Global Turks AI

PROGRAMS

AInspiration WEBINARS & Workshops

We aim to foster the exchange of expertise and inspiration through engaging stories and events, both digital and in-person, with a select group of global AI Leaders

Sessions

Inspirational Stories:

Share the successes &
insights of AI Ambassadors
on social media platforms.

Technical Workshops:

Conduct invite-only digital sessions led by AI researchers, engineers, professors, and entrepreneurs.

Roundtables:

Host discussions with Turkish and international AI and industry leaders.

Seminars:

Collaborate with enterprises and universities for combined sessions.

SILICON VALLEY TURKISH AI SUMMIT

On this historic day, Turkish AI Ambassadors, Leaders, Experts, Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Academics, and Investors will converge in Silicon Valley with a shared goal: to establish the Turkish AI ecosystem as a global powerhouse.

AI Inspiration Panels & Workshops:

Inspiring Turkish and international AI leaders will discuss innovations, use cases, trends, and the future of AI, while brainstorming strategies to elevate and integrate the Turkish AI ecosystem on the global stage.

Demo Day & Investment Rounds:

AI entrepreneurs will showcase their startups with live demos, engaging with both local and global investors. The most promising projects will be recognized with awards, grants, and investment opportunities.

AI Ambassador Awards:

Celebrating and honoring the most successful role models in business and academia.

Ecosystem Matchmaking

Foster Collaborations and Partnerships within global Turkish AI ecosystem, generating synergistic opportunities where 1 + 1 = 3.

Partners & Complementors:

Form strategic partnerships across synergistic enterprises and start-ups.

Clients:

Engage potential clients ready to adopt cutting edge AI solutions.

Talent:

Identify and connect top AI engineers, founding teams, advisors and experts.

Suppliers:

Connect with key suppliers to support
AI projects.

Talent:

Identify and connect top AI engineers, founding teams, advisors and experts.

Partners & Complementors:

Form strategic partnerships across synergistic enterprises and start-ups.

Suppliers:

Connect with key suppliers to support
AI projects.

Clients:

Engage potential clients ready to adopt cutting edge AI solutions.

Global AI Accelerator

Empowering Turkish enterpreneurs to build Global AI unicorns

What We Offer:

Access to capital:

Grants and funding from leading Turkish VCs, foundations, and enterprises.

Access to Infrastructure:

Cutting-edge cloud, compute and models

Access to clients:

A pipeline of Turkish companies ready to incubate or scale alongside you.

Access to Experts:

Personalized mentorship from industry leaders and AI experts

WHO WE ARE

Founding Global AI Leaders

Ilge Akkaya

OpenAI, SF
Research & Engineering,PhD

Burak Aksar

Spiky.ai, Boston
Founder & Engineer, PhD

Murat Arar

NVIDIA, Zurich
CV & Deep Learning, PhD

Sercan Arik

Google, SF
AI Research Scientist, PhD

Sami Arpa

Largo.ai, Zurich 
Founder & Scientist, PhD

Oguzhan Aygoren

UC Berkeley, SF
Innovation Director, PhD

GULSAH Y. BENK

Google, SF
Data Science Lead, PhD

Enes Bilgin

Latitude AI, SF
AI Engineer & Author, PhD

Aysegul Bumin

Amazon, SF
Research Scientist, PhD

COSAN CAGLAYAN

Apple, SF 
Antenna Engineer, PhD

TOLGAHAN CAKALOGLU

Walmart, Texas
Director of AI, PhD

ABDULLAH CAVDAR

Knowly, Ex-Twitter, SF
Founder & Engineer, PhD

ILKER DEMIREL

MIT, Broad Institute, Boston
Graduate Assistant, PhD

BEYZA ERMIS

Cohere, Berlin
 Research Scientist, PhD

Beliz Gunel

Google Deepmind, SF
AI Research Scientist, PhD

HAKAN GUNTURKUN

Heretic, SF
Head of AI, PhD

FATMA GUNTURKUN

Stanford, SF
Biostatistician, AI in Health

NIL GUREL

Meta, SF
Research Scientist, PhD

Mehmet O. Kabak

Synnada, Austin
Founder & CEO, PhD

AHMET KARAKAS

HyperBeeAI, SF
Founder & CEO, PhD

Can Koyuncu

Meta, SF
AI Engineer, PhD

Fatih Kurtoglu

Scale AI, SF
Head of Engineering, PhD

Kursat Ozenc

JPMorgan, SF
Design Director, PhD

Can Ozuretmen

KPMG, Atlanta
Director of AI , PhD

MERT PILANCI

Stanford University, SF
Assistant Professor, PhD

Gokhan Samur

Meta, Seattle,
Data Science Leader, PhD

Olcay Sarmaz

Case Status, Atlanta,
VP of AI, Legal Tech, PhD

HASAN TUNCER

Cruise, SF
AI & AV PM, PhD

SELEN UGUROGLU

Airbnb, NYC
AI engineer, PhD

Hasan Unlu

Tesla, SF
AI Inference Engineer, PhD

EREN UNLU

Globeholder.ai, Paris
Founder, PhD

I.Zeki Yalniz

Meta, SF
Research Scientist, PhD

Anil Yuce

Roche, Basel
Data Science Leader, PhD

HALIT AKAR

Microsoft, SF
Azure OpenAI PM

MUSTAFA BAL

Nomadic ML, SF
Co-founder & CEO

Onur Bicakci

Alysian, London
AI Advisor

Ege Cetintas

Pointr, DC
AI Engineer

BEGUM DENIZ

Scale AI, SF
Generative AI PM

Gokhan Egri

Brainbase (YC W24), SF
AI Founder, & CEO

NAZIM ERYILMAZ

Spacture AI, NYC
Co-founder & CEO

Ebru Yildirim Gul

Ollang, SF
AI Co-founder & CEO

TUNAHAN GUMUSKAYA

JP Morgan, NYC
Quantitative Analyst

OKAN INALTAY

ComCap, SF
Head of SaaS Investments

CAGLA KAYMAZ

Citi Ventures, SF
AI Investor

EMRE KAZDAGLI

Arc, SF
CTO of AI in Finance

EKIN KESERER

Akkio, SF
Co-Founder & CEO

Murat Kilicoglu

Cota Capital, SF
Deeptech AI Investor

AHMET KUZUBASLI

Udemy, SF
Data Scientist

SULEYMAN ONAY

Colendi, Istanbul
Managing Director

ATILA ORHON

Argmax, Ex-Apple, SF
Founder, AI Researcher

TALIP OZTURK

Stealth, Hazelcast, SF
Serial Founder

MUSTAFA SAKALSIZ

Peaka, SF
Serial Founder

AYHAN SEBIN

IBM Research, SF
Generative AI Incubation

Burhan Sebin

Venture Miami, Miami
 Head of Research

UTKU ONSIPAHIOGLU

IBM, SF
VP, Corporate Development

Zehra Soysal

Metaphysics.ai, NYC
AI Start-up Executive

OZGUR TEKIN

Google,
SF Gemini Strategy & Monetization

Dogakan Toka

Crea; BridgeX AI Fund, SF
Founder & Partner

Aziz Ulak

Ollang, SF
AI Co-founder & CTO

MURAT YESILDAL

OpenAI, SF
Member of Technical Staff

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