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YY Group (NASDAQ: YYGH) Appoints Arros AI Co-Founder Kai Yang as Chief AI Scientist to Accelerate AI-Powered Workforce Platform Development

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  • YY Group Holding Limited (NASDAQ: YYGH) appointed Mr. Kai Yang as Chief AI Scientist effective April 1, 2026.
  • Mr. Yang will lead the development & deployment of AI capabilities across the YY Circle workforce platform to support FY2026 revenue targets of US$103 million to US$110 million.
  • Prior to this role, Mr. Yang was Co-Founder & CTO of Arros AI, where he built an AI recruiting system that reduced recruiter workloads by approximately 80%.
  • Arros AI is a member of the NVIDIA Inception program & recently formed a strategic technology partnership with YY Group to integrate AI candidate screening & interviewing.
  • Mr. Yang holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics & statistics from the University of Toronto & a master's degree in statistics from Harvard University.
  • His research background includes deep learning & natural language processing under the guidance of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Professor Geoffrey Hinton.
  • CEO Mike Fu stated that embedding AI into core recruiting infrastructure is key to improving platform efficiency, reducing time-to-fill, & supporting higher margins.
  • Mr. Yang's role focuses on accelerating the evolution into an AI-native platform, strengthening conversational AI & intelligent automation, & improving candidate discovery & screening efficiency.
  • Mr. Yang aims to deploy AI recruiting technology at scale across 12 countries to match candidates to opportunities faster, more accurately, & more efficiently.
  • YY Group is a Singapore-headquartered company providing on-demand staffing & integrated facilities management services across Asia, Europe, Africa, Oceania, & the Middle East.