About | EXCAR

The dream

A talking car in every driveway, not just the new ones.

AI is arriving in cars, but only if you buy a new one. The hundreds of millions of cars already on the road get left behind. We think that's exactly backwards: the used car market is where most people actually live, and it's where an upgrade matters most.

EXCAR gives any car an AI voice companion. You drive; it handles the rest: the song you want, the nearest gas station, the morning's headlines, and a live eye on the engine that reads the fault code and explains it before you've reached for your phone. Eyes on the road, hands on the wheel, everything else by voice.

That's the whole idea: making talking cars something anyone can own. A second life for the second-hand market.

A familiar idea, on purpose

If EXCAR reminds you of a certain talking car from 1980s television, it's supposed to. That show is a big part of why a lot of us wanted to build something like this in the first place.

EXCAR isn't affiliated with or endorsed by that show, its studio, or its rights holders. We're not using its name, characters, or branding. Any resemblance is an homage from people who grew up watching it, nothing more. Once EXCAR is further along, we'd genuinely love to explore a real conversation with the rights holders. For now, we're just building the car we wished we had.

What we believe

A few things we keep coming back to.

These shape every decision, from how EXCAR speaks to which features we build first.

Companionship over commands

A list of voice commands isn't a relationship. EXCAR is designed to feel like a presence in the car, one with opinions, memory, and timing. Not a menu you talk to.

Sub-2-second, or it doesn't feel real

The difference between "a gadget that talks" and "something that's actually with you" comes down to latency. We're obsessive about response time for exactly that reason.

Plug in, drive off

One port, one cable, no installer. EXCAR is ready before you've finished buckling your seatbelt, in virtually any car.

Says the honest thing

EXCAR doesn't sugarcoat the fuel gauge or the check-engine light, and it won't pretend to know things it doesn't. Dry honesty is part of the character, and part of the trust.

Built on our own model

EXCAR shouldn't just be a wrapper around someone else's chatbot. We're training EXCAR LLM, our own model, so the character, memory, and judgment at the center of the car are ours to shape, not rented.

Who's building it

A small team, a working prototype.

No outsourcing, no slideware. EXCAR is built by the people you'd talk to about it.

Mete Selcuk Simsek

Co-Founder · Business & Product

Bahcesehir University · Business Administration

Drives EXCAR's product vision and commercial execution, turning real driver needs into a scalable business. He leads product strategy, fundraising, strategic partnerships, and go-to-market, connecting the technology to the market opportunity.

Ahmet Selim Fedakar

Co-Founder · Engineering

Bahcesehir University · Software Engineering

Turns EXCAR's vision into a reliable, connected product. He leads the end-to-end technical stack, from vehicle hardware integration and real-time voice pipelines to mobile infrastructure and system connectivity. If it listens, responds, or connects, he builds it.

Dr. Atilla Kaan Alkan

Co-Founder · AI Research

Harvard CfA · NLP & ML Researcher

Transforms advanced language research into EXCAR's conversational intelligence. He leads the development of the AI and personality layer that enables EXCAR to understand context, learn from each driver, and deliver natural in-car interactions.

We grew up wanting
a car that talked back.