We Build
AI Ventures
for the Real Economy.
We don't invest in hype.
We invest robust business models that are built to last.
VLABS34 isn't a VC firm; it's a company builder. We create ventures in sectors we already know, with partners we already trust.
VC Model
Standard Studio
VLABS34 Model
Hit-or-miss model
Execution risk
Pre-validated demand
The Focus
Methodology
Risk Profile
Pre-validated demand
The Result
Compared with
Synergy Matrix.
Cross-Sector Intelligence
One core, many industries. VLABS34 builds the technology once and every venture puts it to work in its own sector.
Built once in the core, used across every venture
Sector
The Output
Venture Portfolio.
What it does
An engineering, automation and manufacturing company that pairs half a century of traditional pipe-fabrication experience with AI-driven robotics, solving shipyards' high costs, human error and lost time.
Traction
$3.4M sales order secured before launch.
Breakthrough
Autonomous fabrication for shipyards using AI & Computer Vision.
Built on the VLABS34 core
Leadership
- Özgür BektaşShipbuilding Expert
- Aliihsan KocaTechnical Manager
Sector Focus
Industry + AI + Robotics
References
What it does
An R&D and engineering company developing industrial AI, multi-sensor fusion and swarm intelligence for precision agriculture, defence and autonomous systems.
Traction
Venture capital investment in September 2025, İTÜ Teknopark admission in December 2025, TÜBİTAK 1507 and 1707 project grants in February 2026.
260,000 m²
Field monitored at Alovafarm
125,000
Plants tracked
72 h
Earlier disease detection
Breakthrough
A tri-sensor fusion SDK (LiDAR, 4D radar, camera) that keeps perception working in fog, dust, rain and snow, built on in-house AI, computer vision, decision support, swarm, mechatronics, embedded and IoT engineering.
Built on the VLABS34 core
Leadership
- Prof. Dr. Aliihsan KocaCEO / Founder
- Dr. Nureddin BennettCTO
Sector Focus
Industry + AI + Autonomy
- Autonomous & robotic systems
- AI & computer vision
- Advanced engineering & thermal/structural design
- Heavy industry & industrial automation
Research partners
What it does
An AI workforce for road freight: digital agents take over the daily follow-up between operations teams and drivers, from shipment status to signed paperwork.
Traction
4,800+ driver conversations and 1,200+ shipments tracked.
4,803
Driver conversations
1,207
Shipments tracked
2,481
Documents processed
Breakthrough
AI agents that follow up with drivers over WhatsApp and voice calls, verify signed waybills and update TMS/ERP systems. No app for drivers to install.
Built on the VLABS34 core
Leadership
- Deniz Cihan TiryakiCo-Founder & CEO
- Abdullah Can GöktaşCo-Founder & CTO
- İlker TaştanCo-Founder & CPO
- İnan TiryakiCo-Founder & CMO
- Semih OkyayCo-Founder & CFO
Sector Focus
Industry + AI + Logistics
What it does
An AI-powered RegTech platform that checks letter of credit (LC) documents against LC terms and ICC rules (UCP 600, ISBP 821, ICC Opinions), flags discrepancies with rule references, and leaves the final call to the bank's checker. LC document examination at banks is still largely manual; expertise is concentrated in a small group of specialists with a 2–3 year learning curve, so trade finance teams can't scale with volume and missed discrepancies create financial and compliance risk.
Traction
Pilots with 2 Turkish banks; 8 product modules; average review time under 5 minutes per LC file.
95%
Fewer errors
10x
L/C capacity, same team
<5 min
Review time per LC file
8
Product modules
Breakthrough
AI that finds discrepancies, not just reads documents: cross-document reasoning (invoice ↔ LC, B/L ↔ insurance) with every flag tied to the relevant UCP 600 / ISBP clause, deployed on-premise inside the bank.
Built on the VLABS34 core
With VLABS34
The first venture spun out of VLABS34.
