Make
- 100 artists and designers supported to make work with AI
- 10 exhibitions
- 6 residencies
A technology association being founded in Ankara
Making technology a tool everyone can create with.
We are founding an association in Ankara that will run workshops, scholarships and events on artificial intelligence, software, digital art and entrepreneurship.
Our goal
10,000
young people
By 2030, teach 10,000 young people to use artificial intelligence as a tool for making and creativity.
Once the association is founded, we will measure it every year and publish the result in our annual report.
Support
- 100 scholarships
- 20 technology teams
Measure
- An AI and Creativity Barometer every year; we will publish the results as open data.
Draft targets; to be confirmed with the founding team.
Pick the option that fits you
Whichever card you start from, the pre-registration form will open pre-filled.
Young person or student
- Coding and AI workshops
- Technology teams and competition preparation
- Scholarships (October 2027)
Artist or designer
- Code and Canvas workshops
- Open call for the Human + Machine exhibition
- AI and copyright guide
Teacher or school
- Coding and AI workshops for schools
- AI training for teachers
- Programmes with parental consent and child protection
Company or institution
- Institutional membership and programme partnership
- Named scholarship funds
- Equipment and computers
- Supplier Academy for defence and aerospace SMEs
Academic or researcher
- AI and Creativity Barometer
- Open data and impact measurement
- The chance to serve on the advisory board and committees
Making with the machine
The Studio is the art side of the association. Artists, designers and anyone curious will try out, together in workshops, how to make things with AI. Our rule is simple: no one's work is used without permission, and where AI was used is never hidden.
Code and Canvas
Generative art, images and music with AI, copyright awareness. A separate series for children.
Human + Machine
An exhibition of work made with AI. Artists will apply through an open call.
Creative Intelligence Festival
A festival we will hold once a year, bringing together talks, workshops and performances.
Studio programmes will open after the association is founded. We are already adding interested artists and designers to the list.
The first six months
After founding, we plan at least one meetup and one workshop every month. We will update the list as dates are confirmed.
Opening meetup
Our first meetup, where we introduce the initiative with short talks and conversation.
Notify meAI Meetup
The first of a monthly meetup: short talks and live demos from people who make things with AI.
Notify meOnline series begins
Two online talks a month. If you miss one, you can watch the recording later.
Notify meFrom idea to prototype
A meetup showing how to turn an idea into a prototype in one evening with AI tools.
Notify meCode and Canvas
Studio workshop: generative art and making images with AI.
Notify meEntrepreneurship meetup
A conversation with founders building products with AI, plus short pitch slots for anyone with an idea.
Notify meFirst drone workshop
Safe flight rules and a first hands-on flight.
Notify meCode and Canvas workshop
The second workshop in the series: generative art and drawing with code.
Notify meArt × AI Hackathon
A 24-hour making marathon; we will show the work that comes out of it in a small exhibition.
Notify me
Long-term programmes
Alongside one-off events, five programmes that will run every year. Each one is grounded in the statute.
Scholarships
For young women studying software, AI, engineering and design, and for students on technology teams. Some scholarships will come from funds named after their supporters.
First cohort
October 2027
Founding team
We will complete the founding team by meeting the people who pre-register. You could be one of the founding member candidates.
Alptekin Uzun
Technology entrepreneur
Founder of TheDevelopy Ltd, a London-based technology company working in software, applied AI and R&D consulting. Partner at Anayurt Teknoloji in Ankara, responsible for sales, marketing, business development and corporate development. Completed the Leading Strategic Projects Programme at the University of Oxford and is studying for a master's degree in business administration at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University. Once the association is founded, will lead its entrepreneurship programmes, corporate partnerships and fundraising.
Demet Bozkurt Uzun
Software engineer · Technology entrepreneur
Founder of The Form Before Ltd, a London-based company bringing art and software together. For ten years has built web and financial technology products in teams across Türkiye, Ireland and the UK, and most recently released an open-source AI agent. Once the association is founded, will lead the Creative Technology Studio: artist and developer pairings, the workshop curriculum and taking the work through to publication.
Mustafa Can Macit
Chief technology officer · Signal processing
Chief Technology Officer at Anayurt Teknoloji in Ankara. Since 2019 has led the company's digital signal processing team and R&D work, focusing on wireless communications and signal processing. Pursuing a PhD at Middle East Technical University (METU); previously a research and graduate assistant at Boğaziçi and Kadir Has universities. Once the association is founded, will lead its technology teams and advanced technology programmes.
Become a founding member candidate
The founding team that signs the notification will be formed from pre-registrations. You must be 18 or over.
For the advisory board, we are talking to people from academia, the arts and technology.
Our commitments
- No money before founding
- We take no money from anyone until the association is founded and has its own bank account. After that, income will be spent only on the association's aims.
- Independent oversight
- Members of the audit board will have no family or business ties to members of the board.
- Conflicts of interest
- Board and committee members do not vote on decisions in which they or their companies have an interest; purchases from related parties are disclosed in the annual report.
- Impartial research
- Sponsors of our reports will be named openly and will not influence the findings.
- Child protection and privacy
- Under-18s take part with parental consent. Pre-registration data is processed only with your consent.
- Civilian and transparent
- We do not make weapons or munitions; our contribution to the defence industry is through training, talent and supplier development. Our programmes for children and secondary school students are entirely civilian.
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Pre-registration
For now we want to see who is interested. Pre-registration is free; no one is asked for money before the association is founded.
- Founding member candidateThe team that signs the founding notification will be formed from this list. You must be 18 or over.
- MemberThe first member pool. Once the association is founded, we will write to you about membership.
- VolunteerHelp at events, at workshops or on social media.
- Speaker or trainerSpeak at a meetup or run a workshop.
- SponsorIf your organisation would like to support us, let us know; we will talk after the association is founded.