Tarkan Anlar
Daughters age 10 & 6.
Always smiling.
He lives down in Aydin and it was a 5-hour drive to Istanbul.
He is friends with Justin.tv Justin Kam so was part of that early Y Combinator thing, lived with Justin so they’d party party at their hours with Sam Altman, Alexis Ohanian, etc.
Started company in 2017, raised $16M, ride sharing company, pivot to e-commerce, sold the company, making nothing.
His new company’s logo is “machine works, you party”.
He’s into his voice-prompted AI assistant running on a Mac Mini in his home, connected via his iPhone, talking into it, like “Update the login response to show the new welcome message and deploy”
It talks back so he does this while driving, while on the treadmill or bike.
Because of this he has abs for the first time in his life, since he can exercise while working.
Into Hinduism and we talked religion.
Hindu gods as metaphors for these sides of yourself.
Hanuman isn’t about a giant monkey - it’s about that aspect of you growing giant.
He went to Burning Man many times and recommends it.
A local guy near him did a thing on the coast that’s like a local version of it, but for the emotional bonding, just an invitation only thing for safe togetherness.
Called Bonjuk Bay.
He and his wife have been together 15 years but the last 5 years they’ve fallen in love even deeper and it’s better than ever because of therapy and great communication.