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Osman Koç and the trouble with getting what you wanted
A lifetime deal brought UserGuiding cash, customers, and a queue of questions. For co-founder Osman Koç, it was an early lesson in a career spent helping people find their way through software.
Tekin Tatar Built a Photo Editor for People Who Had Better Things to Do
From a cartoonizer built in Istanbul to a creative suite used around the world, Tatar’s long game has been remarkably consistent: remove the intimidating bits and let ordinary people make something good.
Spaceflow
Spaceflow is a San Francisco startup (Y Combinator S26) that makes enterprises 'agent-native.' Instead of selling companies another dashboard, it turns the systems they already run - ERP, email, spreadsheets - into a 'company brain' that AI employees and any MCP agent can read and operate securely, with a human keeping the final say. It starts with procurement and supply chain, where it has processed roughly $400M in annual supplier spend and reached six-figure ARR while in early stage.