Our story

AI RevOps for
dealerships.

DriveUpSales.ai was born from a simple truth: great dealerships still lose deals they should win, not from lack of effort but from a gap no existing tool was built to close. We exist to close it.

Our mission

Dealerships already have everything they need to close more deals. The data is there, in every conversation, every customer interaction, every piece of inventory that moves through the lot. The problem has never been a lack of data. It has been a lack of a system that connects it all and puts the right insight in front of the right person at the right moment.

We built DriveUpSales.ai to be that system. One intelligence layer across the entire dealership, shaped around every role. So a rep walks into a conversation knowing exactly what matters to that customer. A manager sees where the pipeline is healthy and where it is not. And no opportunity quietly disappears just because someone was busy.

That kind of edge used to belong to the biggest dealer groups with the deepest pockets. We are here to make it available to everyone.

The team

Meet the founders

Two people obsessed with a single outcome: helping dealers win more deals with less busywork.

Carson Ray

Carson Ray

Chief Executive Officer

LinkedIn

As CEO, Carson drives product vision and go-to-market strategy. His rule is simple: if it does not move the needle on the floor, it does not ship.

Deepak Dhaka

Deepak Dhaka

Chief Technology Officer

LinkedIn

Deepak leads engineering and AI architecture at DriveUpSales.ai. He builds the systems that convert raw dealership data, including calls, CRM events, and lead history, into real-time intelligence your team can act on in seconds.

What drives us

Our principles

Speed wins.

In automotive sales, the first responder wins the deal. Every feature we build is optimized for velocity above everything else.

Dealers first.

Every feature ships because a real dealer had a real problem. We don't build for investor demos or pitch decks. If it doesn't solve something a GM or sales rep faces daily, it waits.

AI with context.

Generic AI isn't enough. We train on automotive-specific data, objection patterns, and deal flow so the outputs are actually useful on the floor and not embarrassing.

Trust through results.

We don't sell outcomes we can't prove. Every claim we make is backed by data from real dealerships. When the numbers speak, we get out of the way.

© 2026 DriveUpSales.ai. Built for dealers who refuse to lose.