Emre Ozen

Emre Ozen is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of DraftWise, an artificial intelligence and legal technology startup based in New York City. Before establishing the enterprise software company in 2020 alongside co-founders James Ding and Ozan Yalti, he worked as a software engineer at Palantir Technologies. During his tenure there, he developed specialized expertise in cybersecurity and the architecture of complex, data-intensive applications. Under his technical leadership, the Y Combinator-backed platform successfully scaled its operations to serve top-tier global law firms and secured a $20 million Series A funding round led by Index Ventures in March 2024. Ozen currently directs the core engineering strategy and product development initiatives for the firm. His professional background centers on integrating generative artificial intelligence and robust data retrieval capabilities into secure enterprise software solutions for the legal sector.