Tuğçe Şahin is a co-founder of OpenElpis, an independent, non-profit, open-source initiative building a trustworthy, citation-grounded AI research copilot for breast cancer.
She helps lead the project around a simple belief: that reliable, evidence-based medical knowledge shouldn't sit locked behind paywalls or scattered across thousands of papers — it should be open, clear, and within reach of everyone working to understand and treat breast cancer.
Breast cancer is the most-researched cancer in the world, yet much of that knowledge never reaches the people who could act on it. As a co-founder, Tuğçe is focused on keeping OpenElpis trustworthy, welcoming, and genuinely useful — a place where validated knowledge goes in and citation-grounded answers come out.
She'd love to hear from researchers, clinicians, engineers, and anyone who wants to help OpenElpis grow. The project is non-profit and the code stays open.
OpenElpis is non-profit and the code stays open. Whether you want to contribute expertise, sponsor infrastructure, or just follow along, Tuğçe and the team are easy to reach.
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