Builder Β· Researcher Β· Cambridge, MA
Working on on-device AI, robot learning, and computer vision β spanning research, systems, and real-world applications.
Previously led go-to-market for GenAI products, following years of experience in large-scale AI and SaaS systems.
β zulalakarsu.com
- Internet-scale robot learning β pipelines that turn the world's video data into structured robot training data
- Deepfake forensics β detection methods admissible in courtroom and law enforcement contexts (BU Forensic Lab)
- Edge AI & on-device inference and training β quantization, MLX, Metal, Cactus runtime, forward-only diffusion personalization
- Autonomous agents & MCP servers β making domain data accessible to any AI agent
- MSc in Data Analytics (AI/ML) @ Boston University
- MITx MicroMasters in Statistics & Data Science
- Research Assistant β BU Deepfake Forensic Lab & Teaching Assistant β CS664 Artificial Intelligence
- Building hands-on labs on AI agents, from LLM fundamentals to multi-agent systems
Oxford MBA Β· BoΔaziΓ§i BSc Industrial Engineering Β· ex-Agilisys (London), CDL, Huawei R&D, Intel Β· MIT AI Venture Studio winner
- π Best CS Student Award β Boston University, MSc Data Analytics (2026)
- π― BU New Venture Competition Semi-Finalist β Vectro (2026)
- π₯ 1st Place β MIT AI Venture Studio Demo Day (MAS.665, 2025) β Captura, decentralized edge AI marketplace
- π₯ 2nd Place β MIT AI Venture Studio Demo Day (MAS.665, 2025) β Synesis, AI clinical chart review copilot
- π Technical Excellence Award β C10 Labs Women in AI Hackathon (2025) β EmbrAI, federated learning across IVF clinics
- π VC-Track (Top 10) β Hack-Nation Global AI Hackathon (2025) β ProfAI, adaptive AI tutor
- πΌ LinkedIn