Charlie Sebastián Arellano
Charlie Sebastián Arellano (credited on podcast platforms as Carlos Sebastián Arellano) is an Ecuadorian YouTuber, podcast host and consultant on artificial intelligence. He hosts the Charlie Sebastian Podcast and runs Oranji, a consultancy that advises companies on using artificial intelligence tools.
Vox Populi and Morfi
Arellano's first channel was Vox Populi, a YouTube channel in Spanish about food and travel in Ecuador, which he co-hosted with a creator known as Gabo. It was created in August 2017. The two announced a break in November 2020, came back in December 2021, and have not uploaded since December 2024.
In 2020 he and Danny Benavides started Morfi, a YouTube channel reviewing phones, laptops and other consumer electronics, along with an online shop of the same name, Morfi Tech. He also co-hosted the channel's interview show, the Morfi Podcast, from 2020 to 2024. He left Morfi in June 2024. The episode announcing it was titled "Gracias y Adiós: La Despedida de Charlie".
Charlie Sebastian Podcast
Arellano started his own interview podcast in August 2023. The Charlie Sebastian Podcast covers science, technology, philosophy and society, in Spanish. Guests have included the activist Helena Gualinga, the programmer Ola Bini, the businessman Roque Sevilla and the entrepreneur Ernesto Kruger. By September 2025 the show had released 58 episodes.
Artificial intelligence
In a 2025 interview Arellano said he began making videos about artificial intelligence in 2023, after seeing a demonstration of the image generator DALL-E. He then set up Oranji to advise companies on the same tools. In July 2025 he was the guest speaker at a Startup Grind Quito evening on artificial intelligence for entrepreneurs.
On 24 September 2025 he appeared before the Education Commission of the National Assembly of Ecuador, as head of Oranji, while the commission was preparing its first-debate report on a proposed artificial intelligence law. He gave a talk at TEDxParque La Carolina in Quito in January 2026. In September 2026 the telecoms company Claro named him among the speakers for its Aldea Digital event in Quito.