Yigit Ihlamur is the co-founder & General Partner at Vela Partners, a product-lead, AI native VC that’s backed 40+ AI startups since 2017. Before Vela he was a senior program manager at Google, and he holds an MSc in Computer Science (AI/ML focus) from Oxford. Today he builds and deploys AI agents across the venture stack, sourcing, diligence, and portfolio support, to make VC faster, cheaper, and more data-driven.

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