Our mission

We believe that technology should enable kids and not distract them. We want younger kids to learn how to be independent and communicate in a fun and safe way before entering the digital smart world. 

 

Our story

The idea for KARRI was born back in 2020 when our founder Pete was increasingly frustrated by not finding a suitable child-friendly alternative to a smartphone for his then 7 year old son. 

I was really annoyed by not being able to allow my son more freedom and independence. I knew he wanted to walk to school by himself or go meet his friends a few streets away but I was also nervous about not knowing where exactly he would be and not being able to get in touch. 

After some research and not finding a child-friendly, screen-free solution that was working reliably everywhere I came up with the idea of starting KARRI - a simple, real-time communication device without the distraction of a smart screen.

In early 2023 we found investors backing the idea financially and Carsten and Mehul, who together with Pete had developed the idea further, joined the company.

 

Our team has now grown to over 20 people and thanks to some dedicated customers giving feedback on our prototype we have now started shipping the first real KARRIs. 

While we still need to re-iterate and fine tune the hard- and software we are finally able to start offering young kids and parents a new alternative for communicating in a reliable and kid-friendly way.

 

We want to thank our customers, investors and our team for getting us this far!

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