

Co-Founder / CEO at DRS
Osman Elsoz
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.