Double award for IGU startup at "Imagine Tomorrow 2025" event!

Developed at Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Technology Transfer Office and implemented under the umbrella of ULAV company established within the body of TEKMER, "Artificial Intelligence Supported 3D Mapping Project PİRİTA" attracted great attention in 2025 International Innovation and Entrepreneurship Event "Imagine Tomorrow". ULAV was awarded the "Young Entrepreneur" and "Honorary Award" with PİRİTA and PİRİHA in the event, in which IGU Vice Rector Prof. Arda Öztürkcan also participated and 58 innovative startups competed. The project, which was developed with the vision of domestic and national technology, also attracted the attention of investors and technology experts at the event.

Entrepreneurial success crowned with awards

PİRİTA, an artificial intelligence-powered 3D mapping project, has achieved a significant success not only on the Imagine Tomorrow stage but also on a global level. The project attracted attention by reaching the final in the "Research Project of the Year: stem" category at THE Awards Asia 2025, one of the most respected higher education evaluation platforms in the world.
Pirita stands out as an innovative system that performs mapping with machine learning and image processing methods instead of classical Lidar technology. DIKY, a specially developed unmanned aerial vehicle with high speed and long range capacity, is used in the project. This makes the mapping process more accessible, flexible, and cost-effective.
The project was also recently registered with the gold medal it won at the TEKNOFEST ISIF’24 Patent Competition held in Adana. Now, with the double award on the stage of Imagine Tomorrow 2025, it has become one of the proud sources of domestic technology entrepreneurship.

During the event, participants had the opportunity to get to know the latest technologies closely, to communicate directly with entrepreneurs and to evaluate cooperation opportunities.