Hello! I'm Ryan Carson. After graduating with a Computer Science degree, I went on to become a Developer, Founder, and CEO. Over 25 years, I've built, scaled, and sold three developer-focused startups.
Web app for sending large files. Pioneered terabytes of data transfer and storage before the advent of the modern Cloud. Acquired in 2008.
Grew from $0 → $250k
Global tech conferences with thousands of attendees. Speakers included founders of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and more. Acquired in 2011.
Grew from $0 → $1m
Online Computer Science school. Raised $23M in investment, scaled the team to over 100 employees, and educated over 1,000,000 students. Acquired in 2021.
Grew from $0 → $10m+
I raised $23m in venture capital, managed hundreds of employees and was voted Entrepreneur of the Year 2015.
Ryan outlines a practical Code Factory workflow: risk-aware CI gates, machine-verifiable browser/test evidence, and automated review loops so coding agents can ship safely at high velocity.
Ryan introduces Antfarm for OpenClaw and explains how a single install command provisions a deterministic multi-agent workflow with verification steps to produce repeatable PRs.
Ryan shares a daily agent-driven E2E pattern that runs signup and onboarding checks each morning and automatically files actionable bugs before regressions reach users.
Ryan details a nightly autonomous loop where agents compound learnings from prior work, update operating instructions, and continue shipping prioritized tasks while you are offline.