Leadership
- Merve BoğazlıyanlıoğluCo-Founder & CEO
- Dr. Ömer GüneşCo-Founder & Chief AI Officer
- Sevilay AydınTrade Finance Director
Sector Focus
Industry + AI + Fintech (RegTech / Trade Finance)
What it does
An identity and document verification API that checks IDs and company documents against official MERSIS, population-registry and tax-office (GİB) records.
Traction
Bank-Grade Security Certified.
<2.5 s
Identity verification
150+
ID formats read
10k
Documents per hour
Breakthrough
99.9% Neural extraction engine & Gov-Sync (MERSIS/NVI) for instant verification.
Built on the VLABS34 core
Sector Focus
Industry + AI + RegTech
What it does
Document AI infrastructure that gives enterprises one reliable layer between their documents and their AI systems.
Traction
Live API for banks, insurers and legal teams.
Breakthrough
Turns PDFs, scans, emails and audio into structured, evidence-backed data for AI systems. Available as an API or self-hosted and air-gapped.
Built on the VLABS34 core
Leadership
- Selçuk Göksel GedikCo-Founder
- Cabir Sonay MeralCo-Founder
Sector Focus
Industry + AI + Document AI
What it does
An enterprise AI platform that brings AI models, agents and APIs together on one secure infrastructure, so companies can run their own independent "OwnGPT" without shadow AI, vendor lock-in or scattered licence costs.
Traction
5 enterprise references. At LC Waikiki, "LCWGPT" is used across the company by 3,000+ weekly active users.
3,000+
Weekly active users at LC Waikiki
6 mo → 6 wk
Delivery cycle
80%
Lower total AI cost
100%
Shadow AI eliminated
Breakthrough
Not a model provider or chat tool but the control layer for enterprise AI: different models in one interface with no vendor lock-in (bring your own model), departments build and share their own expert assistants, and permissions, quotas and budgets are managed centrally. Runs on-premise or in a private cloud.
Built on the VLABS34 core
With VLABS34
Works with the VLABS34 network on enterprise sales, marketing and integration with the other portfolio companies, and can provide their enterprise AI infrastructure.
Leadership
- Hasan Basri ŞenkulFounder & CEO
- Batuhan ErkuşCo-Founder
Sector Focus
Industry + AI + Enterprise AI
Customers
What it does
Infliq gives businesses a CMO called Ada: she researches the market, builds the strategy, finds the right customers and reaches them by email, phone and ads, so companies can grow without first building a marketing team.
Traction
Launched in September 2026: 6 pilot customers, 30,000+ personalised emails sent, first lead in about 5 minutes.
6
Pilot customers
30,000+
Personalised emails sent
~5 min
To the first lead
Breakthrough
Ada runs the whole marketing job end to end, from market research to customer: she picks the channel, checks the results, corrects herself and keeps going until customers arrive. Google Ads and ad-budget management are next.
Built on the VLABS34 core
Leadership
- Onur VarolCo-Founder & CEO
Sector Focus
Industry + Marketing + SalesTech
Customers
What it does
A corporate innovation partner that finishes companies' stalled innovation, R&D, digitalisation and talent projects with hand-picked university talent and the company's own team: 12 modular programmes for 8 departments, starting with a free two-week discovery and delivered against clear KPIs.
Traction
15,000+ students and young professionals across 153 universities.
81
Provinces
153
Universities
15,000+
Students & young professionals
1,000+
Events & workshops
100+
Partner institutions
Breakthrough
Connects university students with companies through bootcamps and corporate innovation projects, and helps student founders build their teams.
With VLABS34
Runs the corporate programme and process digitalisation arm of VLABS34; its AI software, engineering and innovation infrastructure is built by VLABS34 engineers.
