Deniz Sancar in the desert at sunset

BUILD. TEST. SHIP.

Deniz Sancar

Entrepreneur, founder, and investor. I build companies by leveraging AI systems.

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Founder. Builder. Operator.

I have built and co founded several companies, from software used by over a hundred thousand people to a game that reached number one on the App Store. I work the same way every time. Find the slow, expensive part of a business and turn it into a system, with AI doing the heavy lifting.

Deniz Sancar speaking on stage at TikTok

What I build

A few things at once, on purpose.

01

Virlo

A software company I co founded, now past 100,000 sign ups. It tracks what is working across TikTok, Reels, Shorts, and Meta Ads for any niche, with AI doing the research a team used to do by hand.

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02

38-0-0

A football squad draft game I built with AI. Draft a team from random Premier League seasons and see if you can go a whole season unbeaten. It hit number one free on the App Store, ahead of Fortnite, with over 2 million players in its first week.

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03

Mockingbird

Newer software that takes ad creative already winning on Meta and rebuilds it in your brand with AI. Keep everything you make, cancel any time. Built for teams who want a head start, not a blank page.

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04

Sancar Media

An agency I founded that helps established businesses grow. They get the same systems and AI leverage I use across my own companies, run by my team.

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The personal brand

I post on YouTube, LinkedIn, and short form about building companies with AI, the tools I actually use, and what is working right now. Breakdowns with the reasoning, not just the hot take.

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The approach

Most people use AI to make content. I use it to build companies.

I do not chase tools for the sake of it. I find the part of a business that is slow, manual, or expensive, and I turn it into a system that runs with AI doing the work. Then I test it, keep what holds up, and move to the next constraint. It is how a game I built reached number one on the App Store, and how I run everything else.

  • Find the blue ocean Build where no one else is looking before you spend a thing.
  • Systems over effort Turn the repeatable, expensive work into something AI can run.
  • Test, do not guess Change one variable, measure it honestly, keep what survives.
  • Ship fast A rough thing live teaches you more than a perfect thing later.
Deniz Sancar at a rooftop restaurant in Santorini

The story

From engineering school to building my own thing.

I studied engineering at Imperial College London. Rather than take the path it pointed to, I went all in on building my own businesses.

Since then I have co founded Virlo, now past a hundred thousand sign ups, built a football game that went viral overnight, and worked with brands across software, education, and creator tools.

The through line is simple. I like systems that are testable, and I use AI to build them faster than most teams can plan.

I would rather build it than talk about building it.

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Breakdowns of what is working right now.

How I build companies with AI, and what is actually working, with the reasoning, not just the headline.

Watch Me Build and Sell an AI App in One Weekend YouTube Watch Me Build and Sell an AI App in One Weekend How to Start a 1-Person Business With AI in 2026 YouTube How to Start a 1-Person Business With AI in 2026 I Gave Claude Code 24 Hours to Build Me a Profitable Dropshipping Business YouTube I Gave Claude Code 24 Hours to Build Me a Profitable Dropshipping Business
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In the press

Written up here and there.

Contact

Find me around.

I am most active on short form and LinkedIn. For anything direct, email is best.

deniz@sancarmedia.com