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Omer Aplak

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Founder at refine

San Francisco, California, United States

Foundedrefine · YC

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Alexander BuchbergerunlockedOmer: together at refine (2023–2025)
×2Omer: together at YC S23
×9Omer: together at Y Combinator

About

Omer Aplak is co-founder and CTO at refine, where he works on open-source software. He began his software development career during high school and did not complete university.

Founder at refineYC S23

Intro paths

YC

Omer went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Omer can intro founders to refine's investors below.

refine's investors · 11

500 Emerging EuropeAmsterdamAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksCapitalize VCChicago · $100K – $200K checksCT Tornado Sp. z o. oe2vcEight CapitalPalm Drive CapitalNew York · $500K – $5M checksSenovoMunich · $1.1M – $5.4M checksStonksSan FranciscoVoLo Earth VenturesSnowmass Village · $2M checks · since 2026Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at refine

COCivan Ozseyhan
Civan OzseyhanFounder
EEEren Erkalkan
Eren ErkalkanFounder
EBEmre Baran
Emre BaranCEO & Co-founder
PKPiotr Karwatka
Piotr KarwatkaCo-founder

Experience

  1. VoltAgentCEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. RefineFounder & CTO2022 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
  3. PankodCo-Founder2018 — 2022Istanbul, Turkey
  4. Workbench SBIDirector of Software Development2015 — 2018Istanbul, Turkey
  5. Workbench SBIDevops2013 — 2018Istanbul, Turkey
  6. Workbench SBISoftware Developer2011 — 2015Istanbul, Turkey
  7. Nexum BogaziciJr. Developer2011
  8. StrategiaJr. Developer2010 — 2011

Skills & more

Node.js24React10Typescript9Agile Methodologies5JavaScript14PostgreSQL5Amazon Web Services (AWS)10React Native1.NET16SwiftNoSQL7MongoDB12
+10 moreDockerBashPowershellT-SQLObjective-CAnsibleVagrantSvelteKubernetesRedis

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Omer Aplak?
Omer Aplak is co-founder and CTO at refine, where he works on open-source software. He began his software development career during high school and did not complete university.
Where does Omer Aplak work?
Omer Aplak is Founder of refine.
What companies did Omer Aplak found?
Omer Aplak founded refine.
Where did Omer Aplak go to school?
Omer Aplak studied at Y Combinator (S23); Istanbul University (Economics).

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