The CTO Show with Mehmet Gonullu

Live events generate massive attention, yet most venues have no idea who is actually attending. In this episode, Mehmet Gonullu sits down with Matt Zarracina, CEO and Co-Founder of True Tickets, to unpack the hidden infrastructure problem behind ticketing, identity, and audience ownership. Matt shares how legacy ticket

In this episode of The CTO Show with Mehmet, I’m joined by Ahikam Kaufman, Co-Founder and CEO of Safebooks.ai, a seasoned finance executive turned entrepreneur with deep experience across startups, public companies, and large-scale acquisitions. We explore why finance has lagged behind other functions in digital transf

In this episode of The CTO Show with Mehmet, I sit down with Khaled Nazif, COO of DSquares, one of the most influential yet quietly powerful enterprise loyalty platforms in the MENA region. Khaled shares his journey from Stanford and Silicon Valley back to the region, where he helped scale DSquares into a 150M+ end-use

In this episode of The CTO Show with Mehmet, I’m joined by Alex Schlager, Founder and CEO of AIceberg, a company operating at the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and explainability. We dive deep into why AI agents fundamentally change enterprise risk, how shadow AI is spreading across organizations, and why monitori

Raising capital looks easy from the outside. In reality, it is one of the most misunderstood parts of building a startup. In this episode, Mehmet sits down with Daniel Nikic, a global investment researcher who has analyzed over 15,000 companies across the US, Europe, and the Middle East. Together, they unpack the hard

In this episode, Gabriel Jarrosson, founder and managing partner at Lobster Capital, breaks down what truly drives breakout startups inside the world’s most competitive ecosystem. Before becoming a YC-focused investor, Gabriel built seven startups, failed four, and bootstrapped one to one million ARR alone — no co-foun