Kaan Aricioglu
Economics student at NYU, Presidential Honors Scholar. Experience in business development, consulting, and AI product development.
Experience
Cursor for
Sep 2025 - Present
Connecting dots that probably shouldn't be connected.
Trying to make AI think in graphs instead of sentences.
IFC (World Bank Group) – Business Development Intern
Aug 2025 - Sep 2025
Market analysis for supply chain finance expansion in Turkey
AI integration strategy and MS Copilot automation
Consulta – Management and Technology Consulting Intern
Jun 2025 - Jul 2025
Pre-audit analysis for Turquality certification
Market sizing for engineering plastics sector
LumenAI – Founder
Nov 2024 - Feb 2025
AI research platform with citation-linked reports
Multi-agent system processing 20-400 sources per query
KPMG Turkiye – Strategy and Operations Intern
Jul 2023 - Aug 2023
Customer retention strategy for luxury automotive distributor
Geographic client segmentation with Excel analytics
KPMG Turkiye – Strategy and Operations Apprentice
Jan 2023 - Feb 2023
Market analysis of Web3, blockchain, and NFT sectors
Python classifier for 800+ companies across 12 sectors
Leadership & Projects
AI and Data Automation Projects
Jun 2024 - Oct 2024
AI shopping extension with Llama 3.2
Financial dashboard with GPT-4o and live market data
Global Citizens Initiative Fellowship
Aug 2023 - Jun 2024
Leadership and social impact fellowship (1 of 35 fellows)
Kumpara, Fintech Startup Founder (GencBizz Entrepreneurship Program)
Oct 2022 - Sep 2023
AI-powered financial literacy app (top 10/650 ventures)
Skills & Interests
Technical Skills
Python, Tableau, SQL, Financial Modeling, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, HTML/CSS, TypeScript, R Programming
Interests
Cooking, Travel, Film, Photography, Web Development, 3D Printing, Guitar