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Carson Ray
Teenage founder & CEO of DriveUpSales.ai, an AI sales-performance software startup for automotive dealerships.
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Oct 5, 2026
18-Year-Old Founder Scale: Carson Ray on Automotive AI and Kingdom Business
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6:50Carson RayGUEST
And I was like, I was like, "I'm gonna make all the money in the world 'cause these, these, you know, these people are gonna blow up." Well, that really didn't work, but, you know, I'd, I'd, I'd sell stuff, and I'd be at, with friends or whatever, and I'd get a notification I just made, you know, 100 bucks, and I'd be like, "Oh my gosh," like, "I didn't even work for that." Um, and it was kinda cool 'cause I grew up with my brother, my oldest brother, Nelson, learning how to do that.
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7:11Carson RayGUEST
While he was starting his first venture, I was in the same room with him, like, talking, like, "Hey, if I do this and this." And my dream was, it's really funny, I have this right here, GT3 RS.
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7:19Carson RayGUEST
I remember I was, I was in his room, and I was, like, doing the calculations what it would cost for how many stuff I'd have to sell to buy a GT3 RS when I turned 16, and it was, like, my whole store 'cause it was, like, the entire wholesaler gave me access to his all inventory.
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7:36Carson RayGUEST
But, you know, just being a visionary was always kinda just a part of life for me.
