Olcay Yilmazcoban

Builder of AI products for players: Olcay co-founded SenpAI (originally FalconAI), an AI-driven coaching assistant for PC gamers that provides pre-game recommendations, real-time audio cues and post-game analysis. Under his leadership the product participated in YC S21, raised seed funding, and scaled to hundreds of thousands of users — demonstrating product leadership at the intersection of machine learning, game telemetry and UX. techcrunch+1

Engineer‑to‑founder academic trajectory: He trained as an electrical/electronics engineer (Bilkent), continued with graduate study at Skoltech and spent time affiliated with MIT EECS—giving him a mix of systems/ML research exposure and product engineering that informed SenpAI's technical direction (computer vision, transfer learning, large-scale model training). edu+2

Operator with fundraising and investor experience: As a founder and former early-stage investor, Olcay has experience on both sides of the table — raising YC/seed funding for SenpAI and earlier work in venture — which shaped his ability to hire, position product-market fit and run growth experiments. ycombinator+1

Public communicator and mentor: Olcay has presented his entrepreneurial story and technical vision publicly (TEDx talk, interviews), signaling experience with storytelling, recruiting and community engagement that complements his product and growth work. ted+1