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In the age of AI, the innovation advantage is defined by goal-driven connections.

In the fastest infrastructure transformation in history, in this ever-changing climate, the real risk for organizations is not moving slowly, but racing full speed in the wrong direction…

With Co-Innovation API, your business goals are our compass.

We bring corporates together with agile startups and scale-ups to solve real business problems, and we manage the entire coordination end to end — from needs analysis to PoC — for tangible business outcomes.

Startup & Scale-up
Network

We bring startups in the ecosystem together with companies at a sales table where they can discover real, budgeted business problems — offering them not only potential customers but also an insight channel they can use to build scalable solutions.

Some of the startups in our Startup & Scale-up network:

  • Otto HR
  • Harmona AI
  • DEHA Lab
  • Mapin Data
  • Sophy
  • Edgility AI
  • Hardal
  • Closync.ai
  • DRING
  • NewFrame
  • Alight Apps
  • ALSE Data

Join our startup network for real business problems, real customers and real sales meeting opportunities

We scan thousands of startups with our Ecosystem Access Partners.

Building the right connections requires broad ecosystem access and rigorous evaluation. Together with our partners we scan thousands of startups, proactively reach out to those that meet sharp sets of criteria, and bring them together with companies.

  • startups.watch ↗ startups.watch Ecosystem Data startups.watch is an analytics platform holding data on more than 15,000 active startups in Türkiye's startup ecosystem.
  • genturkiye.org ↗ GEN Türkiye Entrepreneurship Network GEN Türkiye, the Turkish chapter of the Global Entrepreneurship Network, is an organization that connects the entrepreneurship ecosystem to international networks.
  • mmaturkiye.org.tr ↗ Future Makers MarTech & AdTech Future Makers helps specialized MarTech and AdTech startups build stronger ties with the corporate world.
  • girisimcilikvakfi.org ↗ GİRVAK Entrepreneurship Foundation The Entrepreneurship Foundation of Türkiye works to remove barriers to entrepreneurship by creating common ground, easing access to finance and nurturing young talent for the ecosystem.
  • habitatdernegi.org ↗ Habitat Association Non-Governmental Organization Habitat Association is a non-governmental organization running impact-driven projects in entrepreneurship, digital transformation and inclusive growth.

Case Study

Toyota Türkiye Explores AI-Powered Opportunities in Its Planning Processes.

To evaluate innovative solutions that would support its planning processes, Toyota Türkiye came together with the innovation ecosystem through Co-Innovation API; 7 new PoC opportunities emerged.

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Otto HR

Agentic HR & Regulatory Compliance · HR Tech / Compliance Automation

ottohr.com ↗

Founded

2026

About

Otto HR is an agentic HR platform that runs companies' recruitment, payroll, personnel records, benefits and compliance processes. AI agents take on repetitive operational work while approval always stays with the company. On the corporate side it reduces the time and cost burden on existing HR teams, and it enables growing companies without an HR team to run these processes on their own.

Use Cases

  • Recruitment and candidate assessment
  • Payroll preparation and checks
  • Personnel file management and gap tracking
  • Social security (SGK) and Labor Law compliance
  • KVKK (data protection) compliance processes
  • Benefits and policy tracking
  • Leave and attendance tracking
  • Connecting to existing systems via MCP and integrations
  • Process execution and approval workflow management

Founders

Mert Karabay (Founder) — Previously a co-founder of OneImaging, a US-based company operating in radiology cost management.

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Harmona AI

Multi-Agent Automation · AI Coworker Platform · Enterprise Data

harmona.ai ↗

About

Harmona AI turns your company's data into AI coworkers that answer questions, generate insights and automate tasks — without any need for coding or prompt writing. It is a multi-agent platform that turns scattered data in ERP, CRM and finance systems into value through AI agents that can talk to each other and take action. With on-prem/private cloud deployment, role-based access control and guardrail infrastructure, it is suitable for regulated industries.

Use Cases

  • Revenue growth in Marketing, Production, Planning and Sales
  • Process optimization and cost reduction
  • Faster decision-making
  • Operational process automation

Founders

Barış Yılmaz, Hakan Çetinsoy, Özer Biber, Salih Sevgican, Kutay Candan

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DEHA Lab

AI-Native Data & Analytics Platform

dehalab.com ↗

About

DEHA Lab is a data platform that collects data from scattered sources within the organization's own infrastructure, cleans and structures it, and runs machine learning and analytical models on it. At its core are deterministic data flows rather than hallucination-prone LLM models. Data never leaves the organization's infrastructure; with an end-to-end traceability layer, it provides a measurable AI infrastructure.

Use Cases

  • Data cleaning & structuring
  • Natural-language data querying & reporting
  • Forecasting & anomaly detection
  • Document and business intelligence

Founders

M. Ensar Akbay, İbrahim Fatih Özer, Rully Ardiansyah

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Mapin Data

AI-based location analytics solutions

mapindata.com ↗

About

Mapin Data analyzes consumers' physical footprints and locations to support the commercial decisions of companies operating in HoReCa (Hotel-Restaurant-Café), FMCG, pharmaceuticals, banking, automotive and retail. By developing AI models with dynamic mobile location signal data and various static data sources, it delivers actionable reports and dashboards.

Use Cases

  • Location- and consumer-based analyses
  • Outlet segmentation
  • Market and competition analysis
  • Audience and smart ad targeting
  • Data enrichment
  • SaaS for HoReCa: HoReCa Pulse

Founders

Yasin Bulut (Founder), Ural Aktaş (Partner)

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Sophy

Designs, develops and continuously trains your AI teammates

sophy.co ↗

About

By taking on the design, development and continuous versioning of the AI agents an organization needs, Sophy makes corporate AI transformation measurable and predictable. Its agents integrate with written and voice communication channels and various data sources, and are hyper-customized to the organization's tone of voice, way of working and success metrics.

