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Biography

Three Approved Lengths

Short

~50 words

Murat Durak is an AI advisor, strategist and senior AI deployment operator. He is the founder of Response (growth systems), Forward Labs (AI deployment) and Apricode AI (AI-native growth OS), and works with executive teams across San Francisco, New York, London, Dubai and Istanbul.

Medium

~110 words

Murat Durak is an AI advisor, strategist and senior AI deployment operator who helps enterprises move artificial intelligence out of pilot and into production. He is the founder of Response, a growth systems company; Forward Labs, an AI deployment company; and Apricode AI, an AI-native growth operating system. His work centres on the Deployment Ladder — a five-rung framework for taking AI from experiment to operating standard — and on the governance, measurement and operating models that make deployment durable. He publishes Signal, a written briefing for operators, and speaks to executive audiences in San Francisco, New York, London, Dubai and Istanbul.

Long

~260 words

Murat Durak is an AI advisor, strategist and senior AI deployment operator working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, growth and enterprise operations. He is the founder of Response, a growth systems company; Forward Labs, an AI deployment company; and Apricode AI, an AI-native growth operating system.

His practice is built on a single observation: most enterprise AI does not fail technically, it fails operationally. Models work in pilots and stall on their way to production because ownership, measurement and governance were never designed. To address this he developed the Deployment Ladder, a five-rung framework that takes an organisation from isolated experiments to AI as an operating standard, with clear criteria for each rung.

He advises boards, founders and executive teams on AI strategy, deployment sequencing, agentic operating models and the growth systems that convert capability into revenue. Engagements typically run as deployment sprints, advisory retainers or board-level sessions.

He writes Signal, a written briefing for operators building with AI, hosts The Deployment Room, and teaches the Deployment Ladder Cohort. He is the author of four books, including FRICTIONLESS, The Invisible Employee, The Delegated Customer and Love in the Age of Matching. He works across San Francisco, New York, London, Dubai and Istanbul.

Topics

Signature Talks

01

Why Enterprise AI Stays in Pilot

The operational reasons deployments stall — ownership, measurement, and the missing production standard — and what to change first.

02

The Deployment Ladder

A five-rung framework for moving from isolated experiments to AI as an operating standard, with exit criteria for each rung.

03

Growth Systems, Not Growth Tactics

How compounding revenue systems are designed and instrumented — and why campaign thinking caps growth.

04

Agentic Operating Models

What changes in org design, decision rights and controls when agents perform real operational work.

05

Governance for AI-Run Operations

Risk, audit and accountability structures that let boards approve production AI with confidence.

Formats

How Sessions Run

Keynote

30–45 minutes, executive or conference audience.

Panel / Fireside

Moderated or participating, 30–60 minutes.

Executive Workshop

Half or full day, applied to your deployment portfolio.

Board Session

90 minutes, closed-door, decision-oriented.

Photography

Press-Ready Imagery

© Murat Durak. Editorial and press use permitted with credit.

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