Cem Dilmegani
Cem's work at AIMultiple has been cited by leading global publications including Business Insider, Forbes, Morning Brew, Washington Post, global firms like HPE, NGOs like World Economic Forum and supranational organizations like European Commission. [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
Professional experience & achievements
Throughout his career, Cem served as a tech consultant, tech buyer and tech entrepreneur. He advised enterprises on their technology decisions at McKinsey & Company and Altman Solon for more than a decade. He also published a McKinsey report on digitalization.He led technology strategy and procurement of a telco while reporting to the CEO. He has also led commercial growth of deep tech company Hypatos that reached a 7 digit annual recurring revenue and a 9 digit valuation from 0 within 2 years. Cem's work in Hypatos was covered by leading technology publications like TechCrunch and Business Insider. [6], [7]
Research interests
Cem's work focuses on how enterprise AI and software.Cem's hands-on enterprise software experience contributes to his work. Other AIMultiple industry analysts and the tech team support Cem in designing, running and evaluating benchmarks.
Education
He graduated as a computer engineer from Bogazici University in 2007. During his engineering degree, he studied machine learning at a time when it was commonly called "data mining" and most neural networks had a few hidden layers.He holds an MBA degree from Columbia Business School in 2012.
Cem is fluent in English and Turkish. He is at an advanced level in German and beginner level in French.
External publications
- Cem Dilmegani, Post-AI Banking: Millions of jobs at risk as banks automate their core functions. International Banker.
- Cem Dilmegani, Bengi Korkmaz, and Martin Lundqvist (December 1, 2014).Public-sector digitization: The trillion-dollar challenge, McKinsey & Company.
Media, conference & other event presentations
- Hosted on American Variety Radio, answering Court Lewis' questions on AGI on April 25th, 2026.
- Answered Korea24's questions on job loss due to AI on November 5th, 2025. Recording available on: Korea24
- Real Estate and Technology, presented by Hofstra University’s Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies and the Frank G. Zarb School of Business in 2023 and 2024.
- Radar AI session (June 22, 2023): "Increasing Data Science Impact with ChatGPT".
- Generative AI Atlanta meetup: Generative AI for Enterprise Technology.
Sources
- Why Microsoft, IBM, and Google Are Ramping up Efforts on AI Ethics, Business Insider.
- Microsoft invests $1 billion in OpenAI to pursue artificial intelligence that’s smarter than we are, Washington Post.
- Empowering AI Leadership: AI C-Suite Toolkit, World Economic Forum.
- Science, Research and Innovation Performance of the EU, European Commission.
- EU’s €200 billion AI investment pushes cash into data centers, but chip market remains a challenge, IT Brew.
- Hypatos gets $11.8M for a deep learning approach to document processing, TechCrunch.
- We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck AI startup Hypatos used to raise $11 million, Business Insider.
Latest Articles from Cem
Top 13 Training Data Platforms
Data is an essential part of the quality of machine learning models. Supervised AI/ML models require high-quality data to make accurate predictions. Training data platforms streamline data preparation from collection to annotation, ensuring high-quality inputs for AI systems.
Top 30+ NLP Use Cases in 2026 with Real-life Examples
The NLP market reached $34.83 billion in 2026, with projections to hit $93.76 billion by 2032. Healthcare is adopting AI at twice the rate of the broader economy, while the voice recognition market has grown to $22.49 billion in 2026, projected to reach $61.71 billion by 2031. We analyzed 250+ deployments across industries.
Top 125 Generative AI Applications
Based on our analysis of 30+ case studies and 10 benchmarks, where we tested and compared over 40 products, we identified 125 generative AI use cases across the following categories: For other applications of AI for requests where there is a single correct answer (e.g., prediction or classification), check out AI applications.
Top 10 Sophos Competitors & Alternatives
Sophos is a popular player in the DLP software and cybersecurity markets. However, our analysis identified some shortcomings of its products. Based on our DLP benchmark of the top 6 DLP products, we identified the top Sophos competitors to assist businesses in finding the best DLP software.
Top 10 Backup Management Software: Key Features & Benefits
With cybercrime costs reaching $10.5 trillion globally in 2025 and the backup software market projected to reach $18.2 billion by 2032 (growing at 8.9% CAGR), choosing the right backup solution can protect you from data loss that could cripple your business operations.
Text-to-SQL: Comparison of LLM Accuracy
I have relied on SQL for data analysis for 18 years, beginning in my days as a consultant. Translating natural-language questions into SQL makes data more accessible, allowing anyone, even those without technical skills, to work directly with databases.
Ninjaone Review: 15 Capabilities for Enterprise IT
NinjaOne serves IT units in 35,000 businesses. Its platform includes endpoint control, monitoring, security, backup, and service operations. NinjaOne has market-leading performance on patch management and RMM. Each section explains our experience with NinjaOne and its performance: Control layer (Devices) 1.
Top 10+ Mobile Device Management Software with Pricing
Companies are expected to maintain an efficient and safe IT environment. In contrast to on-premise work environments, remote and hybrid work require careful IT configuration, with a special emphasis on mobile devices. Mobile Device Management (MDM) software is evaluated on security, ease of use, granular control, scalability, and pricing models.
AI Hallucination: Compare top LLMs like GPT-5.2
AI models can generate answers that seem plausible but are incorrect or misleading, known as AI hallucinations. 77% of businesses concerned about AI hallucinations.
Top 10 Managed File Transfer Software Tested: See the Best One
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