fal marks new funding round with an inside look at its co-founders' partnership
noahsolomon · x · 2026-11-05
As fal announces its latest funding round, in-house writer Michelle Wu publishes a long-form piece profiling co-founders Burkay Gur and Gorkem Yurtseven.
The piece leans human: the two showed up in identical outfits, are friends long predating the company, and Gorkem sums the bond up as "very trustworthy, and never boring"—an inside look at the inference platform's founding story and culture.
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