YY Group Announces Strategic Investment in Arros AI, an NVIDIA Inception Program Member

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YY Group (NASDAQ: YYGH) announced a strategic technology partnership and potential investment in Arros AI, a member of the NVIDIA Inception program, to integrate AI hiring capabilities into its YY Circle platform. The company also launched robotics pilots in Las Vegas and expanded manpower and IFM contracts across Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore, supporting FY2026 revenue guidance of US$103M–US$110M.

Key quantified items include a projected HKD 100M 2026 revenue run-rate for Hong Kong, an estimated US$14M contribution from Malaysia in 2026, and Singapore IFM acquisitions projected to contribute US$28M and US$35M over three years.

Positive

• FY2026 revenue guidance of US$103M–US$110M
• Projected HKD 100M 2026 revenue run-rate for Hong Kong (>1,000% growth)
• US$14M expected 2026 revenue from YY Circle Malaysia expansion
• Singapore IFM acquisitions projected to add US$28M and US$35M over three years
• Strategic AI partnership with Arros AI (NVIDIA Inception member) to boost hiring efficiency

Negative

• Arros AI investment and incentives are subject to definitive agreements and approvals
• Robotics initiatives in the U.S. are at pilot stage with unproven commercial impact

News Market Reaction – YYGH

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4.8x Rel. Volume

In the Mar 18 session, YYGH gained 17.11%, reflecting a significant positive market reaction. Argus tracked a peak move of +86.0% during that session. Argus tracked a trough of -16.3% from its starting point during tracking. Our momentum scanner triggered 28 alerts that day, indicating elevated trading interest and price volatility. Trading volume was very high at 4.8x the daily average, suggesting strong buying interest.

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Market Context

The stock surged +17.1% in the session following this news. A strong positive reaction aligns with m...

Analysis

The stock surged +17.1% in the session following this news. A strong positive reaction aligns with management’s emphasis on AI and robotics as growth drivers. Prior AI news produced an average move of 8.99%, suggesting investors previously rewarded technology updates. However, past offerings and convertible notes created overhang risk, and elevated volumes could reflect short-term traders. Sustainability would depend on execution of the Arros AI partnership, robotics pilots, and converting the FY2026 revenue guidance of US$103–110 million into actual results.

Key Figures

FY2026 revenue guidance (low): US$103 million FY2026 revenue guidance (high): US$110 million Hong Kong 2026 revenue: HKD 100 million +5 more

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FY2026 revenue guidance (low) US$103 million Company FY2026 revenue guidance range

FY2026 revenue guidance (high) US$110 million Company FY2026 revenue guidance range

Hong Kong 2026 revenue HKD 100 million Projected 2026 revenue for Hong Kong operations

Hong Kong growth more than 1,000% Growth vs partial-year 2025 Hong Kong revenue base

Malaysia 2026 revenue approximately US$14 million Expected full-year 2026 revenue from YY Circle Malaysia

Retail workforce expansion from ~120 to nearly 600 personnel Planned 2026 retail promoter workforce in Malaysia

Property Facility Services revenue US$28 million Projected revenue over three years in Singapore

Uniforce Security revenue US$35 million Projected revenue over three years in Singapore

Previous AI Reports

1 past event · Latest: Aug 18 (Positive)

Same Type Pattern 1 events

Date	Event	Sentiment	24h Move	Catalyst
Aug 18	AI initiative launch	Positive	+9.0%	Announced AI customer service tools and AI recruitment platform as growth driver.

24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.

Pattern Detected

Past AI-focused announcements showed a positive price reaction, contrasting with the current negative move on another AI/technology expansion update.

Recent Company History

Recent history shows YY Group emphasizing technology-led growth and regional expansion. An earlier AI initiative on Aug 18, 2025 around AI-powered customer service and recruitment drew a positive 8.99% price reaction. Since early March 2026, the company has added FY2026 guidance and robotics and hospitality contracts, but those broader operational updates generally saw negative next-day moves. Today’s AI and robotics partnership news fits the strategic narrative of using AI to scale manpower and IFM operations.

Key Terms

integrated facilities management (IFM)

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"a global leader in on-demand workforce solutions and integrated facilities management (IFM)"

Integrated facilities management (IFM) is a single, coordinated approach to running and maintaining a company’s physical assets—buildings, equipment, security, cleaning and utilities—under one contract or management team rather than through multiple separate vendors. For investors it matters because IFM can reduce costs, simplify operations, improve uptime and predictability, and concentrate service risk and performance into one measurable relationship, affecting profitability and capital efficiency.

