Tugce Bulut
| Tugce Bulut | |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, technology executive |
|---|---|
| Known for | Founder of Eloquent AI; co-founder of Streetbees |
Tugce Bulut is a technology entrepreneur and the founder of Eloquent AI, a San Francisco-based company that develops an artificial intelligence platform for automating customer operations in financial services. She is a second-time founder, having previously co-founded the London-based mobile intelligence platform Streetbees.[1]
Career
Streetbees
Bulut co-founded Streetbees alongside Oliver May. The company operated as a mobile intelligence platform that used deep learning to analyse user-generated content—including video, photo, and text—to provide market research insights. In a 2020 interview, Bulut described the company's mission as indexing real life in a manner analogous to how Google indexed the internet.[2] Streetbees raised $40 million from investors including Lakestar.[3] In September 2023, both Bulut and May departed Streetbees, with new leadership taking over the business.[4]
Eloquent AI
Bulut subsequently founded Eloquent AI, which participated in Y Combinator's Spring 2025 batch.[5] The company's AI Operator platform is designed to automate complex, regulated customer operations for financial services firms, including core banking and insurance workflows. The platform learns by observing existing standard operating procedures and team actions, and can control browser and desktop applications to execute tasks without requiring APIs or custom engineering.[6] According to the company, the system is capable of autonomously resolving up to 96% of customer issues.
Eloquent AI reported reaching $500,000 in annual recurring revenue within four weeks of customer deployment. In September 2025, the company raised $7.4 million in a seed funding round to further develop its platform and expand its operations in the financial services sector.[7][8]
The company is based in San Francisco and operates in the fintech, B2B, and enterprise AI sectors.
References
- ↑ "A second-time founder graduated from Y Combinator with a new AI financial services startup. Read her pitch deck.". 'Business Insider}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ ""We will see consumers speaking to us more through videos, images and open text": Interview with Streetbees CEO Tugce Bulut". 'EU-Startups}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "We got an exclusive look at the deck market research disruptor Streetbees used to raise $40 million from Lakestar". 'Business Insider}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "New leadership at Streetbees as founders depart business". 'Research Live}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "Eloquent AI – Y Combinator". 'Y Combinator}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "Eloquent AI – The AI Operator for Financial Services". 'Eloquent AI}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "Eloquent AI Raises $7.4 Million in Seed Round". 'The SaaS News}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "Eloquent AI raises $7.4m to transform FS customer ops". 'FinTech Global}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.