# Gorkem Yurtseven

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Real Alpha has cut 6 moments of Gorkem Yurtseven (Co-founder & CTO, fal) talking, from an interview on Sourcery published Nov 3, 2026.

- Role: Co-founder & CTO, fal
- About: Co-founded fal and spent years optimizing its inference engine for generative media models.
- Company: [fal](https://realalpha.app/companies/#fal)
- On X: https://x.com/gorkem

## What Gorkem Yurtseven said

- [Higher video prices are revealing deeper professional demand](https://realalpha.app/s/higher-video-prices-are-revealing-deeper-professional-demand/)
  Sourcery · Nov 3, 2026 · 5 min
  > “turns out like there is essentially infinite demand so people people started using that model and then even more expensive models came around” — Gorkem Yurtseven · [7:24](https://realalpha.app/v/pPzJ1wE8Lnw/?t=444)
- [fal pivoted from Python infrastructure to image models](https://realalpha.app/s/fal-pivoted-from-python-infrastructure-to-image-models/)
  Sourcery · Nov 3, 2026 · 5 min
  > “where the trend still holds is let's focus on image models because like there's something interesting happening there as well” — Gorkem Yurtseven · [15:37](https://realalpha.app/v/pPzJ1wE8Lnw/?t=937)
- [Hollywood adoption is slower than the AI debate suggests](https://realalpha.app/s/hollywood-adoption-is-slower-than-the-ai-debate-suggests/)
  Sourcery · Nov 3, 2026 · 4 min
  > “So far, I would say I had zero impact on anything in Hollywood.” — Gorkem Yurtseven · [49:12](https://realalpha.app/v/pPzJ1wE8Lnw/?t=2952)
- [Model launches now require compute partnerships](https://realalpha.app/s/model-launches-now-require-compute-partnerships/)
  Sourcery · Nov 3, 2026 · 5 min
  > “if you are coming up with a new model you really have to plan ahead of time you have to make sure you have enough compute to run inference” — Gorkem Yurtseven · [38:00](https://realalpha.app/v/pPzJ1wE8Lnw/?t=2280)
- [fal keeps management flat with hands-on team leads](https://realalpha.app/s/fal-keeps-management-flat-with-hands-on-team-leads-2/)
  Sourcery · Nov 3, 2026 · 4 min
  > “the deepest level we have is like two levels of like reporting and yeah I think that's that's by design” — Gorkem Yurtseven · [27:49](https://realalpha.app/v/pPzJ1wE8Lnw/?t=1669)
- [Open source persists because studios need model control](https://realalpha.app/s/open-source-persists-because-studios-need-model-control/)
  Sourcery · Nov 3, 2026 · 3 min
  > “they want to be able to fine-tune the model they want to be able to apply different lauras filters to change the lighting” — Gorkem Yurtseven · [45:32](https://realalpha.app/v/pPzJ1wE8Lnw/?t=2732)

## The episode

- [Inside fal’s $1.65B Series E & F Led by Sequoia & Bessemer](https://realalpha.app/v/pPzJ1wE8Lnw/) · Sourcery · Nov 3, 2026