Synapse

Synapse

AI study copilot for medical students

EdTech, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

Medical students are expected to master enormous volumes of dense, technical content under extreme time pressure. In Turkey and MENA alone there are hundreds of thousands of med students who juggle lectures, rotations, and high‑stakes exams with tools that are either generic (Anki, Notion, ChatGPT) or rigid and expensive (UWorld, Amboss). None of these tools are built around each student’s actual lecture notes and syllabus, so students waste hours manually turning PDFs into questions and flashcards, or they just give up and reread slides.

Solution – Synapse
Synapse is an AI‑powered study platform that turns a student’s own materials into a personalized exam engine. Students upload lecture notes, slides, or textbooks and Synapse automatically generates:
– Exam‑style MCQs aligned with their uploaded content
– Flashcards for active recall & spaced repetition
– Structured summaries of complex topics
– Access to an AI tutor (Astra) that answers questions using their materials
– Concept mastery tracking that detects what they are forgetting and schedules reviews

The goal is simple: instead of buying a generic Qbank, a student turns their own curriculum into a tailored question bank and AI copilot in minutes.

Stage / Traction
MVP is deployed and live. I built the full product myself over the last 4 months as a 4th‑year medical student in Istanbul. We are just coming out of beta: ~30 users have signed up, ~12 have used the product, and 6 are clear power users who keep coming back. We’re now turning on a 7‑day free trial and paywall and starting structured growth experiments in Turkish medical schools.

Tech Stack
– Frontend: React + TypeScript
– Backend: Node.js / Express on Render
– Database & auth: Supabase
– AI: LLMs for question generation, summarisation, tutoring, and concept tracking (currently OpenAi)
– Infra: Vercel for frontend deployment, basic analytics + logging

What I’m looking for
A technical co‑founder who wants to own the architecture and technical roadmap long‑term (scalability, robustness, ML pipeline, security), while I focus on product, users, and go‑to‑market. Someone who cares about medical education, likes shipping fast, and is willing to start on equity only until we have revenue/funding.

synapse-app.io
MVP
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The Team

Mohammed Abuissa

Mohammed Abuissa

Founder

100%

4Y VESTING, 12M CLIFF

Co-founder role for Mohammed Abuissa

Open Roles

Hiring

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

15% Equity

We are looking for a Founding CTO to own the technical side of Synapse, an AI‑powered study platform for medical students in Turkey & MENA. You will be responsible for the overall architecture, codebase quality, infrastructure, and AI integration as we scale from first users to thousands of students.What you’ll own– Lead the technical vision and roadmap for Synapse– Refine and extend our existing stack (React/TypeScript frontend, Node.js backend, Supabase, LLM integrations)– Design and implement scalable, secure APIs and data models for notes, questions, flashcards, and user progress– Build robust pipelines for LLM‑powered features (MCQ generation, flashcards, summaries, AI tutor, spaced repetition)– Set up proper testing, monitoring, analytics, and deployment workflows– Make key build‑vs‑buy decisions and choose tools/frameworks as we grow– Hire and lead future engineers once we reach product‑market fitWho you are– Strong full‑stack engineer (or backend‑leaning) who has shipped production web apps end‑to‑end– Comfortable working with modern JS/TS, relational databases, and cloud hosting– Curious about or experienced with LLMs / AI products– Biased toward shipping, learning from users, and iterating quickly rather than over‑engineering– Excited about improving medical education and building for Turkish/MENA marketsCompensation– This is an equity‑only founding role to start (no salary initially)– Equity: ~15% with a 4‑year vesting schedule and 1‑year cliff, with exact terms negotiable for the right personYou’ll be joining a non‑technical founder who is a 4th‑year medical student, already built and deployed the MVP, and is focused on product, users, and distribution. Your job is to own the tech so we can move faster together.

Vesting: 4Y VESTING, 12M CLIFF

ROADMAP

IDEA

COMPLETED

Core vision and mission mapping.

PROTOTYPE

COMPLETED

Functional blueprint and digital asset creation.

MVP

IN_PROGRESS

Public deployment and initial sector engagement.

REVENUE

PLANNED

Monetization protocol and billing systems active.

GROWTH

PLANNED

Scaling operations and regional expansion.

Vision & Strategy

"Ideas are easy. Execution is everything." — John Doerr

Project Revenue
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Project Funding
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Creator

Mohammed Abuissa

Mohammed Abuissa

Founder & Medical Student building an AI study platform for med students

I’m a 4th‑year medical student in Istanbul building Synapse, an AI‑powered study platform for medical students. I’ve spent the last 4 months building the full product myself (React/TypeScript, Node, Supabase, LLMs) despite not being a traditional engineer. Synapse lets students upload their own lecture notes and instantly get exam‑style MCQs, flashcards, summaries, and an AI tutor that tracks what they know and forget. I’m obsessed with fixing how med students study in Turkey and MENA. I talk to students every week, ship fast, and care more about real usage and learning outcomes than vanity metrics. I’m looking for a technical co‑founder who wants to own the tech vision long‑term while I focus on product, users, and distribution.