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Updated: March 2, 2026
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David Yang

Co-founder at ABBYY, Newo.ai, Morfeus.ai, consultant at Visier, Inc., Human-like AI Agents, Digital Employees, AI Hostess, AI Receptionists, AI Sales, TEDx Speaker, Artificial Consciousness

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David Yang, Ph.D. Serial Entrepreneur in AI. A Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur with a focus on AI. He is the founder of ABBYY, a world-leading developer of AI and Content Intelligence solutions, the co-founder of Newo.ai, the low-code/no-code platform for creating “Digital Employees” - human-like AI Agents (AI Restaurant Hostesses, AI Receptionists, AI Sales Reps). A member of Band of Angels, founded 13 companies. He is the founder of ABBYY, a world-renowned developer of AI, content intelligence, and process intelligence. With 1000 employees in 14 offices across 11 countries, ABBYY serves over 50 million users and thousands of enterprises in 200 countries, including PwC, McDonald's, Xerox, Toyota, Yum! Restaurants, Deloitte, PepsiCo, Jujitsu, Volkswagen, and UCSF. Leading RPA vendors such as UiPath, BluePrism, and NICE also rely on ABBYY's AI technologies. Presently, Dr. Yang is focused on Newo.ai, the cutting edge drag and drop platform for creating AI Agents with low or no code allowing restaurants, hotels, service companies, dental clinics, technology companies to deploy their human-like "digital employees" fast and easy. Following the sale of his Yva.ai technology to Visier, Inc., Dr. Yang now serves as a consultant for Visier, a global leader in people analytics. Visier's People Workplace Dynamics platform uses secure and ethical continuous listening and collaboration analytics to improve employee well-being and business performance. Dr. Yang also serves as an Advisory Board Member (Human Experience in the Workplace) at HR.com. Throughout his career, Dr. Yang has been a pioneer in several industries including Cybiko, the world's first handheld wireless communication computer for teenagers, in 1998-2002. Dr. Yang’s philanthropic, educational, and scientific activities include co-founding Ayb Educational Foundation and Ayb School, board positions at FAST - Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology and The Grains of Good Foundation (California, USA), and INAU (In Autism), an inclusive Artificial Intelligence that speaks the language of people with mental special needs. Dr. Yang is a TEDx and keynote speaker Will robots ever become part of the human family , 5 Leadership Styles to Success and holds numerous patents and scientific publications to his name. The World Economic Forum in Davos named him one of the top 100 World Technology Pioneers, Engagedly announced Dr. Yang as Top 100 HR Influencers of 2021, Best Startup US named Dr. Yang as California’s 100 Top Founders in the Big Data Space.