Osman is the co-founder of DRS, an AI-native consumer app studio combining consumer research, product development, and growth expertise to build AI-powered consumer products. DRS joined a16z speedrun’s SR007 cohort in San Francisco. Previously, Osman led data at Alictus/SciPlay, working on games with 500 million combined installs. He built data infrastructure, analytics systems, and machine learning algorithms, translating user behavior into recommendations for product development, retention, and growth. He served as data lead at Alictus through its acquisition by SciPlay. His career began at P&G, where he worked in consumer research and market understanding, studying how people make decisions and what drives product adoption. He later brought that expertise into gaming, connecting a lifelong interest in games with his professional background in consumer behavior and data. Osman’s entrepreneurial experience began in college, where he started three ventures, including a networking platform for student clubs and a QR-code menu business that attracted paying restaurant and bar customers. Before graduating, he also developed and published mobile games. He subsequently built and shipped multiple consumer apps independently, gaining experience across the full product lifecycle, from initial concept to development and launch.

Talha is the co-founder of DRS, an AI-native consumer app studio combining consumer insight, product development, and growth expertise to build AI-powered consumer products. He focuses on growth, monetization, and distribution, bringing these disciplines into the product development process from day one. DRS joined a16z speedrun’s SR007 cohort in San Francisco. Previously, Talha served as VP of Marketing at Alictus, the mobile gaming studio acquired by SciPlay, working on games with more than 500 million combined installs. He developed the studio’s growth and monetization approach, combining user acquisition, creative experimentation, and performance optimization to help turn locally developed games into global successes. He later joined xAI, where he experienced firsthand the speed, talent, and ambition behind building at the frontier of artificial intelligence. That experience informed his decision to co-found DRS, bringing together the lessons he had learned across consumer products, gaming, and AI.

Ahmet is the co-founder of DRS, an AI-native consumer app studio combining consumer research, product development, and growth expertise to build AI-powered consumer products. He serves as Board Member and Capital Strategy Lead, responsible for strategy, senior hiring, partnerships, and fundraising. DRS joined a16z speedrun's SR007 cohort in San Francisco. He assembled the initial team of DRS to setup the the company to a strong start. Previously, Ahmet founded Kolektif House at age 24 and built it into Turkey's largest office operator, scaling to 30+ locations, 250 employees, and roughly 7,000 B2B clients and 40m usd ARR. He set company strategy, recruited and developed the leadership team, and structured the partnerships and capital that funded expansion, including landlord partnerships across 30+ properties and relationships with the enterprise clients that made up the customer base.