Tunga Bayrak

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Co-Founder at Freya (YC S25)

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Tunga Bayrak is the Co-Founder and CTO of Freya (YC S25), an AI company developing human-like voice agents for enterprises. A recent Forbes 30 Under 30 Türkiye honoree, he is an AI engineer with a background in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania.

He has a strong interest in quantum computing, having served as Co-President of the Penn Quantum Computing Club where he taught courses and organized conferences. Tunga is also passionate about mentoring young talent, guiding students in presenting advanced research at international conferences.

Unique fact: Tunga was a gold medalist with a perfect score in the Urfordu International Math Olympiad.

Personality Overview

Value Driven

Curious

Assertive

They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.  They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information.

Topics They Care About

Conversational AI
As the co-founder of Freya, he is building "human-like call agents, " focusing on creating natural-sounding voice AI for complex customer interactions.
Quantum Computing
Co-led the Penn Quantum Computing Club, taught quantum mechanics courses, and continues to mentor young researchers in Quantum Artificial Intelligence.
AI Education
Previously a Machine Learning Instructor at freeCodeCamp, he created courses on deep learning models and practical AI applications for students.

Media Appearances

Tunga has no verified media appearances

Work History

6-2025
Co-Founder at Freya (YC S25)
1-2025
Machine Learning Instructor at freeCodeCamp
5-2024 - 5-2025
Co-Founder at MotionShark
12-2022 - 5-2024
Co-President at Penn Quantum Computing Club
1-2022 - 5-2024
Investment Analyst at FranklinDAO

Education

Computer Science from University of Pennsylvania
Minor in Statistics from The Wharton School

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Insights For Selling To Tunga

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Build rapport, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Focus on immediate action-items rather than the larger goals
  • Help them understand the risk aspect fully while inspiring confidence

DONT's

  • Avoid making offhand commitments
  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first
  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Tunga is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important to them, relationships will have some weightage.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Tunga

  • They are practical yet friendly, don’t expect a clear no very often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Tunga move?

  • They like to analyze well and then make their decisions.
  • Can Tunga take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and are less likely to take risks.

You And Tunga

Personality Compatibility


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