Episodes

In this episode of The CTO Show with Mehmet, Mehmet sits down with Ritesh Patel, CEO and Co-Founder of Ticket Fairy. He has built a full-stack operating system for the global events industry, spanning ticketing, payments, mar...

In this episode of The CTO Show with Mehmet, Mehmet sits down with Karl Simon, Co-Founder and CTO at Subatomic AI. Karl is building orchestration infrastructure for AI agents and enterprise workflows, focused on turning AI in...

In this episode of The CTO Show with Mehmet, Mehmet sits down with Ari Galper, creator of Trust-Based Selling. Ari has spent 25 years building a sales methodology around one argument: trust, not persuasion, determines whether...

In this episode of The CTO Show with Mehmet , Mehmet sits down with James Oliver, Jr. , founder of the Kabila Founder Mental Health Fund and author of Burn Bright, Not Out . This is not a theoretical conversation. It is a raw...

AI is reshaping how search works and most businesses are still playing by outdated SEO rules. In this episode, Joe Toscano joins Mehmet to break down what’s really happening behind AI search and why traditional keyword-driven...

AI is changing how engineering teams build, ship, and scale but the real shift isn’t in productivity. It’s in leadership. In this episode, Bala Muthiah, Director of Engineering in Silicon Valley, breaks down what actually cha...

What actually separates companies that scale from $5M to $200M ARR… from those that plateau? In this episode, Mehmet sits down with Isabelle Tashima, Investor at Volition Capital, to unpack how growth equity firms evaluate co...

AI is moving from tool to autonomous actor, and most organizations are still treating it like software. In this episode, Kathryn Wang, Principal Public Sector at SandboxAQ, breaks down what actually changes when AI systems mo...

AI is rapidly shifting digital marketing from traditional search engines to answer-driven experiences. In this episode, Aaron Burnett joins Mehmet to break down how AI is reshaping distribution, trust, and customer acquisitio...

In this episode of The CTO Show with Mehmet , Mehmet sits down with Rylan Folts, Co-Founder of WealthFeed, to explore how AI is reshaping prospecting in wealth management and beyond. The conversation goes beyond fintech. It d...

In this episode, Mehmet sits down with Richa Kaul, Founder and CEO of Complyance, to explore how AI is fundamentally reshaping governance, risk, and compliance (GRC). What was once seen as a cost center is now becoming a stra...

Digital identity is moving from a background function to a core layer of the internet. In this episode, Mehmet sits down with Jarek Sygitowicz, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Authologic, to explore how identity veri...

Cybersecurity has never been more critical, yet organizations still struggle to explain its real value in business terms. Security teams process millions of alerts, deploy dozens of tools, and spend billions globally, but bre...

As AI rapidly reshapes how software is built, technology leaders face a growing tension between speed and security. Development cycles are accelerating thanks to generative AI tools, while cybersecurity teams are struggling t...

Enterprise transformation rarely fails because of strategy. It fails because of execution, and one of the most complex parts of execution is data migration. In this episode, Mehmet speaks with Dominik Wittenbeck, CTO at SNP, ...

What if aging is not inevitable, but a solvable biological problem? In this episode of The CTO Show with Mehmet , Mehmet sits down with Dr. Bill Andrews , a renowned molecular geneticist and pioneer in telomere research. Dr. ...

In this episode of The CTO Show with Mehmet , Mehmet Gonullu sits down with Betsy Atkins, serial entrepreneur, board member of global companies, and advisor to leading organizations including Google Cloud. The conversation ex...

Tokenization has moved beyond hype. The real opportunity is no longer in creating tokens, but in building the infrastructure that allows real-world assets to operate at scale. In this episode, Mehmet speaks with GP Worrell, C...

AI is moving faster than security, and the gap is widening. In this episode, Mehmet sits down with Walter Haydock, Founder of StackAware, to explore how organizations can safely deploy AI while managing growing risks across c...

As AI continues to automate workflows, decision-making, and even communication, one critical capability is becoming more valuable than ever: human connection. In this episode, Mehmet sits down with Joshua Bernstein, author of...

AI is no longer just about models, prompts, or experimentation. It is becoming infrastructure. In this episode, I sit down with Shashank Tiwari, CEO and Founder, to unpack one of the biggest shifts happening right now: AI is ...

In this episode, Mehmet Gonullu sits down with Will Spengler, Founder and Principal of Frederick Fox, to explore how hiring, entrepreneurship, and scaling professional services businesses are evolving in the age of AI. Will s...

In this conversation, Mehmet sits down with Amos Bar-Joseph, Founder and CEO of Swan AI, to unpack what it really means to build an autonomous company. Amos shares how he moved away from the traditional “growth at all costs” ...

In this deep and thought-provoking episode, Mehmet sits down with Alessandro Grampa , Founder of Whole Grain Wisdom, to explore what it truly means to be a “Quantum Founder” in the age of AI, hyper-growth, and burnout. From p...