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AI and Robotics Collaborations, Expanding Manpower Client Portfolio, and Growing IFM Pipeline Reinforce FY2026 Revenue Guidance of US$103 Million to US$110 Million

Strengthening Next-Generation Workforce Technology and AI Hiring Infrastructure

SINGAPORE, March 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --  YY Group Holding Limited (NASDAQ: YYGH) ("YY Group" or the "Company"), a global leader in on-demand workforce solutions and integrated facilities management (IFM), today announced a strategic technology partnership with Fuku Advanced AI Inc. ("Arros AI"), a member of the NVIDIA Inception program. This investment is designed to strengthen YY Group's next-generation workforce technology and AI hiring infrastructure, further enhancing its flagship YY Circle platform. The partnership is part of a broader set of strategic and operational initiatives the Company is executing to support its FY2026 revenue guidance of US$103 million to US$110 million, as announced on March 12, 2026.

Technology and Innovation: Advancing the Platform

Under the partnership with Arros AI, YY Group will integrate AI-powered candidate discovery, screening, ranking and interviewing capabilities into the YY Circle platform to improve recruiting efficiency, reducing time-to-fill, and enhance platform scalability across key markets. The collaboration reflects YY Group's broader strategy to strengthen its workforce technology stack and operational efficiency as it scales across hospitality and adjacent service sectors. The companies are also exploring a strategic investment and milestone-based incentive framework, subject to definitive agreements and applicable approvals, to align both parties around successful deployment and measurable commercial outcomes. Kevin Gao, Founder and CEO of Arros AI, said: "We are excited to support YY Group as it scales YY Circle across multiple markets. Our focus is to help workforce platforms make faster, more accurate hiring decisions through AI-powered screening, ranking, and interviewing infrastructure. We believe this partnership can become a strong example of how AI improves recruiter productivity and platform scalability in large-scale manpower operations."

Separately, YY Group launched a robotics pilot program in Las Vegas, Nevada this month, to evaluate the deployment of hospitality and security robotics in one of the world's largest hospitality markets. Marking the Company's first foray into the U.S. market, this program builds on the Company's formal partnership with KEENON Robotics, a global leader in commercial service robots, under which the two companies are developing integrated human-robot collaboration service models for the hospitality sector. Pilot deployments are already underway in Malaysia and Singapore. These solutions are designed to support and augment human staff across functions such as banquet event support, cleaning, and facility maintenance. The Company expects its robotics initiatives to improve operating margins within its IFM business by enhancing workforce productivity and service consistency, while also creating differentiated human-robot service packages that can be marketed to manpower segment clients as a premium offering.

YY Circle Hong Kong: Rapid Scale Following 2025 Acquisition

Since acquiring YY Circle Hong Kong in April 2025, the Company has secured 20 strategic hotel partnerships in the market, including 12 announced in January 2026 and eight additional multi-year service agreements signed in March 2026. As a result, YY Group now projects HKD 100 million in revenue in 2026 for its Hong Kong operations, representing more than 1,000% growth over the partial-year 2025 revenue base. Hong Kong's trajectory provides a clear demonstration of the Company's market entry playbook — acquire a local platform, land premium hospitality clients, build workforce density, and scale rapidly — a model the Company is quickly replicating across its other growth markets.

YY Circle Thailand: Deepening Presence in Luxury Hospitality

In March 2026, YY Circle Thailand secured a one-year manpower outsourcing contract with The Landmark Bangkok, one of Thailand's most prominent five-star hotels. The Landmark joins a growing portfolio of internationally recognized hospitality clients in Thailand, including Shangri-La, Banyan Tree, Hyatt, Sheraton, and JW Marriott. Each new partnership strengthens the operational density and workforce utilization needed to build Thailand into a meaningful revenue-contributing market alongside the Company's established subsidiaries in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia.

YY Circle Malaysia: Expanding Beyond Hospitality into Retail

YY Circle Malaysia announced plans to expand its retail promoter workforce from approximately 120 personnel to nearly 600 in 2026, which is expected to boost the subsidiary's revenue contribution to approximately US$14 million for the full year. This expansion into the retail sector builds on the subsidiary's earlier success in securing six major hospitality deals in 2025, demonstrating the portability of the Company's workforce model into adjacent high-demand verticals.

