Hi, I’m Nesibe Kırış Can.
I spend a considerable amount of time reading policy documents, research papers, company announcements, and the footnotes that complicate their headlines. At TechLetter, I bring that reading together with my work in AI governance and technology policy.
The questions that keep me interested are often practical. Who gave an AI system permission to act? Who can challenge its decisions? What evidence supports a company’s safety claims? And when something goes wrong, who has the authority to act?
TechLetter now has more than 10,300 subscribers across 100 countries. If you’re joining us for the first time, here’s what you can expect.
What I Cover
AI governance, regulation, safety, and ethics are central to TechLetter. I examine how these questions play out inside companies, across public institutions, and in people’s everyday lives.
That includes the EU AI Act and other regulatory approaches, corporate accountability, the growing authority of AI agents, and the relationship between technology companies and governments. It also covers work, inequality, human judgment, access to knowledge, and AI's environmental and economic demands.
You’ll occasionally find blockchain and other emerging technologies here, too. TechLetter began with a strong focus on Web3, and that earlier work remains in the archive. The publication has grown alongside my research and professional practice, with AI governance and technology policy now at the center. Using AI to make every day a bit smarter.
Who Writes TechLetter?
I’m a lawyer and sociologist by training, an AI governance consultant and researcher by profession, and the founder of TechLetter and STRATRI.
I studied law and sociology at Koç University. Those disciplines still shape how I work: I consider rights and responsibilities alongside institutions, incentives, and power dynamics.
My professional experience spans technology policy, public affairs, and responsible AI. Today, I advise organizations on AI governance and work on research, training, and applying governance frameworks in practice. I hold the IAPP’s Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional certification and write for Harvard Business Review Türkiye and CoinDesk Türkiye.
Working with organizations gives me another set of questions to bring to the research. A policy can look convincing on paper while leaving people uncertain about who owns a decision, when to intervene, or how to escalate a concern. Those gaps feature regularly in my writing.
Learn more about my work at nesibekiris.com.
What You’ll Find Here
In-depth analysis
Articles that go beyond the announcement: what happened, what the evidence supports, whose interests are involved, and what the consequences might be. Some examine a specific incident; others connect developments across regulation, business, and research.
Research and report briefings
I read reports from researchers, public institutions, and industry, then examine their findings, methods, and limitations. The aim is to help you understand which conclusions deserve attention and where the evidence leaves room for disagreement.
Cheat sheets and practical references
Concise resources on topics such as the EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, and agent governance. These include policy outlines, checklists, and explanations you can return to while working.
You can find them in the TechLetter Reports & Cheat Sheets collection.
AI Wrapped
Longer reviews of the developments that defined a year in AI, bringing together changes in governance, regulation, business, and society. These editions provide a record to revisit once the immediate news cycle has passed.
Interviews, reading recommendations, and commentary
Conversations with people working on these questions, books and resources worth your time, and shorter observations when a development calls for a closer look.
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Why I Launched TechLetter
I started TechLetter in 2022 because I wanted a place to think through the technologies I was following and share what I was learning.
Over time, the questions became more specific. I became increasingly interested in the distance between what technology promises and what institutions can actually govern. A company might publish principles without assigning responsibility. A government might announce oversight without securing access to the evidence. An organization might delegate work to an agent before deciding which decisions it can make.
These are the details I want to examine here.
I write for readers who want enough context to form their own judgment. That means linking to sources, explaining uncertainty, and distinguishing a research finding from my interpretation. When the evidence changes or I get something wrong, I want the publication to reflect that.
Who Is TechLetter For?
Readers include people working in policy, law, governance, research, business, and technology, alongside students and people considering a move into these fields.
You don’t need a technical background to follow the publication. I explain specialist concepts where they matter and link to the underlying material for readers who want to go further.
My aim is to give you something useful to take into a meeting, a research project, a policy discussion, or your own thinking.
Where to Start
You can browse the newsletter archive for a topic that interests you or explore the reports and cheat sheets for a more structured reference.
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Support and Partnerships
Researching and writing TechLetter takes time. Reading, sharing an article with a colleague, or sending a thoughtful response all help the publication continue.
If you would like to discuss sponsorship or a research, event, or publishing partnership, write to me@nesibekiris.com.
Any sponsored work will be clearly identified. Partnerships must leave me free to reach my own conclusions.
Keep the Conversation Going
Some of the most useful questions come from readers. If you disagree with an argument, notice something I’ve missed, or have a source I should read, reply to an edition or leave a comment.
I’m glad you’re here.
Nesibe Kırış Can
Founder, TechLetter
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