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
15 AI Agent Observability Tools: AgentOps, Langfuse & Arize
Observability tools for AI agents, such as Langfuse and Arize, help gather detailed traces (a record of a program or transaction’s execution) and provide dashboards to track metrics in real time. Many agent frameworks, like LangChain, use the OpenTelemetry standard to share metadata with observability tools.
Meta Learning: 7 Techniques & Use Cases
Training and fine-tuning a typical machine learning (ML) model can take weeks and cost thousands of dollars. Meta learning helps cut this down by leveraging prior learning experiences to accelerate training, reduce costs, and improve generalization. Explore the key meta-learning techniques and use cases in fields such as healthcare and online learning.
Top 7 Open-Source Vector Databases: Faiss vs. Chroma & More
As AI Agents and models increasingly rely on high-dimensional data retrieval, selecting an open-source vector database becomes critical for enterprise deployment.
Top 18 ITSM Case Studies
Leveraging IT Service Management (ITSM) tools is essential for businesses aiming to increase the efficiency of their IT operations and enhance service delivery.
Top Alternatives to Windows Task Scheduler
Windows Task Scheduler, like open-source job schedulers, has no license costs. However, our review found that Task Scheduler’s Windows focus and limited scheduling capabilities may be not sufficient for complex IT scenarios and hybrid cloud requirements of enterprises. Users seeking alternatives to Task Scheduler typically fall into three categories.
Top 10 AI in ITSM Use Cases & Examples
Leveraging AI for IT service management (ITSM) tools supports organizations in terms of: See the top 10 use cases of AI in ITSM, examples, and benefits of leveraging AI in ITSM.
DGX Spark vs Mac Studio & Halo: Benchmarks & Alternatives
NVIDIA’s DGX Spark entered the desktop AI market in 2025 at $3,999, positioning itself as a “desktop AI supercomputer”. It packs 128GB of unified memory and promises one petaflop of FP4 AI performance in a Mac Mini-sized chassis. See the benchmark results on value and performance compared to alternatives: Competitive analysis: DGX Spark vs.
10 Procurement Case Studies & Lessons Learned
Effective procurement practices are necessary across all industries. By examining procurement case studies in various sectors, from non-profit to technology, healthcare, and beyond, we gain valuable insights into the impact of procurement solutions and best practices that can drive success in any industry.
Top Vector Database for RAG: Qdrant vs Weaviate vs Pinecone
Vector databases power the retrieval layer in RAG workflows by storing document and query embeddings as high‑dimensional vectors. They enable fast similarity searches based on vector distances.
Best RAG Tools, Frameworks, and Libraries
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) improves LLM responses by adding external data sources. We benchmarked different embedding models and separately tested various chunk sizes to determine what combinations work best for RAG systems. Explore top RAG frameworks and tools, learn what RAG is, how it works, its benefits, and its role in today’s LLM landscape.
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