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Ezgi Arslan, PhD.

Ezgi Arslan, PhD.

Industry Analyst
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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 E. and Tanyeri-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

Latest Articles from Ezgi

AI
Insight
Jul 3

Top 7 Methods for Audio Sentiment Analysis in 2026

As the number of consumers increases and users’ data accumulates daily, a data explosion is no surprise. Companies use data collection and analytics to improve sales, customer insights, or brand reputation. Even though voice data is the most direct feedback businesses receive from customers, they often overlook its importance. To better understand how customers evaluate…

Cybersecurity
Open World Evaluation
Jul 2

Analysis of Top 3 Open Source Firewall Management Tools

Substantial costs of data breaches, which average over $4 million globally. To safeguard their sensitive data and firewall security, businesses rely on firewall security management services. If you are *Based on data from B2B review platforms **Compatibility might be possible via some layer, such as virtualization. You may explore details regarding in the following sections.…

Cybersecurity
Open World Evaluation
Jul 2

Analysis of Top 4 Open Source NGFWs Based on Features

Teams using NGFWs, AI-driven security, and automation save ~$2M more than those using traditional tools. See open source NGFW as a cost-effective network security solution for comprehensive security: Table 1. Key features For details of key features of open source NGFW and their importance, check the ngfw features. Table 2. Market presence *Based on data…

Agentic AI
Benchmark
Jul 2

Top 15+ AI Financial Research Platforms for Investors

Despite thousands of available financial research tools, many investors struggle with fragmented data, time-consuming manual analysis, and limited predictive insights. AI financial research platforms use natural language processing and advanced analytics to cut research time from hours to minutes. See the top AI financial research solutions with their main services, prices and use-cases: Our experience:…

Cybersecurity
Benchmark
Jul 2

Comparison of Top 10 Firewall Audit Software

Firewall audit software helps validate compliance and manage firewall configurations in bulk. Explore a comparison of leading firewall audit tools based on two approaches: Values that are zero are not shown in the chart. Average percentage of features offered by each tool across four categories: notifications, reports and analytics, policy management, and user-based authorization. For…

Cybersecurity
Open World Evaluation
Jul 2

Top 5 Network Security Policy Management Solutions

I have identified the top 5 NSPM solutions, multi-vendor and vendor-native tools, based on my & other users’ experiences and vendor features. Follow the links to see the reasoning behind these selections: Digital companies should utilize network security policy management solutions (NSPM) to govern, monitor, and enforce policies across their entire network. Multi-vendor network security…

Cybersecurity
Benchmark
Jul 2

WAF Solutions: Benchmark-Based Comparison

With two decades of industry experience and market data showing that nearly half of breaches begin with web applications55, we manually tested three leading WAFs (Cloudflare, Imperva, Barracuda) against real attack traffic by creating a test site and targeting it with common web threats, broken access control, injection, and vulnerable and outdated components. See a…

Data
Open World Evaluation
Jul 1

Top 15+ Data as a Service Companies

Data as a Service (DaaS) is a cloud model that delivers data on demand, usually on a subscription. It lets a business buy the datasets it needs without collecting and storing the data itself. See the top data as a service companies and data types they provide, the key features such as data analytics, and…

AI
Open World Evaluation
Jul 1

Top 15 Answer Engine Optimization Tools

A 25% drop in traditional search engine volume is expected by the end of 2026 due to the rise of AI chatbots.61 Instead of showing a list of links, answer engine optimization tools like ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, and Perplexity now provide direct answers. This shift makes it harder for websites to stand out using…

AI
Insight
Jul 1

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO): Tips & Best Practices

With ~60% of Google searches resulting in zero clicks, users are becoming accustomed to receiving answers without visiting sources. 65 Answers engines like Perplexity.ai that provide answers rather than links, are growing in popularity. Explore the top answer engine optimization best practices, 6-key-components of AEO strategies, and AEO performance metrics: Real-life example: Rand Fishkin, the…