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Hi, I'm Alican

Lead full-stack engineer and architect based in Berlin. 9+ years building products from early-stage startups to growth-stage companies. One senior engineer, working directly with founders and senior teams.

Alican Torun
9+
Years delivering production software
~$3B
Parloa valuation (core team)
Top 4%
Antler acceptance (VC-backed founder)
6 figures
Revenue, year one independent
The short version

How I got here.

I started in real estate, valuation, development, and leasing for one of Europe's biggest mall operators. Good career, but I kept building side projects in my spare time.

In 2019, I made the jump. Bootcamp, then startups. I was one of the first engineers at Parloa, joining at pre-seed and staying through multiple funding rounds. They're now valued at ~$3B. There I built conversational AI on an enterprise platform, years before the LLM wave made that work fashionable.

In 2023, I joined Antler's Berlin cohort (top 4% acceptance). I built Visuo, an AI data analytics platform, and ran the full stack of a startup, not just the code: fundraising and financial models, performance-marketing dashboards, and go-to-market at a VC-backed company. I know what compounds because I have owned every part of it.

Now I help other founders move faster: build the right way, use AI properly, own their tech instead of renting it. I work with two to three clients at a time, so each one gets my full attention.

Journey

Nine years in tech.

2024

Lead Engineer & Architect

alicantorun.com

Independent practice. Production software and technical architecture for startups and scaling companies.

2024

Co-Founder

Visuo

AI-powered data analytics. Secured pre-seed from Antler and angels.

2023

Entrepreneur in Residence

Antler

Berlin cohort. Top 4% acceptance rate. Formed founding team.

2020-2023

Core Team Engineer

Parloa

Joined as one of the first engineers at Parloa, pre-seed, and stayed through Series B. Now valued at ~$3B.

2019-2020

Full Stack Developer

Cirplus

B2B marketplace for recycled plastics.

2019

Ironhack Berlin

Bootcamp

Full Stack Web Development bootcamp.

2017-2019

Freelance Developer

Self-employed

Career pivot to tech. MERN/PERN stack projects.

2013-2017

Real Estate Career

Various

Valuation, development, leasing at Klépierre.

Elsewhere

Find me elsewhere.

Let's talk

Let's discuss your project.

Whether you need software built, architecture reviewed, or your own AI system, get in touch to see if there's a fit.