Ilhan Irem Yuce

Ilhan Irem Yuce is the founder of FreeMalta.com and Chief Editor of News Beast — Malta's first Ai Native newsroom. He has spent 12 years in Malta, working across business development, strategic intelligence, and platform architecture. He built FreeMalta.com from the ground up as Malta's sovereign data platform — a free, independent resource covering salaries, jobs, property, hospitality, and now news. The platform serves thousands of expats and locals every month, built entirely on the belief that essential information should never sit behind a paywall. News Beast is his most ambitious project: a fully autonomous AI newsroom with ten distinct editorial voices, twenty categories, and forty scheduled publications daily. No ads. No spin. No editorial interference. Just the stories that matter, written by characters who have earned their voice. Before FreeMalta, he built a reputation in Malta's business community as someone who connects people, shapes narratives, and navigates complex decisions with clarity. He has worked with founders, investors, and HNW individuals across the island's most sensitive sectors. He describes himself as a Founder, not a CEO. The distinction matters to him.