AI is a human transformation, not a tech upgrade.

Onat Vural

Conference

Founder, Beta Space Studio

2 days ago

Yesterday we saw it very clearly. After coding, the finance world — full of text and numbers — is also going through a major transformation. Emre Pabuçcu first shared the transformation he lived through himself, and gave a striking talk on how, without action, white-collar finance professionals will find themselves in an entirely different world three years from now. Talha Demir then shared how he manages his investment account with Claude using MCPs. And Muharrem Akpınar talked about how, in three months in his new position, he stood up every Excel from scratch and wrote his own finance dashboards. In short, at the Claude for Finance event, 248 people from banks to investment firms came together to listen to the stories and presentations of finance professionals using Claude in their work. We had plenty of conversations. Thanks to Anthropic, who made it possible for Said Sürücü and me — as Turkey's Claude ambassador — to organize this event together. And thanks to Özlem Derici Şengül for hosting us at Istanbul Bilgi University.

Said Sürücü

Meetup

Co-Founder, Beta Space Studio

3 weeks ago

Yesterday we held our fourth official Anthropic Claude Meetup. This time the topic was the use of Claude in academia. After Onat's introduction, Dr. Burak Gökalp, PhD shared how he uses Claude for social media data analysis in the social sciences; Dr. Tugce Tuccar talked about what she has done with Claude to find a common language within a multidisciplinary team in microbiology; and Dr. Yusuf Surucu, MD explained how he got help from Claude while processing visit data from 400,000 patients who received home healthcare services in Turkey. I took the photos this time, so I forgot to photograph myself :) Thanks to QNBEYOND for hosting us.

Said Sürücü

Workshop

Co-Founder, Beta Space Studio

1 months ago

We said let's gather 50-60 people for a workshop on how to use Claude with personal data masking using local LLMs, and even run a demo with the powerful GPUs at Estanbul Esports and Gaming Center. Then we realized 840 people had registered for the event; 518 accepted, and over 300 attended. :D We normally prefer smaller groups with plenty of interaction, away from the presenter-listener hierarchy. But since the topic generated so much curiosity, we transformed the event into a conference format. The need here is crystal clear: Organizations subject to data privacy regulations want to freely use cutting-edge AI models and services like Claude. In this meetup, after Onat's introduction, we heard from Av. Elif Eryılmaz on legal compliance, yours truly on data masking with local models and building secure workflows, M. Ali Bayram on local model training, and Alican Kiraz on local model inference. Special thanks to the Estanbul team, especially Cengiz Selçuk and Hasan Bera Aksay for their incredible effort throughout this process.

Onat Vural

Conference

Founder, Beta Space Studio

2 months ago

10,000 patient records are provided. Some of them will develop cancer in the future. Let's see if the teams can detect these patients in advance. When Ariorad Moniri asked me "Would you be a speaker at this hackathon?" I said yes without hesitation. On Friday, when I took the stage at Acıbadem University Healthcare Innovation Hackathon, I faced a young audience of medical professionals and software developers in a large auditorium. I gave a presentation titled "What Will AI Transform in Healthcare?" We discussed what successful AI projects in organizations do right and what the unsuccessful ones miss. Touching vital areas like medicine and supporting work in this field always makes us happy at Beta Space Studio.

Onat Vural

Announcement

Founder, Beta Space Studio

2 months ago

Shifting gears. We'll be working more closely with the Claude Anthropic team :) Anthropic has selected us as one of the official Turkey ambassadors. Thank you!

Onat Vural

Meetup

Founder, Beta Space Studio

2 months ago

We'll be doing these events more often. Last night we discussed what you can do with Claude using 'skills'. We listened to volunteer participants explaining how they handle their expertise or daily tasks, met lots of new faces, and helped people connect with each other. Thanks for the great interest — we've already started planning the next one with Said Sürücü. Hope everyone who came enjoyed it. Thanks to Anthropic for the sponsorship, Extra thanks to QNBEYOND for hosting us.