Summary
Muratcan Çiçek is a PhD-trained AI and deep tech entrepreneur with 10 years of hands-on engineering and research experience, currently leading Yeterly and Yeterly AI from San Francisco to build tailored AI solutions that amplify human potential. He combines academic rigor from UCSC with product and startup execution—shipping mobile apps across markets and forging strategic tech partnerships that deliver measurable business impact. His background spans research internships at Google and eBay (including accessible interaction and dysarthric speech ASR work that led to publications and recognized projects), early ML roles at Turkcell and eBay, and a full-stack AWS internship, giving him fluency across ML, systems, and user-centered design. Notably, his work on head-based pointing and assistive speech tools has been published and adopted beyond academia, reflecting a consistent focus on human-centered AI.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Özyeğin University
Non-degree Engineering, Computer Science, Non-degree Engineering, Computer Science at Oregon State University
University of California Santa Cruz
Turkish, English, Spanish