Ezgi Arslan, PhD.
Ezgi is an industry analyst at AIMultiple.
Research focus at AIMultiple
- AI agent applications in finance where she combines her finance expertise with emerging AI tools.
- Sustainability where she relies on her academic research background.
- Procurement technologies where she bases upon her experience in finance.
- Surveys and sentiment analysis for user insights where she rests on her academic experience.
- Network security, including firewalls, firewall management, and orchestration where she applies her industry analysis experience.
Professional experience
Ezgi worked both in academia and the industry before:- Çankaya University as Part-time Teaching Staff
- TED Ankara College as Education Support Specialist
- TED University as Teaching Assistant
- AKFEN Holding Inc. as Finance Specialist
Education
Graduated with a PhD. from the Department of Business and Administration at Bilkent University.
Academic publications
- Arslan ETanyeri-Günsür B. (2025). Ambitious sons and understanding daughters: investor perceptions of gender and the valuation of family firms". Gender in Management: An International Journal, 1-22, DOI: 10.1108/GM-11-2024-0636.
- Alp, E. (2024). An Examination of Factors in Financial Asset Valuation. Nişantaşı Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 12 (Special Issue), 60-72. DOI: 52122/nisantasisbd.1467788.
- Tanyeri A. B., and Alp E. (2023). Law as an external governance mechanism: valuation of family firms in countries with differing judicial protection of shareholder rights. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 1-22, DOI: 10.1111/corg.12484.
Conference presentations
- Alp, E. (2023) Impact of the Corporate Sustainability Performance on Financial Performance and the Institutional Shift Amidst Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Türkiye. In: ICGS 2023 CGIR Junior Scholar Consortium and Paper Development Workshop – held in Madrid, Spain on October 20, 2023.
- Alp, E. (2023) The Effect of Corporate Sustainability Activities of Financial Performance. In: 1. Conference of Economics and Society – held in Ankara, Türkiye on December 6-7, 2023.
- Alp, E. (2022) Shareholder activism, and organizational form. In: 19TH EIASM Workshop on Corporate Governance – held in Strasbourg, France on November 8-9, 2022.
- Alp, E., and Tanyeri A. B. (2021). Gender perceptions of investors and the valuation of family firms. In: RENT 2021 Conference – XXXV Research in Entrepreneurship Conference – held in Turku, Finland on November (17) 18-19, 2021.
- Alp, E. (2020). Value of Shareholder Voting Rights and Family Firm Related Mechanisms. In: 3rd AEM and TIM PHD Programs-Joint Paper Development Online Workshop, Bergamo on May 25-26, 2020.
Latest Articles from Ezgi
Top 15 AI Excel Tools Benchmarked
79% of companies claim to have adopted AI agents, and two-thirds of those users say these agents have boosted productivity in measurable ways.1 We test and compare 15 AI Excel tools to see how they handle real spreadsheet work. We ran two benchmarks. Quadratic and GPT for Excel scored the highest. Summary of other results:…
AI Agent Vulnerability with 192 Real-life Incidents
Understanding how AI agent vulnerability makes systems fail, whether through security exploits, guardrail breakdowns, or data exposure, has become critical as these systems take on increasingly autonomous roles in business workflows. To map the real-world risk landscape of AI agents, we reviewed 192 documented vulnerability incidents spanning March 2016 to May 2026, drawing on sources.…
Top Emotion AI Tools Tested
Large language models and emotion AI can detect feelings from voices, faces, and data, and generate video or audio from prompts. We evaluated the emotion detection capabilities of two emotion detection software tools and seven large language models using 70 face images. In this benchmark, GPT o4 Mini High stood out by correctly identifying emotions…
Top 10 AI Word Document Generators: Reviewed & Tested
Generative AI tools are now widely used to address everyday business challenges, such as drafting documentation or managing workflows. 68% of managers recommend generative AI tools to support their teams in the US, and 86% report that these tools were effective in solving real work problems.8 We tested AI writing tools that assist teams in…
Top 20 AI-Generated Text Detectors Comparison
We conducted a benchmark of the most commonly used 10 AI-generated text detector. Here’s a quick summary of our findings: Explore detailed feature & pricing comparison of the top 20 AI-content detectors, along with benchmark results, and the AI detection models powering these tools: For details on the benchmark, read AI content detector tools benchmark…
Top 5 ZTNA Open Source Components
ZTNA is replacing VPNs in many organizations as part of a broader move toward zero-trust security.23 ZTNA open-source tools offer a cost-effective way to authorize access at each layer, securing remote access to resources. Explore the top 5 ZTNA open source solutions: For businesses See also the key considerations for selecting a ZTNA solution, and…
Top 10+ ZTNA Solutions: Ratings, Size & Pricing
With around 22 million U.S. adults (~14% of the total employed population) working from home full-time,33 secure remote access is critical. Zero-trust network access (ZTNA) solutions address this need by ensuring that only authenticated, authorized users have access to sensitive resources. The ZTNA market is now valued at ~$30B in 2026 and is projected to…
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