For investors
Renting in Turkey still runs on phone calls, during office hours.
kiralai automates the letting process for real estate agencies end to end: a 24/7 Turkish-speaking voice assistant, identity verification and unaccompanied viewings through a smart lock. We are at early MVP and heading into the field in Istanbul.
Market
Large, and only beginning to digitise.
- 27%
- Share of the population in Turkey living in rented homes
- 70,000+
- Licensed real estate businesses — our first customers
- 45,510 TL
- Average monthly residential rent in Istanbul
- 72,581
- Lease contracts approved through e-Devlet
TurkStat, Income and Living Conditions Statistics 2025
Emlakkulisi, October 2024
Emlakjet–Endeksa, August 2026
Ministry of Treasury and Finance, 30 August 2026
Why now
Three things landed at the same time.
- 01
Turkish voice AI is finally good enough.
Real-time Turkish conversation, barge-in and calling an API mid-call all work in production in a way they did not a year ago.
- 02
Renting has only just started to digitise.
72,581 lease contracts have been approved through e-Devlet. Against the size of the market, that is the very start of the curve.
- 03
The model is proven elsewhere.
Self-guided tours are common in US rental housing, scaled by Rently and SmartRent. Nobody is doing it in Turkey yet.
Business model
The agency earns more, the renter pays less.
- 01
kiralai
The AI assistant, identity verification, smart locks and listing operations.
- 02
Partner agency
Holds the licence and EİDS authorisation, collects the fee, closes the letting.
- 03
Renter
Answers around the clock and flexible viewings; the goal is a fee below today's level.
Revenue 1 — Subscription
Per agency, tiered by number of active listings.
Revenue 2 — Success fee
A fixed technology fee for every completed letting.
Where we are
Early MVP. We list what exists and what does not.
Ready
- Core software: booking engine, lock flow, the assistant's ten functions
- Lock, WhatsApp and SMS integration code (currently simulated)
- A nine-screen clickable renter prototype
- A compliant process design: EİDS and the viewing record
Not yet
- Testing with real users
- A lock tested on a real door
- A partner agency
- Revenue
Next 90 days
- Agency conversations in Kadıköy, Ataşehir and Üsküdar — target: three pilot agencies
- The voice assistant tested on real calls
- A lock field test in one rental flat
- Prototype testing with twenty prospective renters
Roadmap
Scale across Istanbul in twelve months.
- Q4 2026
Pilot
Three agencies; voice and WhatsApp assistant, agent-led viewings; first lock field test.
- Q1 2027
Unaccompanied viewings
Smart locks in ten homes; target of zero security incidents across the first fifty viewings.
- Q2 2027
Growth
10+ agencies in Istanbul; agency panel, contract and payment tracking.
- Q3 2027
Scale
25 agencies and 500 active listings; preparing Ankara and Izmir.
12-month target25 agencies · 500 active listings · 100 lettings a month
Team
Founding team
Co-founder · CEO
Medeni Temiz
Business development, agency partnerships, operations and field work.
Studying Electrical–Electronics Engineering and Business at Koç University. Internship experience in client portfolio management and systems engineering at getirfinans, Aselsan and TÜBİTAK.
Co-founder · CTO
Enes Akçakoca
Software architecture, the AI assistant, lock and messaging integrations.
Studying Electrical–Electronics Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Koç University. Research experience in AI, speech recognition and photonic architecture at TÜBİTAK BİLGEM and Aselsan.
A software engineer and a field operations lead will join alongside the pilot. We are looking for mentorship in real estate law, data protection and insurance.
Contact
We are happy to share the deck and the detailed model.
Our seed round is open. Fill in the form or write to us directly; we reply the same day.
investment@kiralai.com.tr