Yann Le Beux — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Co-founder, General Manager, and AI Lead of YUX, a pan-African research & design company.
Co-founded YUX, a company with 50 people spread across Dakar, Lagos, Abuja, Kigali, Nairobi, and Accra.
Leads YUX’s AI Lab, focusing on AI evaluation and localization by building datasets and AI Agents for the African context.
Co-created the market research software LOOKA and established the YUX Academy.
Holds an MSc in Material Engineering and is a Stanford University SEED fellow.

Biography

Yann Le Beux is the co-founder, General Manager, and AI Lead of YUX, a pan-African research & design company. YUX utilizes social sciences and design thinking to co-create digital and AI solutions with diverse African communities. Started in Senegal, YUX has grown to a team of 50 people operating across Dakar, Lagos, Abuja, Kigali, Nairobi, and Accra.

As AI Lead, Yann spearheads YUX’s new Lab on AI evaluation and localization.