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 · 4
Co-founders at refine
Experience
- VoltAgentCEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- RefineFounder & CTO2022 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- PankodCo-Founder2018 — 2022Istanbul, Turkey
- Workbench SBIDirector of Software Development2015 — 2018Istanbul, Turkey
- Workbench SBIDevops2013 — 2018Istanbul, Turkey
- Workbench SBISoftware Developer2011 — 2015Istanbul, Turkey
- Nexum BogaziciJr. Developer2011
- StrategiaJr. Developer2010 — 2011
Skills & more
Node.js24React10Typescript9Agile Methodologies5JavaScript14PostgreSQL5Amazon Web Services (AWS)10React Native1.NET16SwiftNoSQL7MongoDB12
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DockerBashPowershellT-SQLObjective-CAnsibleVagrantSvelteKubernetesRedisFrom Omer's professional profile.
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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