Silicon Valley Turks in AI Summit
We are celebrating Cumhuriyet Bayramı (Republic Day) together with the Turkish AI diaspora. Silicon Valley Turks in AI Summit will be at the Stanford Faculty Club on October 31.
Global Turks AI, TSA Global, UC Berkeley TSA, Stanford Students and Alumni brings together Turkish founders, researchers, investors, professionals, and students for a day of inspiration and support.
The summit will feature panels and networking opportunities across AI Frontiers, Entrepreneurship and Investment.
Join us in bringing together the growing Turkish AI community in Silicon Valley.
Special thanks to the supporters of this year's summit: fal.ai, AI Startup Factory, Bek Ventures, Maxitech, Borusan Ventures and Türk Telekom Ventures.
Distinguished and inspirational Turkish AI leaders will be joining us, including Ekin Doğuş Çubuk (OpenAI),Burkay Gür and Görkem Yurtseven (fal.ai), Ece Kamar (Turing), Aydın Şenkut (Felicis), Ruhi Sarıkaya (AWS), Magdalena Yeşil (informed), Cengiz Pehlevan (Harvard), Murat Yeşildal (OpenAI), Emre Okçular (OpenAI), Beliz Günel (Google DeepMind), Fatih Boyacı (YouTube), Orhan Eren Akgün (Meta), Çağla Kaymaz (Category Ventures), Elif Albuz (Cerebras Systems), Fatih Kurtoğlu (Scale AI), Alperen Değirmenci (NVIDIA), Hatice Özen (NVIDIA), Didem Ün Ateş (LotusAI), Mert Cemri (UC Berkeley), Batu El (Stanford), Alp Tartıcı (Stanford), Nazım Kemal Üre (Stanford), Murat Kılıçoğlu (Cota Capital), Mustafa Bal (Nomadic AI), Jay Sarmaz (Turbo Law), Can Bakır (AI Startup Factory), Burak Arık (Maxitech), Arda Kırkağaç (Bek Ventures), with more to be announced.
🎓 The ticket price is waived for Stanford and UC Berkeley students.
📅 Date: Saturday, October 31, 2026
📍 Location: Cedar Room & Main Patio, Stanford University
Come connect, exchange ideas, and be part of the future of AI.