Selim Ali Tatar

I build software and help people turn ideas into working products.

Istanbul, Türkiye · selim.tatar@ozu.edu.tr

I’m a technology co-founder and International Finance student based in Istanbul. At MUZDOLABI, I build products and deliver client work. At OzU Ventures, I help student founders learn, prototype and build together.

Selim Ali Tatar standing on a forest trail among sequoia trees
Sequoia National Park, during my exchange semester in the US.

experience

MUZDOLABI — Co-Founder & CTO

January 2026 — Present · Istanbul, Türkiye

I co-founded MUZDOLABI, a registered software company in Türkiye. I co-lead a five-person team, directly supervise three teammates, and work across product development, client delivery and practical AI training.

  • Delivered 7 commercial digital projects with the team — see projects.
  • Built and shipped DotsAround on the App Store; integrated Claude Haiku 4.5 via Amazon Bedrock into its user-facing chat.
  • Built a Claude-enabled internal knowledge hub so teammates can retrieve company guidance without routing routine questions through the founder.
  • Delivered paid procurement services for the “Puls” camp. for Gitelman Group LLC’s “Puls” camp (16 — 19 Jul 2026).

MUZDOLABI YAZILIM VE TEKNOLOJİ LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ

Zarastro Art — Financial Analyst

Jul — Sep 2025

Built UK market-entry financial models covering pricing, costs, revenue forecasts and cash-flow scenarios.

projects

  • DotsAround — AI networking copilot; built and shipped on the App Store; integrated Claude Haiku 4.5 via Amazon Bedrock into the user-facing chat.
  • Uni4U — Study-in-Türkiye admissions platform.
  • Carpe Diem Çiçek — E-commerce for an Istanbul flower atelier.
  • Kopit — Telegram assistant for tracking expenses, receipts, budgets and reports.
  • Turex Global — Istanbul property and relocation, end to end.
  • CulinaryDiploma — Admissions platform for Le Cordon Bleu Istanbul.
  • Serendipity — A printed envelope of strangers’ work, every month.
  • Harmony Flowers — Web project for a flower shop.

in the works — in development at MUZDOLABI

  • Animister — Photograph a toy, then direct it in a new scene — iOS app in development.
  • Heparaç — Vehicle marketplace for Türkiye — pre-launch.
  • tahtasi — Operations platform where the MUZDOLABI group tracks its work.

ventures & experiments

  • Cropzy — A remote-farming venture I co-developed and pitched as a semifinalist in the Draper Pitch Competition (March 2026).
  • Eazy Trading — Honorable Mention at the Goldman Sachs Hackathon (May 2026).

full portfolio: muzdolabi.com/en/work

community & volunteering

  • organized a 20-person AI prototyping hackathon at ÖzÜ-X with [Habitat] and Valentein Chocolate (July 2026) — event recap
  • I created a Claude + Higgsfield guide and trained seven people to turn creative briefs into prompts and visual content. All seven continued using the workflow at the time of this update. I usually teach in English, and in Turkish or Russian when that helps.
  • Gitelman Group LLC (May — Jul 2026) — Led 7 volunteers at the May 28–29 “Komanda” training; provided microphone assistance and general on-site support at the June and July events.
  • I am an official ambassador of TOBB GençOl and [Habitat] in the context of my work with OzU Ventures at Özyeğin University. [Habitat] provides support and tooling for organizing hackathons. MUZDOLABI collaborates with our club and remains a separate company.
Participants of the July 2026 AI prototyping hackathon presenting at a whiteboard at ÖzÜ-X
whiteboard session at ÖzÜ-X, July 2026
Teams building their prototypes during the three-hour sprint
teams during the build sprint

about

I’m Selim, a technology co-founder and International Finance student based in Istanbul. My work sits between product development, business and practical education: building software, delivering projects with a team, and helping others use AI to move from ideas to something they can test.

education

B.A. in International Finance — Özyeğin University · Expected May 2027

  • GPA: 3.45/4.00
  • 100% Performance Scholarship
  • AI Product Strategy and Management: A

exchange study:

  • The University of Texas at Dallas (Jan — May 2026)
  • KEDGE Business School (Aug — Dec 2025)
  • Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon (Sep 2024 — Feb 2025)

awards & support

  • Girişim Fabrikası (Fit Startup Factory), Özyeğin University — Venture support and AWS credits for product development.
  • Eazy Trading — Goldman Sachs Hackathon — Honorable Mention, May 2026.
  • Cognizant Case Study Competition — Finalist, April 2026.
  • Cropzy — Draper Pitch Competition — Semifinalist, March 2026.

how I use AI

I use AI both inside products and behind the scenes. In DotsAround, Claude supports the user’s contact workflow. In my teams, shared context helps people find guidance. For visual content, I use Claude to develop clearer prompts before generating assets in Higgsfield.

languages

  • Turkish — Native
  • Russian — Native
  • English — IELTS Academic 7.5/9.0 (C1), Feb 2025

contact

For product collaborations, student workshops or a conversation about building with AI, get in touch.