Use Cases

  • Custom AI agent design and development for the organization
  • Authorized integration with data sources and interfaces
  • Performance validation through test simulations

Founders

Furkan İnalcık, Cemil Çolak, Ferit Şen

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Edgility AI

Sovereign Agentic AI · Local-First Enterprise AI Platform

edgilityai.com ↗

About

Edgility AI is a local-first, sovereign agentic AI platform designed for organizations that cannot move their data outside the company or do not want to depend on hyperscale cloud costs. The platform runs on the organization's own servers, on edge devices or in the data center of its choice, and lets teams switch freely between open-weight and cloud models. It enables organizations' own teams to build their AI solutions with a natural-language interface, low-code tools and ready-made components, and deploys multiple business processes on a single platform at a fixed cost with no token fees.

Use Cases

  • Production planning
  • Predictive maintenance
  • Anomaly detection
  • Process optimization
  • Operational decision support
  • Analytics & reporting
  • Autonomous workflows

Founders

Oğuz Atak (CEO), Ashish Somani (CTO), Oğuzhan Aygören (CSO)

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Hardal

Server-Side Measurement · First-Party Data Platform

usehardal.com ↗

About

Hardal is a server-side measurement platform for websites and mobile apps that connects your first-party data from any source to any destination.

Use Cases

  • Web & Mobile Analytics
  • E-commerce
  • Banking & Finance
  • Gaming

Founders

Baris Gurbuzler, Berkay Demirbas

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Closync.ai

Autonomous Revenue Intelligence (RevOps) · AI CRM/ERP Data Transformation

closync.ai ↗

About

Most AI tools assume there is clean data in your systems; yet companies' biggest blind spot is that teams enter incomplete or dirty data into CRMs and ERPs because of tedious interfaces (Garbage In, Garbage Out). Closync.ai is a frictionless (Zero-UI) revenue intelligence platform that lets teams feed systems at 100% capacity using only free-form voice and text input, without drowning in dashboards. It turns this high-quality data into an autonomous decision engine for sales, marketing and finance that ends guesswork forecasting and simulates risks and cash flow in advance.

Use Cases

  • Cash flow and risk simulation in finance
  • Revenue velocity and effort efficiency in sales
  • Budget protection in marketing
  • Autonomous decision support for management

Founders

Kaan Nalbant, Mehmet Oğuzhan Ataman

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DRING

Agentic Voice & Text AI Agents · Voice AI

dring.ai ↗

Founded

2024

About

DRING develops agentic voice and text AI agents designed for high operational KPIs at global scale. It is a Voice AI company born in Türkiye and proven in real life through its references; unlike solutions that remain at demo level, it actively serves customers in Türkiye, the UK, Germany and the Netherlands. Its voice and text AI products can be integrated into CRM, ticketing and reporting systems via the DRING API. More than 300,000 calls pass through DRING's systems every month, and 50+ contracted organizations choose DRING for their customer communications.

Use Cases

  • Voice & text company representative for sales, marketing, operations and customer service

Founders

Arda Cezzar, Ayberk Bozkuş, Can Mergen

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NewFrame

Agentic Marketing · AI Creative Studio

newframe.ai ↗

About

NewFrame is a platform that produces brand-consistent ad creatives (images, video, copy) at scale with Madison, an AI agent that understands a brand's identity and marketing strategy. It is not just an image generator; it works like a strategist that grasps brand identity, cultural context and campaign goals. Its campaigns have run in more than 80 countries, and it is used by corporate groups such as Eczacıbaşı, as well as agencies and e-commerce brands.

Use Cases

  • Performance and social media ad creatives
  • Campaign variations
  • Product imagery and video production
  • Brand-consistent content operations

Founders

Arjin Roni Şimşek (Co-Founder & CEO)

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Alight Apps

Data & AI-Powered Mobile Apps · End-to-End Software

alightapps.com ↗

About

At Alight Apps, we develop and distribute our own smart mobile applications, and we bring the experience we gain in the process to the software services we offer organizations. Alongside our presence in the mobile world, we deliver flexible end-to-end solutions for businesses' web, cloud and custom software needs. We use our expertise in data science, machine learning, computer vision and AI agents to simplify complex business processes and increase efficiency through automation.

Use Cases

  • Smart mobile app development and distribution
  • Web, cloud and custom software solutions for businesses
  • Data science and machine learning
  • Computer vision
  • Process automation with AI agents

Founders

Arman Aksoy

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ALSE Data

AI Governance, Strategy, Policy and Diplomacy · Security & Policy

alsedata.com ↗

About

ALSE Data is a consultancy specializing in AI governance and policy. It helps organizations build their AI strategies, define corporate policy and accountability structures, and strengthen risk and compliance processes. By connecting global regulations and policy developments with corporate decision-making, it contributes to the responsible, transparent and accountable adoption of AI.

Use Cases

  • Corporate AI policies: Defining the conditions and limits within which employees may use AI.
  • Governance and accountability: Establishing oversight, approval and accountability structures across the board, executives and business units.
  • Risk and compliance: Assessing AI use cases; carrying out readiness work in line with relevant regulations and the ISO/IEC 42001 framework.
  • Third-party governance: Assessing AI vendors and business partners in terms of transparency, accountability and risk.
  • Public policy and AI diplomacy: Advisory on national AI strategies, international policy developments and multi-stakeholder collaboration processes.
  • Executive training: Building decision-makers' competence in responsible AI use, human oversight and strategic governance.

Founders

Bahar Serçin Halefoğlu, Alperen Halefoğlu

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