Arrive appoints a new Chief AI Officer to spearhead the company’s shift to predictive mobility, supported by major investment in employee AI training. Arrive, a leading global mobility platform, announced a strategic focus toward an AI-first future, anchored by the appointment of Eugene Tsyrklevich as Chief AI Officer (CAIO). In his new role, he will lead Arrive’s mandate with AI as the catalyst between travelers and city infrastructure, making urban mobility more fluid and predictable. Tsyrklevich previously served as the General Manager for Arrive’s Automotive & Data business unit. At Arrive, AI serves as the intelligence layer that unifies mobility data, including parking availability, traffic conditions and vehicle signals. Through Insights by Arrive, the company converts historical and real-time data into a clear picture of urban travel patterns, creating smoother journeys for drivers and more livable cities for residents. Cameron Clayton, CEO of Arrive, said “Our strategy is simple: move from tracking mobility to predicting it. We are building a platform where intelligence is the baseline, not a feature. Appointing a CAIO and upskilling our organization strengthens us to turn complex mobility data into intuitive travel, embedding autonomous vehicles into the fabric of human-centric, livable communities.” Eugene Tsyrklevich said of the strategic focus, “We are focused on results, not only research. We are already using AI to handle the vast majority of simple customer queries, provide accurate parking space availability predictions to millions of drivers and navigate vehicles inside parking garages using indoor maps autonomously. We’re automating the friction out of every journey.” This commitment to an AI-driven future extends beyond technology to customers and cities. Arrive will also invest heavily in the company’s employees by launching an AI Academy - a comprehensive upskilling initiative designed to embed AI fluency across its entire global workforce. Arrive Appoints Chief AI Officer to Power Global Mobility Ecosystem Appointment Deepens the Company’s AI Capabilities as It Scales Toward Its FY2026 US$103 Million to US$110 Million Revenue Targets YY Group Holding Limited a global leader in on-demand workforce solutions and integrated facilities management (IFM), announced the appointment of Mr. Kai Yang as Chief AI Scientist, effective April 1, 2026. In this newly created role, Mr. Yang will lead the development and deployment of AI-powered capabilities across the Company’s YY Circle workforce platform as YY Group advances its ambition to build the leading AIpowered hospitality workforce platform globally. Mr. Yang is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Arros AI, where he developed an AI-powered recruiting system that reduced recruiter workloads by approximately 80%. Arros AI is a member of the NVIDIA Inception program and recently entered into a strategic technology partnership with YY Group to integrate AI-powered candidate screening and interviewing capabilities into the YY Circle platform. Prior to co-founding Arros AI, Mr. Yang founded Moyin Tech Inc. in Beijing, which was accepted into Y Combinator China (now MiraclePlus), where it raised approximately US$3 million in funding. Mr. Yang holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and statistics from the University of Toronto and a master’s degree in statistics from Harvard University. His research background is rooted in the University of Toronto’s AI ecosystem, where his work in deep learning and natural language processing was shaped by the pioneering research of Professor Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist widely regarded as the “Godfather of AI.” Mike Fu, CEO of YY Group, commented, “Building on our partnership with Arros AI, Kai Yang’s appointment as Chief AI Scientist marks an important step in our journey to build the world’s leading AIpowered hospitality workforce platform. His deep expertise in AI-driven recruiting technology – including building a system that reduced recruiter workloads by 80% – combined with his entrepreneurial track record, uniquely positions him to accelerate the integration of AI across our YY Circle platform. As we scale toward our FY2026 revenue targets of US$103 million to US$110 million, embedding AI into our core recruiting infrastructure is key to improving platform efficiency, reducing time-to-fill for our clients, and supporting higher margins.” In his role as Chief AI Scientist, Mr. Yang will focus on: • Accelerating YY Group’s evolution into an AI-native, scalable workforce platform • Strengthening the Company’s capabilities in conversational AI, intelligent automation, and machinelearning powered candidate ranking systems • Improving efficiency across candidate discovery, screening, and interviewing to support the scalability of YY Circle across multiple geographies Kai Yang said, “YY Group’s scale across Southeast Asia’s hospitality workforce market, combined with the YY Circle platform’s global reach, creates an ideal environment to deploy AI recruiting technology at meaningful scale. I am excited to help build the AI and large language model infrastructure that enables YY Circle to match candidates to opportunities faster, more accurately, and more efficiently – across 12 countries and growing. This is the kind of real-world, high-volume application where AI can deliver transformative operational impact.”
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