# Aníbal Madrid Carrasco

> Aníbal Madrid Carrasco is the Chilean electrical engineer who founded SoyMomo, a maker of connected devices for children. His work spans GPS watches, tablets and a controlled first smartphone, combining hardware with parental-control software. SoyMomo began selling watches in Chile in 2016 and subsequently expanded into Europe and the United States.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at SoyMomo®
- **Organizations:** SoyMomo®, Sosmart Labs, Hackers @ Beauchef, Advanced Mining Technology Center, Universidad de Chile
- **Nationality:** Chilean
- **Education:** Electrical Engineer; automatic control, robotics and artificial intelligence, Universidad de Chile, Licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Mención Eléctrica, Universidad de Chile, EECS exchange student (one semester), University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Founded SoyMomo and took its devices from Chile into international markets., Led SoyMomo through its $5 million Series A announced in August 2021., Reported more than 350,000 devices manufactured and shipped in his public LinkedIn biography.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Studied for a semester as an EECS exchange student at UC Berkeley.
- **2013** — Founded Hackers @ Beauchef at Universidad de Chile.
- **2014** — Completed electrical engineering studies; undertook thesis work at the Advanced Mining Technology Center and began leading Sosmart Labs.
- **2016** — SoyMomo began in Chile; its first 1,000 watches were ready for sale in November.
- **2018** — SoyMomo entered Spain, according to its company timeline.
- **2021** — SoyMomo announced a $5 million Series A with Equitas Capital as sole investor.
- **2023** — Directed a transfer of SoyMomo funds out of Silicon Valley Bank after seeing warning signs on Twitter.
- **2024** — Discussed manufacturing and product setbacks on the MAS Pitch podcast.
- **2025** — Explained his goal of delaying children’s first unrestricted mobile phone in an October interview.
- **2026** — SoyMomo’s official history lists the introduction of the Space 4.0 watch.

## Achievements

- Founded SoyMomo and took its devices from Chile into international markets.
- Led SoyMomo through its $5 million Series A announced in August 2021.
- Reported more than 350,000 devices manufactured and shipped in his public LinkedIn biography.
- Received Universidad de Chile outstanding-student recognitions listed on his public profile for 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — In a La Vanguardia interview published October 9, Madrid explained app approval, local AI processing and the aim of delaying a child’s first mobile phone.
- **2024-12** — Publicly proposed a nonprofit SoyMomo kindergarten on LinkedIn; the post describes a plan, not a confirmed opening.

## Links

- Website: https://soymomo.com/
- LinkedIn: https://cl.linkedin.com/in/anibalmadrid

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Last updated: 2026-10-22