Çiler Ay is the Co-Founder and CMO of CBOT, Türkiye’s leading conversational AI company. A 2002 graduate of Istanbul Technical University’s Management Engineering program, she held senior marketing roles in the FMCG, energy, and insurance sectors early in her career. Having pursued an entrepreneurial path for nearly a decade, Çiler has established CBOT as Türkiye’s strongest player in the field while building a technology company that stands out globally.
Through its enterprise conversational AI product, CBOT Platform, the company has provided virtual assistant infrastructure to over 100 major institutions and organizations to date; it also offers solutions that transform customer experiences using agentic AI, generative AI, and voice technologies. CBOT has formed strategic partnerships with global giants such as Meta, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI, and was recognized as one of the top 27 conversational AI companies in Gartner’s 2025 reports.
A frequent speaker at national and international events, Çiler is known for her visionary talks and writings regarding the power of AI to drive human-centric transformation in the business world.