Breaking Boundaries: How D14.AI Founder Melda Akin Turned A Dream Into Reality – Entrepreneur

Breaking Boundaries: How D14.AI Founder Melda Akin Turned A Dream Into Reality – Entrepreneur

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When she was a student of computer engineering, D14.AI founder Melda Akin remembers working on solving extremely difficult optimization, prediction, and scheduling problems that could be solved by heuristics and combinatorial optimization approaches, all of which -she explains for us ordinary humans- are the types of problems that cannot be solved by software development techniques. "And I realized that there was a gap in existing solutions," Akin says. "I wanted to provide more efficient and effective ways to the market. So, as a computer scientist, setting up D14.AI was my dream, where I could combine my passion for technology, innovation, and problem-solving skills to set up a successful business, and also help society have better working conditions."Having started D14.AI with US$5,000 of personal funds in 2017, Akin has since grown it to a business that she claims generates "millions in revenue" today, with plans underway to expand its operations to the US this year. The company has also allocated US$500,000 to invest in startups and new tech ideas, such as BeeInvites, a startup that was selected for the Techstars Riyadh Summer 2023 program, as well as Sirius Labs, a tech