I’m Arda Erturk, a forward-deployed customer-facing AI engineer and technical founder who turns ambiguous business needs into reliable, production AI systems. I work end to end—from discovery and architecture through deployment, monitoring, and handoff—across regulated environments like industrial safety, defense, legal services, and customer operations. My recent work includes 24/7 computer-vision deployments on enterprise camera networks with privacy controls and human review, building sensor-fusion decision support across multi-modal inputs, and delivering grounded RAG/agent workflows that connect enterprise tools like documents, CRMs, inboxes, calendars, and telephony. Earlier, I helped build crypto- and AI-native commerce products, including card and wallet infrastructure, along with an AI commerce assistant used by tens of thousands of customers.

Arda Erturk

I’m Arda Erturk, a forward-deployed customer-facing AI engineer and technical founder who turns ambiguous business needs into reliable, production AI systems. I work end to end—from discovery and architecture through deployment, monitoring, and handoff—across regulated environments like industrial safety, defense, legal services, and customer operations. My recent work includes 24/7 computer-vision deployments on enterprise camera networks with privacy controls and human review, building sensor-fusion decision support across multi-modal inputs, and delivering grounded RAG/agent workflows that connect enterprise tools like documents, CRMs, inboxes, calendars, and telephony. Earlier, I helped build crypto- and AI-native commerce products, including card and wallet infrastructure, along with an AI commerce assistant used by tens of thousands of customers.

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I’m Arda Erturk, a forward-deployed customer-facing AI engineer and technical founder who turns ambiguous business needs into reliable, production AI systems. I work end to end—from discovery and architecture through deployment, monitoring, and handoff—across regulated environments like industrial safety, defense, legal services, and customer operations.

My recent work includes 24/7 computer-vision deployments on enterprise camera networks with privacy controls and human review, building sensor-fusion decision support across multi-modal inputs, and delivering grounded RAG/agent workflows that connect enterprise tools like documents, CRMs, inboxes, calendars, and telephony. Earlier, I helped build crypto- and AI-native commerce products, including card and wallet infrastructure, along with an AI commerce assistant used by tens of thousands of customers.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Forward Deployed Engineer / Managing Partner at AI Firm (aifirm.app)
April 1, 2026 - Present
Own end-to-end AI deployments for European enterprises across industrial safety, defense, legal services, and customer operations—from discovery and architecture through production rollout, monitoring, and handoff. Deployed 24/7 computer-vision systems on existing enterprise camera networks for fall, PPE, intrusion, animal, and site-specific safety events, with privacy controls, evidence-backed alerts, and human review. Built AI-assisted sensor fusion for European defense and critical-infrastructure operators by integrating 100+ radar/camera/sensor inputs for traceable detection, track correlation, and decision support. Delivered RAG and agent workflows for legal and service teams connecting documents, CRMs, inboxes, calendars, and telephony for grounded retrieval, intake, follow-up, and human escalation.
Founding Engineer / CTO at Interspace
January 1, 2024 - April 1, 2026
Built a mobile-first crypto wallet with account abstraction and Smart Profiles for AI-native management of wallets, cards, and apps. Extended Smart Profiles into an interoperable identity and permissions layer for portable accounts and user context across applications.
Founding Engineer / CTO at Machines Cash (machines.cash)
January 1, 2024 - April 1, 2026
Built a Visa card API, CLI, and MCP server for crypto-funded agent purchases, enabling product search, single-use card issuance, and purchase completion inside AI tools. Shipped KYC/AML flows across US and international markets in partnership with the card network, legal, and engineering through production go-live. Integrated stablecoin routing on Base and Solana with real-time USDC conversion, and built internal LLM automations for support triage, PRD-to-GitHub delivery, and UI iteration.
Founding Engineer / CEO at Bonfire
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024
Built a no-code AI commerce assistant platform used by 50K+ clients for product discovery and customer support, processing $5M+ in sales and improving conversion by 67% across measured deployments. Designed the recommendation and personalization layer, built the product end to end, and led go-to-market; backed by Z Fellows.
Co-founder, Growth & Business Operations at Roll Scooters
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2023
Launched shared-mobility operations in 9 Canadian cities and grew the business to $5M+ ARR, 1M+ users, and a Series A. Built repeatable city-launch and operating playbooks.
Software Engineering Intern at Scotiabank
June 1, 2017 - August 1, 2018
Software engineering internship.

Education

B.Sc. Mathematics and Statistics (Double Major) at University of Toronto
September 1, 2016 - June 1, 2021

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Industry Experience

Professional Services, Government, Financial Services, Software & Internet, Retail, Media & Entertainment