full by its documentation.
Music & creative work.
Composer & Recording Artist
Nick Askew Music
Before his work in automotive technology and software, Nick Askew worked in music as a composer and recording artist. He continues to write and release original music, with work available across major streaming platforms.
Career & selected work.
Connecting the dealership experience
Askew’s move from dealership operations to Space Auto centered on a problem he had experienced firsthand: too many disconnected tools. In his 2024 Auto Collabs interview, he described bringing the customer’s buying journey and the dealer’s working tools together, with connected data as the foundation for applying AI.
Putting AI to practical work
In a July 2025 Auto Collabs appearance, Askew discussed experiments with AI systems that generate software and coordinate business tasks. His later conversation on dealership technology explored CRM workflows, API standards, and background agents—placing software architecture and data integration at the center of practical AI adoption.
Nonprofit & community work.
Trustee · Head of Digital & AI Systems
My Body Is My Body Foundation
The My Body Is My Body Foundation runs a free, music-led child safeguarding program that teaches children about body safety, boundaries, and personal autonomy. As a trustee and head of digital and AI systems, Nick Askew leads the technology infrastructure, hosting, and digital and AI systems behind the program, and supports its fundraising.
Nick has also supported music and technology education initiatives in East Texas, including funding music education programs for elementary students in Hallsville ISD.
Media & appearances.
- ASOTU · Auto Collabs
The Reason Your Dealership Tech Stack Sucks (It’s Not What You Think) with Nick Askew
A conversation about CRM workflows, shared API standards, and the role of background AI agents in dealership operations.
- ASOTU · Auto Collabs
How To Be Your Own CDP with Nick Askew
Software architecture, connected data, and experiments with AI systems that build software and coordinate work.
- ASOTU · Auto Collabs
Do The Things You Told Yourself You Would with Nick Askew
Creativity, perseverance, and the practical steps dealers can take to start working with AI.
- ASOTU · Auto Collabs
For The Sake of Retail Auto with Nick Askew
From music and car sales to founding Space Auto, and why a more human approach to automotive retail matters.
- AutoSuccess
Executive Spotlight with Nick Askew of Space Auto
A video interview on Nick Askew’s background and the vision behind Space Auto.
- The Dealer Playbook
This Mindset Shift Will Transform Your Dealership’s Success w/ Nick Askew
A conversation on leadership, mindset, and building a modern dealership.
- ASOTU · More Than Cars
SEO To GEO: Generative Engine Optimization for Dealerships
A panel discussion on adapting dealership search strategy for generative engines.
Get in touch.
For conversations about Nick’s work, media inquiries, or collaboration, contact the Askew AI team.