Why I Built Synapse: Medical Education Deserves Better AI
I'm Mohammed, a Year 4 medical student in Istanbul. Last year, I tried using NotebookLM to study medicine, great AI, but it broke on medical PDFs, hallucinated on drug interactions, and couldn't track what I actually needed to learn. I realized the problem: AI tooling for medical education doesn't exist. Everything is either generic or broken.
So I built Synapse.
The Problem
Study tools ignore AI entirely (flashcards and PDFs, stuck in 2010)
Generic AI breaks on medical images and hallucinations clinical details
No one tracks what you've actually mastered or forgotten
Reinforcement learning isn't built into the learning experience
What We Built
Medical-grade OCR + AI tutor, understands medical images, doesn't hallucinate
Auto-generated MCQs, from your study materials, actually accurate
Concept mastery tracking, knows what you've forgotten (spaced repetition)
Reinforcement sessions, AI tailors practice to weak areas
Flashcards, summaries, progress tracking, everything you need in one platform
Built in ~4 months with Claude + Cursor. Live with early organic users.
Where We Are
Bootstrapped and live (subscription model)
Early users seeing their MCQ accuracy jump from 28% → 80% post-reinforcement
Planning to expand across MENA region
We're Hiring
I'm a solo founder wearing every hat right now. I'm looking for a technical cofounder to own the codebase and lead product development. In exchange for significant equity (and eventual salary once we're profitable).
If you're an engineer passionate about ed-tech, and want to build something that matters, let's talk.
Also hiring growth people (commission-first model) who want to own customer acquisition.
What's Next
Scale the founding team (technical cofounder + growth leads)
Institution partnerships (Turkish medical schools + GCC universities)
Building Synapse into the standard infrastructure for medical education globally
If you're a med student, educator, interested in ed-tech, or a technical cofounder ready to build something big, I'd love to hear from you.
We're just getting started.
Links:
Try Synapse: https://synapse-app.io
DM me if interested in joining the team
