Yango Tech

Our second podcast episode of Leaders in Tech MEA is live 🎙 This time, we talk about how AI, female leadership, and Gen Z are reshaping industries across the Gulf - from luxury and beauty to tech, retail, and beyond. The new wave of decision-makers is young, bold, and data-driven. Together with Rana Alwassal, Head of E-commerce & Online Wholesale at KIKO Milano GCC and ex-Loro Piana, and our CMO Victoria Evdokimova, we unpack how AI-driven personalization, local market intuition, and strong female voices are shaping the next chapter of retail in the GCC. Because in the Gulf, AI isn’t replacing the human touch - it’s amplifying the women leading it. https://lnkd.in/dRmieuqR

🏆 Proud moment for all of us at Yango Tech - we’ve been named Best Tech Solution Provider at the Entrepreneur Middle East Tech Innovation Awards 2025 in Dubai. This award is an important milestone and a strong signal that our vision - to empower businesses and accelerate the region’s digital transformation - is on the right track. It’s about the people behind it, the teamwork that makes it possible, and the belief that AI-powered, locally relevant solutions can truly fuel business growth. A huge congratulations to our colleagues, partners, and everyone who shares our mission and supports what we’re building at Yango Tech. The best is still ahead 🚀

AI bill is already there And most companies have no idea how large it might be. There’s a well-known analogy about adopting a puppy: it seems affordable until it isn’t. Enterprise AI projects follow a similar path, but without the emotional compensation that comes with a pet. As AI grows, infrastructure discussions have shifted back to hardware specifics like GPU memory and cooling efficiency, which are now key competitive factors. According to the FinOps Foundation, 98% of organizations now actively manage AI spending, but many struggle to measure the value of their investments. IDC predicts that by 2027, large enterprises will underestimate their AI infrastructure costs by about 30% due to outdated cost models that fail to account for the complexities of AI. Cost overruns often start in the experimentation phase, where teams try multiple models or tools without setting budget boundaries and quotas. The phrase “we just need to try it” can lead to surprise costs when reviews occur. To prevent this, try separating your AI experimentation budget from core infrastructure costs. Define a fixed spend limit for pilots, and if the use case proves valid, then justify infrastructure investment. This approach is not about complex financial operations but basic financial hygiene that many organizations still overlook. This approach = better manage AI infrastructure over time. Working with Dmitriy Vazhenin and FinOps practicians to share the knowledge and techniques forward!

For companies operating across MENA - we can help you with the backup environment. You can move quickly with our Yango Kazakhstan cloud region, hosted in our local data center in Karaganda, giving Central Asia and MENA businesses secure low-latency infrastructure with enterprise-grade reliability. We support fast backup setup, disaster recovery architecture, and migration without code-heavy rebuilds, with 24/7 expert support. Most importantly: we are keeping pricing stable and its competitive. If your team needs a rapid backup environment, PM me, I am checking everything and will connect you asap.

Search should drive revenue, not dead ends! Register our online workshop to see how AI-powered search can improve product discovery and create measurable business impact for retail and grocery e-commerce. We will show how conversational, semantic, and visual search help reduce zero-result searches, improve relevance, and support growth in conversion, GMV, and retention. You will also see live demos, explore the integration approach, and learn how to define a practical pilot with clear success metrics.

Create a safer setup for critical workloads with Yango Cloud in Kazakhstan as your secondary environment. Test resilience and DR scenarios with a special offer and 2X trial credits.