Donnerstag.ai, a Germany-based company founded by Barbaros Özbuğutu and Volkan Özkan in 2025, has begun operations in Turkey with its AI-powered B2B payment solution. The platform brings together the operations of finance teams across different systems, data, documents and manual workflows in one place; performs rule-based checks, identifies errors and discrepancies, manages actions and approvals, and can transfer transactions to source systems.
Areas of focus:
- accounts receivable and collections,
- accounts payable and invoicing,
- cash and bank management,
- period-end closing.
The company adapts to existing structures rather than using a ready-made template. The Donnerstag Tech Hub Istanbul in Istanbul will contribute to global technology development. Data from Turkey will be hosted within the country; the infrastructure focuses on compliance with ISO 27001 and KVKK. The company aims to reduce the manual processes involved in turning outputs into action.
Why it matters
The venture aims to address disconnected workflows such as accounts receivable, accounts payable, cash and period-end closing within the same operating framework. Its adaptation to existing structures rather than the use of a ready-made template highlights questions for companies using different systems about how well the solution can be adapted to internal processes and how its implementation will be carried out. Keeping data within Turkey and focusing on compliance with ISO 27001 and KVKK makes the technical aspect of the development particularly relevant for teams sensitive to the local management of financial data. The technology center in Istanbul positions Turkey not only as a market for use but also as a hub contributing to product development; however, the scope of this contribution is not explained in the report.
Background
Turkey is not a new name in the FikirPilot archive: over the past 90 days, we have published 77 news articles mentioning this name; the latest is dated September 28, 2026.