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 enterprises can leverage new technologies in AI, agentic AI, cybersecurity (including network security, application security) and data including web data.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
- Answers to Korea24's questions on job loss due to AI, 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
Speech-to-Text Benchmark: Deepgram vs. Whisper
We benchmarked the leading speech-to-text (STT) providers, focusing specifically on healthcare applications. Our benchmark used real-world examples to assess transcription accuracy in medical contexts, where precision is crucial. Speech-to-text benchmark results Based on both word error rate (WER) and character error rate (CER) results, GPT-4o-transcribe demonstrates the highest transcription accuracy among all evaluated speech-to-text systems.
LLM Latency Benchmark by Use Cases in 2026
The effectiveness of large language models (LLMs) is determined not only by their accuracy and capabilities but also by the speed at which they engage with users. We benchmarked the performance of leading language models across various use cases, measuring their response times to user input.
Bias in AI: Examples and 6 Ways to Fix it in 2026
Interest in AI is increasing as businesses witness its benefits in AI use cases. However, there are valid concerns surrounding AI technology: AI bias benchmark To see if there would be any biases that could arise from the question format, we tested the same questions in both open-ended and multiple-choice formats.
Handwriting Recognition Benchmark: LLMs vs OCRs
OCR tools achieve over 99% accuracy on typed text in high-quality images. However, handwriting remains challenging due to variations in style, spacing, and irregularities. We introduce a cursive handwriting benchmark with 100 handwriting samples written by our team to prevent overfitting.
Best 12+ Android Emulators in 2026
Android emulators let you run Android apps and games on PC, Mac, and browsers. Different emulators excel in different use cases. Below is a list of the top Android emulators categorized by their strengths from gaming to app development, security testing, and everyday Android app usage.
Top 11 AI in Fashion Use Cases & Examples
Faced with creative bottlenecks, inefficient supply chains, and rising consumer expectations, fashion brands are seeking smarter solutions. McKinsey estimates that generative AI could boost operating profits in the fashion, apparel, and luxury sectors by up to $275 billion by 2028.
Quantum Computing Companies of 2026
Quantum computing, which has wide-ranging applications in optimization, research, and cryptography, is driven by these organizations: Quantum hardware is an emerging computing technology that relies on complex hardware. As in the early days of personal computing, there are companies specializing in hardware, software, and end-to-end solutions.
Top 15 Edge AI Chip Makers with Use Cases in 2026
The demand for low-latency processing has driven innovation in edge AI chips. These processors are designed to perform AI computations locally on devices rather than relying on cloud-based solutions. Based on our experience analyzing AI chip makers, we identified the leading solutions for robotics, industrial IoT, computer vision, and embedded systems.
Quantum Annealing in 2026: Practical Quantum Computing
Quantum annealing is a promising quantum technology for companies with urgent optimization problems that traditional computers cannot solve quickly. It can be used to solve optimization problems more effectively than traditional computers. However, it is still mostly used in academia, and more R&D is required to build commercial quantum annealers.
Quantum Artificial Intelligence
Quantum computing and artificial intelligence are both transformational technologies, and artificial intelligence is likely to require quantum computing to achieve significant progress. Although artificial intelligence produces functional applications on classical computers, it is limited by their computational capabilities.
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