aid: carnow
name: CarNow
description: >-
  CarNow is an AI-enabled conversion platform built specifically for automotive
  dealerships, helping them turn more website visitors into leads, more leads
  into sales, and more buyers into lifelong service customers. Its product suite
  spans website solutions (AI-powered chat, digital retail, and shop-by-payment
  experiences), sales follow-up automation (Cruise Control, which prioritizes
  high-intent shoppers and automates nurture workflows), and service retention
  (Lane Assist, which drives post-sale engagement and service scheduling). CarNow
  works with more than 4,000 dealer partners and integrates with major OEM
  programs including Acura, Audi, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia,
  Land Rover, and Lexus. The company is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina
  and is backed by Battery Ventures. CarNow does not publish a public developer
  portal, API reference, or SDKs; its api.carnow.com endpoint is a
  partner/internal AWS API Gateway that requires authentication.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carnow/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://www.carnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Group-237.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- battery-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-enrichment-note: >-
  No public developer surface found (no docs/API reference/SDKs). api.carnow.com
  is an internal/partner AWS API Gateway (HTTP 403 MissingAuthenticationToken).
  /.well-known/security.txt on app.carnow.com returns a placeholder string, not a
  valid RFC 9116 policy. Enrichment limited to identity + link-property pointers.
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Automotive
- Digital Retail
- Dealerships
- Conversational Commerce
- Artificial Intelligence
- Lead Generation
- Chat
apis: []
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.carnow.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.carnow.com/blog/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.carnow.com/contact/
- type: Login
  url: https://app.carnow.com/users/sign_in
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.carnow.com/request-demo/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.carnow.com/privacy-policy-2/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.carnow.com/eula/
- type: About
  url: https://www.carnow.com/about/
- type: Careers
  url: https://www.carnow.com/careers/
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/carnow-domain-security.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence