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name change or not?

Quick gut check on a business name. Would love your honest opinions.

I'm launching Trackside AI Systems, an AI text-message assistant for auto detailing, tint, wrap and PPF shops. It answers customers instantly, handles pricing and availability questions, follows up, and books appointments so shops stop losing jobs to missed texts.

Why I like the name:

- Easy to say, easy to spell, easy to remember

- It fits car and racing culture, which is exactly my audience

- It suggests speed and precision, which is what the product is about

- I already have the domain, the website, and my compliance paperwork set up under it

- Searching the exact phrase "Trackside AI Systems" doesn't show any other business using it

The one downside: there's another company called Trackside Systems. They sell timing, ticketing and WiFi technology to motorsport race tracks. Different customers than mine, and as far as I can tell it's a small company, but the names are very close and I can't decide if that will actually be a problem.

Two questions:

1. Would the similar name bother you, or would you not think twice about it?

2. If you were in my position, would you keep the name or change it before getting a first customer?

I haven't launched yet, so changing now is cheap. Changing later is not. Thanks in advance.

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name change or not?