We Believe Readiness Is the Greatest Gift a Family Can Give Itself.
CarryOn™ was built because every family deserves to be organized, informed, and prepared — regardless of income, background, or circumstance.
Built for Every Family. Period.
You know the scenario. Someone you love is gone — and suddenly you're standing in their kitchen, opening drawers, looking for a will that might not exist, calling numbers you're not sure are right, trying to figure out what they wanted while barely holding yourself together.
76% of American families will face exactly this. Not because they didn't care — but because no one gave them a simple, secure, affordable way to get ready.
That's why CarryOn exists.
Not only for the wealthy families who already have estate attorneys on retainer. Not only for the tech-savvy early adopters who track everything in spreadsheets. For every family — the single parent working two jobs who needs a checklist their kids can follow, the young couple who just bought their first home and realized they have no plan, the grandparent who wants their voice heard at a graduation they might not make, the blended family navigating who gets what and who needs to know.
CarryOn is the platform that meets all of them where they are — with security they can trust, simplicity they can use, and a price they can afford.
We're not just an app. We build infrastructure for family continuity — so that whatever life brings, your family isn't searching. They know exactly what to do.
Our Mission
Ensure every American family has the clarity, organization, and readiness they need for life's most critical transitions — reducing overwhelm through secure estate infrastructure and intelligent document analysis.
Our Vision
Define the family readiness category and become the standard for families and institutions that refuse to leave their affairs to chance.
Our Values
Readiness Over Reaction.
We don't wait for crisis. We prepare for it.
Security Without Compromise.
Per-estate AES-256 encryption. AI analysis only on documents you explicitly flag for it — processed by xAI, whose published API policy excludes your content from model training. No backdoors. No exceptions.
Accessible to Every Family.
Not just the wealthy. Not just the tech-savvy. Not just the married, the traditional, or the conventional. Every family — however you define yours.
Lean by Design.
Every dollar earns its keep. Every feature ships because families need it — not because investors want it.
People First. Always.
Behind every document in our vault is a person someone loves. Behind every checklist item is a task someone will face on the worst day of their life. We never forget that. Our platform is secure and automated, but our operational teams are real people — trained, empathetic, and personally invested in getting this right for your family.
Founder
CarryOn was founded by Barnet Harris, a retired 24-year military veteran. He “boot-strapped” CarryOn from inception to what it is today because he believes this work matters. That conviction — that every family deserves to be ready — is the standard the rest of the team is held to.
Who We Are
CarryOn is led by a small, focused team that believes this work matters. Our leadership brings deep experience across operations, legal, finance, and technology — but what unites us isn't our résumés. It's the shared conviction that 76% is an unacceptable number, and that every family — regardless of who they are, where they live, or what they look like — deserves to be ready.
Our operational workforce is a nationwide network of remote professionals working through a proprietary task assignment system. They're trained for empathy, precision, and the kind of care this work demands. Three teams. One mission.
Customer Service Team (CST)
24/7 platform support
Transition Verification Team (TVT)
Death certificate verification and beneficiary activation
Trustee Services Team (TST)
Confidential execution of Designated Trustee Services (DTS) tasks