Akif Yaldır
Selected Impact
- Outdoorsy — ~30% revenue contribution from redesigned monetization; support dependency down ~20%.
- PatternAI — Shipped GenAI UX in 2022, before ChatGPT; grew enterprise customers from ~5 to 40.
- Botanalytics — Conversational analytics adopted by Coca-Cola, eBay, and AstraZeneca teams.
- Rakam — Redesign cited in the LiveRamp acquisition due diligence (2021).
Experience
VisaEngine · Agenlead
2025 — presentFounding AI products end-to-end — strategy, design and production code. VisaEngine: Next.js + Vercel AI SDK, a multi-agent assessment engine with RAG on Supabase. Agenlead: autonomous voice agents (n8n, ElevenLabs, Twilio, GPT-4o-mini) on AWS, with iOS + web.
PatternAI
2022GenAI onboarding and adaptive UI for enterprise — chat-based querying of structured data with AI-assisted visualizations, shipped before ChatGPT. Grew enterprise customers from ~5 to 40.
Outdoorsy
2019 — 2020Redesigned booking and monetization flows to self-service, delivering ~30% revenue contribution, ~20% less support dependency, and the company's first mobile design system.
AppSamurai
2018 — 2019Interaction strategy, navigation & flow, and design of interactive prototypes for AdTech customers.
Scotty
2017 — 2018Türkiye's first motorcycle ride-sharing platform. Defined the core map-based booking and real-time patterns; scaled from a founding team to ~100 people in a year.
Gobambino
2017 — 2018B2B2C marketplace for discovering and booking kids' activities. Led strategy, product and fundraising.
Botanalytics
2016 — 2017Conversational analytics with live in-conversation intervention. Adopted by Coca-Cola, eBay and AstraZeneca teams.
Clearsettle
2015 — 2016First fintech role. Reframed merchant settlement and dispute flows for clarity and speed.
WPmanya
2014 — 2015WordPress themes marketplace; built the business strategy and led a team of 6 to an exit.
Independent Engagements
Product Designer & Engineer
2014 — presentRakam (→ LiveRamp) · Plectica (YC) · Mindcloud · Finch · DeFiTuna · Falcon AI · Youtility · LocalGuddy (Acq) · Midtown Doornail · Mobileaction — and 20+ more across AI, SaaS, fintech and mobile.