Ömer Ülgen
Co-founder
Studied AI at VU Amsterdam and Data Science at UvA. Specialises in data mining, visualisation, NLP and machine learning.
AboutNo fieldwork.
No fieldwork.
Digital twins.
We explore product, pricing and advertising decisions with synthetic consumers, testing different possibilities to see how preferences change.
Together with Research IstanbulGrounded in
Grounded in
field research.
Our joint studies provide a foundation for understanding consumer behaviour and a benchmark for simulation results.
We examine statistically defined profiles across scenarios, interpreting findings in the context of each study.
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The people behind the work.
A team working across economics, research and AI.
Kaan Hacıhaliloğlu
AI Engineer
Studied Physics at Boğaziçi and Data Science at Sabancı. Researches the security and interpretability of large language models, and built SCL’s AI infrastructure and research platform.
Can Selçuki
Co-founder
Studied Industrial Engineering at Bilkent and Economics at Bocconi. Former economist at the World Bank and CEPS, specialising in consumer trends and Türkiye’s economy.
Sinan Ülgen
Co-founder
Studied Computer Science and Economics at the University of Virginia and attended the College of Europe in Bruges. Managing partner at Istanbul Economics and an adviser on trade and technology governance.
Mehmet Kurt
AI Intern
Computer Engineering graduate of Koç University. Works on machine learning, computer vision and AI-based systems.
Bahar Akbaş
AI Intern
Computer Science and Engineering student at Sabancı University. Works on full-stack development, AI, machine learning and large language model applications.