Carlos.
Founder & CEO
Carlos started chillibeanmedia. to help good causes be heard. Two decades in technology and the nonprofit sector, three books, and one belief: AI should do the dishes, so people get more time to be human.
Our founder / Carlos.
Good ideas. Greater purpose.
Founder, creator, and a stubborn believer that creativity and technology should help people do more good.
Carlos’s line is simple: let AI do the dishes, so people get more time to be human. That’s how chillibeanmedia. works. Machines take the repetitive stuff. People do the imagining, the caring and the deciding.
The person behind the possibility
Built from experience. Driven by kindness.
Carlos was born in Santiago, Chile, and arrived in Australia in 1991, aged nine. He first saw the power of kindness as a kid in Chile, then again landing in a completely different world. He’s been obsessed with it ever since.
After time in the public service, he started chillibeanmedia. in Canberra in 2018 to help charities raise more online. Then he kept building whatever the sector was missing: a giving app, a fashion label that funds causes, an AI web designer and an AI-native CRM.
Two decades in technology and the nonprofit sector later, the idea is still the same: give people doing good work better stories and better tools, so they get more time to be human.
- 1991Arrives in Australia from Santiago, Chile, aged nine.
- 2018Starts chillibeanmedia. in Canberra.
- 2023Publishes his first book, Great Online Fundraising, which goes on to become an Amazon #1 bestseller.
- 2023Launches gvr., a simpler way for charities to take donations.
- 2024Launches kindpeople., a clothing label that gives to charity with every garment sold.
- 2025Launches fundraiz.ai, the AI-native CRM for charities, to the world.
- 2025Founds techbean., an AI technology and product studio.
- 2025Publishes The Kindness Economy.
- 2026Launches augieai, the AI web designer.
- 2026fundraiz.ai is named a finalist in the Australian Technologies Competition.
- 2026Publishes Just Start Here, a guide to help charities with their AI journey, and launches it at the Canberra Innovation Network.
- TodayFounder and CEO of chillibeanmedia. and fundraiz.ai, CEO of techbean., and still making the weekly call to a charity to ask how he can help.
The team
The people behind the possibility.
Curious by nature. Clear by design. We ask good questions, then bring the right mix of creative and technical people to the job.
Sarah.
Leader, Sales
Sarah’s your first hello. She listens to what you’re trying to achieve and makes sure you see the scope and price before you commit to anything.
Rodrigo.
Leader, Engineering
Rodrigo leads the build: the websites, platforms and AI workflows behind our work and our own products.
John.
Leader, Design
John leads design across brands, websites and campaigns. He’s the reason things look simple, which is the hardest look of all.
Damien.
Leader, Marketing
Damien leads marketing: the stories, content and campaigns that keep us in front of the people who need us.
Where we are
Canberra-based. Working across Australia and Asia.
We started in Canberra in 2018, and it’s still home. Our team in Asia works side by side with Canberra, so your project always has more hands on it. Wherever you are, you get one connected team, one plan and one place to follow it all.
Ideas worth sharing
Carlos writes it down, too.
Three books, one thread: help good people do more good. Fundraising online, building organisations on kindness, and taking the first step with AI.
Amazon #1 bestseller
Great Online Fundraising
Transform your fundraising: harness digital tools, boost donations and impact.
Carlos’s first book, drawn from chillibeanmedia.’s own campaigns for charities. A practical roadmap to raising money online: the tools, social media that actually raises funds, emails that start conversations, and online communities that carry a mission further.
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The Kindness Economy
The case for building organisations where kindness isn’t decoration. It’s infrastructure.
Carlos’s argument that the next twenty years belong to organisations that treat people well. Not a book about being nice, a book about being smart: how to build kindness into your systems, your tech and your board papers, and why it’s what makes a mission last.
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Amazon #1 bestseller
Just Start Here
A guide to help charities with their AI journey.
For every charity leader who knows AI matters and has no idea where to put their foot down first. No jargon, no hype, no vendor pitch: a practical, step-by-step start, with ready-to-use prompts, a sample AI use policy and a 30-day plan. Because AI’s greatest gift to the sector isn’t efficiency. It’s more time to be human.
Get it on Amazon ↗ (opens in a new tab)Carlos speaks about AI and fundraising across Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the US. Want him at yours? Get in touch ↗
Let’s build something that matters
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