Umut Gökbayrak has worked in software for close to thirty years. Half of that time was spent in large companies: Yapı Kredi, Turkcell, Hürriyet, Yemeksepeti and Delivery Hero. The other half went to startups, consulting and venture capital; two of the startups he founded were acquired. He has worked across industries and at every scale, from software teams of a few people to CTO roles at global companies, and he still writes code. Today he lives in Spain, where he runs his own ventures and advises companies of different sizes. He is the author of Thinking Like a CTO.
Ventures Details
The products in the works today, all built at elevate.studio, an independent software studio in Alicante.
Fundup AIfundup.ai
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Since 2016; each one seen through the eyes of the year it was written. The articles are in Turkish.
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