13/10/2026
Meet Mert ⚓
Mert joined us through Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs, an EU programme that lets aspiring entrepreneurs gain experience by working alongside an established business in another country. As an Albanian born and raised in Türkiye, he had only known Kosovo through his elders’ stories. He spent three months with our team in Prishtina, and in his own words, found “a place that felt like home.”
During his time at AnchorzUp, Mert took his software development career to the next level. He gained hands-on experience with LLMs and machine learning and helped build our ISO AI agent.
Mert wasn’t a typical intern. He arrived with his own entrepreneurial vision and a strong interest in AI and multilingual technology, and he works comfortably in Turkish, Albanian and English. His perspective as a member of the diaspora brought new ideas into our everyday work and our team culture. It also helped us build bridges with Albanian communities beyond the Balkans. At AnchorzUp, we believe young talent deserves to work on real projects, and with Mert, both sides came away better for it.
Thank you for everything you brought to the team, Mert. You were a great colleague, and we’ll miss having you around. Until next time 🇦🇱