# Ismail Ceylan

> Ismail Ceylan is co-founder; software developer / COO. Zeplin on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder; software developer / COO.

Ismail Ceylan co-founded Zeplin, a design delivery platform from Y Combinator's Summer 2015 batch, where he is COO. His Y Combinator profile lists earlier work at joiz, SumUp, Commencis, Pozitron and Profilo Telekom, and study at Isik University and Universitat Politècnica de València.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceylanismail/
- X: https://x.com/ceylanismail

## What Ismail builds

- [Zeplin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeplin.md), graded D, 47.6/100, in Design workspaces & canvases. Design handoff platform from Zeplin, Inc. where teams publish finished screens, components and design tokens. Its REST API and webhooks read and partly edit that data, and an official local MCP server gives coding agents screen and component specifications. Co-founder; software developer / COO, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Berk Çebi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/berk-cebi/), Co-founder
- [Merih Akar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/merih-akar/), Co-founder; developer
- [Pelin Kenez](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/pelin-kenez/), Co-founder and CEO; product designer

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Elad Gil](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/elad-gil/)
- [Mike Maples](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mike-maples/)

## Questions

### Who is Ismail Ceylan?

Ismail Ceylan co-founded Zeplin, a design delivery platform from Y Combinator's Summer 2015 batch, where he is COO. His Y Combinator profile lists earlier work at joiz, SumUp, Commencis, Pozitron and Profilo Telekom, and study at Isik University and Universitat Politècnica de València.

### What does Zeplin, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Zeplin from Zeplin, Inc.. Design handoff platform from Zeplin, Inc. where teams publish finished screens, components and design tokens. Its REST API and webhooks read and partly edit that data, and an official local MCP server gives coding agents screen and component specifications.

### Who has invested in Zeplin, Inc.?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Elad Gil and Mike Maples.

### How are Ismail's tools graded?

Zeplin is graded D, 47.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zeplin
- https://x.com/pelinkenez
- https://www.ycombinator.com/founders/64644-ismail-ceylan
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceylanismail/
- https://www.ycombinator.com/founders/64665-merih-akar
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/merihakar/
- https://x.com/merihakar
- https://www.ycombinator.com/founders/15544-berk-%C3%A7ebi
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/berkcebi/
- https://zeplin.io/
- https://zeplin.io
- https://zeplin.io/enterprise/contact-sales/
- https://support.zeplin.io/en/articles/11559086-zeplin-mcp-server

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