Leadership
- Mehmet Erka AkbulutCo-Founder & CEO
- Deniz Baran BekCo-Founder
Sector Focus
Corporate Innovation + Talent-Tech + Open Innovation
Customers
ECOSYSTEM
Our Network
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VLABS34 network
Ventures
- RoboShipTech: Autonomous Maritime Fab
- AytuTech: Sensor Fusion Perception
- Aiten: AI Workforce for Logistics
- TradeComplize: AI Trade Compliance
- VerifiGo: Trust Infrastructure
- Docsfra: Document AI Infrastructure
- SeriAI: Enterprise AI Operating System
- infliq: Ada, a CMO that finds your customers
- Impact4U: Talent & Corporate Innovation
University Collaboration
- ITU Ari Teknokent: İTÜ's technology park in Istanbul
- TUBITAK: Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye
- Oxford University
- Gebze Tech U: Gebze Technical University
- 1773 İTÜ Teknopark: İTÜ's technology development zone
- Medeniyet Teknopark: İstanbul Medeniyet University's technology development zone
- Luxinnovation: Luxembourg's national innovation agency
Funding Collaboration
- Letven Capital: Venture capital portfolio management
- Ecofolio: Equity Crowdfunding
Marketing Partners
- NaysWorks: Brand activation and live-streaming agency
- Venture Türkiye: Media partner and host of the V-Talk series
Full Value
Stack.
We are the inventors, not administrators.
Shared Infrastructure
Our ventures share proven AI components, data pipelines, and technical talent.
AI Engines & IP
VLABS34 builds on its own AI engines, robotics IP, and in-house technical talent.
Scale & Defensibility
Proprietary tech and repeatable GTM playbooks give every spin-out higher equity.
Data Advantage
Powering every neural network we deploy.
The Pipeline.
From opportunity discovery to global scale—our systematic approach to venture creation.
Opportunity Discovery
Actively identifying unmet opportunities in operating markets where we have deep access.
- Market Gap Analysis
- Industry Partner Validation
- Problem Definition
Co-Founder Match
Pairing the right technical talent with deep domain expertise to form the founding team.
- Talent Recruitment
- Domain Expert Matching
- Team Formation
Rapid MVP Dev
Integrating proven technologies to build prototypes. No R&D betting, just engineering.
- Proven Tech Integration
- Rapid Prototyping
- MVP Launch
PMF Validation
The Turing Point. 2 of 4 ventures reached PMF in VLABS34's first year.
- Pilot Programs
- Commercial Traction
- User Feedback Loop
Spin-out & Scale
Launching for global impact. We spin out independent entities ready for scale.
- Entity Formation
- Seed Funding
- Global Expansion
Actively identifying unmet opportunities in operating markets where we have deep access.
- Market Gap Analysis
- Industry Partner Validation
- Problem Definition
Sector
Expertise.
Deep roots in real-economy industries where we have direct access.
Shipbuilding
Direct partnerships with leading shipyards globally.
Smart Factory
Industrial operations network for automation and manufacturing.
Banking & Trade
Direct connections with banks for trade and compliance pilots.
Leadership
The Board.
Founders and board members of VLABS34.
Co-Founder & CEO
Venture builder with 20+ years building technology companies across Türkiye, MENA and the US: eight startups, four exits. Now leads VLABS34, growing the studio and its ventures to scale.
Board Member
Former head of corporate innovation and projects at a global flag-carrier airline, where he led its award-winning intrapreneurship programme. Now builds VLABS34 full-time, scaling its innovation engine and ventures.
Board Member
CFO of a venture capital portfolio management company, Certified Internal Auditor and CPA (SMMM), METU graduate. Brings his finance, audit and investment expertise to VLABS34, structuring its ventures for growth and funding.
Board Member
Junior Research Fellow in Computer Science at the University of Oxford, with a DPhil in NLP and information extraction. Brings this AI research depth to VLABS34 and its ventures.
Board Member
Professor of Mechanical Engineering at İTÜ, founder of AYTU and co-founder of its Luxembourg company, working across defence and agriculture. 17 years in R&D: 40+ funded projects and 60+ publications.
The Builders
The Team.
The minds behind the machine.
CTO
Venture CTO of VLABS34, leading product strategy, technical architecture and venture incubation across the portfolio. Co-founder and CEO of Aiten and co-founder of Docsfra.
Head of Technology
Head of Technology at TradeComplize and founder of a software company. 15 years in telecom IT, from billing-system administration and revenue-assurance quality to expert billing and collection development.
Head of Product
Head of Product at TradeComplize and managing partner of a software company. Full-stack Java, Spring Boot and React developer who has built billing, online-service and banking software for telecom operators and a bank.
Technical Lead
Venture tech lead at VLABS34 and co-founder & CTO of Aiten. Full-stack product engineer who also co-founded a social event discovery platform, owning its mobile, serverless and real-time stack.
Development Coordinator
Development Coordinator at VLABS34 and customer and operations coordinator at TradeComplize, bringing nine years of research experience as a university research assistant.
Product Engineer
Product engineer at VLABS34, building products with AI. Previously a business analyst in e-commerce, turning operations, logistics and field-team needs into Agile delivery.
Innovation Lead
Innovation lead at VLABS34, evaluating new venture ideas for the portfolio and building partnerships with industrial companies. Co-founder of Impact4U, leading business development and project scoping.
Brand & Creative Operations Lead
Leads brand and creative operations across VLABS34, TradeComplize and Impact4U. Graphic designer with a background in digital media agencies and sustainability-focused entrepreneurship programmes.
AI Engineer
AI engineer at VLABS34 and co-founder of infliq. Builds AI systems end to end, from on-prem GPU clusters and cloud infrastructure to LLM and agent pipelines and LLMOps.
Business Development
Venture builder at VLABS34, turning ideas into scalable ventures through new business development, business analysis and technology transfer.
WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR TALENT
Join the TeamVisionaries
Our Magician Founders.
Domain experts who co-founded our ventures with VLABS34.
Co-Founder & General Manager
General Manager of RoboShipTech. Brings the shipyard know-how of 200+ new builds to its AI-driven robotic pipe fabrication.
Founder & CEO
Founder and CEO of AYTU and faculty member at İTÜ Mechanical Engineering. 17 years in R&D: 40+ projects funded by national and international programmes, about $7M of R&D budget led, 60+ publications and 5 patent applications.
CTO
CTO of AYTU. Engineering doctorate from RWTH Aachen on autonomous construction machinery, developed with a global equipment maker; leads AYTU's mechatronics, embedded systems and machine-vision work.
Co-Founder & CFO
Co-founder and CFO of Aiten. Founder of his own data analytics firm and former enterprise performance management consultant, bringing data intelligence and decision support to Aiten.
Co-Founder & CPO
Co-founder and CPO of Aiten. Product-minded frontend engineer (React, Next.js, TypeScript) who took his own workforce-management SaaS from idea to the App Store and Google Play, now used by businesses.
Co-Founder & CEO
CEO and co-founder of TradeComplize. 20+ years in trade finance at participation banks, the last 11 leading letter-of-credit and guarantee operations as a senior foreign trade manager.
Trade Finance Director
Trade Finance Director at TradeComplize. MBA with CDCS and GAFTA certifications, bringing hands-on documentary credit and trade operations expertise to the platform's examination rules.
Co-Founder
Co-founder of Docsfra and managing partner of a software company. Full-stack engineer (Java, Spring Boot, React) who also leads product at TradeComplize.
Co-Founder
Co-founder of Docsfra and founder of a software company. Former expert developer on billing systems for a leading telecom operator and a pay-TV broadcaster; also heads technology at TradeComplize.
Founder & CEO
Founder and CEO of SeriAI. Former software engineer in retail and software companies; took SeriAI from a university incubation programme to a technopark R&D base.
Co-Founder
Co-founder of SeriAI. MBA and project manager who has delivered IT, fintech and SaaS products for 20+ brands with Agile teams.
Let's Build the Future.
Whether you are a founder looking for a studio, or an investor seeking deep tech deal flow.
Operational Bases
HQ - Startup Builder
HQLitus İstanbul, Üsküdar - İstanbul / TURKEY
R&D - AI Models
R1İTÜ Teknopark, Ayazağa - İstanbul / TURKEY
Robotics Lab
LBİMES OSB, Tuzla - İstanbul / TURKEY