Singapore: Deepening IFM Client Relationships and Service Capabilities

In December 2025, YY Group secured a three-year facility maintenance contract with a major international bank in Singapore, marking the Company's entry into the banking and financial services sector. The multi-year agreement, under which YY Group provides cleaning operations, building maintenance support, and integrated service coordination across the bank's portfolio of facilities, adds a high-quality recurring revenue stream and further diversifies the Company's IFM client base beyond its established presence in hotels, shopping malls, hospitals, and commercial office buildings.

Underpinning this client win are several strategic IFM acquisitions completed during 2025, which significantly broadened the Company's service capabilities in Singapore. Property Facility Services Pte. Ltd., a property management firm with 24 years of industry expertise, is projected to contribute US$28 million in revenue over three years. Uniforce Security Pte. Ltd. marked YY Group's entry into Singapore's security market and is projected to contribute US$35 million in revenue over three years. The Company also acquired Pesticide Pest Control Pte. Ltd., adding another essential service vertical. These acquisitions are connected through 24iFM, the Company's unified digital IFM platform. Together, these moves position YY Group to offer bundled facility management solutions through a single integrated provider, supporting deeper client relationships and recurring revenue growth across Singapore's commercial and institutional markets.

FY2026 Outlook

These developments contribute to a growing base of contracted revenue and pipeline visibility that supports the Company's FY2026 revenue guidance of US$103 million to US$110 million. YY Group's capital and resources remain focused on scaling its core manpower and IFM operations and investing in the people, technology, and operational infrastructure that drive revenue growth. The Company expects to report full results for fiscal year 2025 on or around April 30, 2026.

Mike Fu, CEO of YY Group, said, "Rapid operational progress across our key markets reinforces our confidence in the FY2026 targets we set earlier this month. YY Circle Hong Kong has moved from acquisition to 20 hotel partnerships and a projected HKD 100 million revenue run-rate in under two years — a powerful validation of the market entry playbook that we are now replicating in Thailand, Malaysia and other high-growth markets."

"Each new client win and market expansion adds to our contracted revenue base and pipeline visibility, while our technology investments are designed to drive operating efficiency and support higher margins as we scale," Mr. Fu continued. "Our capital and resources are deployed where they generate the highest returns: in our people, our platform, and our client relationships. We remain committed to converting this strong operational momentum into long-term value for our shareholders."

About YY Group Holding Limited

YY Group Holding Limited (Nasdaq: YYGH) is a Singapore-headquartered, technology-enabled platform providing flexible, scalable workforce solutions and integrated facility management (IFM) services across Asia and beyond. The Group operates through two core verticals: on-demand staffing and IFM, delivering agile, reliable support to industries such as hospitality, logistics, retail, and healthcare.

Leveraging proprietary digital platforms and IoT-driven systems, YY Group enables clients to meet fluctuating labor demands and maintain high-performance environments. In addition to its core operations in Singapore and Malaysia, the Group maintains a growing presence in Asia, Europe, Africa, Oceania and the Middle East.

Listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, YY Group is committed to service excellence, operational innovation, and long-term value creation for clients and shareholders.

For more information on the Company, please visit https://yygroupholding.com/.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the YY Group Holding Limited's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, and a number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. These factors include, but are not limited to, (i) growth of the hospitality market (ii) capital and credit market volatility, (iii) local and global economic conditions, (iv) our anticipated growth strategies, (v) governmental approvals and regulations, and (vi) our future business development, results of operations and financial condition. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by words or phrases such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "target," "aim," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "potential," "continue," "is/are likely to" or other similar expressions. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and YY Group Holding Limited undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.

Investor Contact
Jason Phua Zhi Yong, Chief Financial Officer
YY Group
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FAQ

What is YY Group announcing about its FY2026 revenue guidance (YYGH)?

YY Group reaffirmed FY2026 revenue guidance of US$103 million to US$110 million. According to YY Group, this guidance reflects contracted revenue and pipeline visibility from recent contracts and acquisitions.

How will the Arros AI partnership affect YY Group's YY Circle platform (YYGH)?

The partnership will integrate AI-powered candidate discovery, screening, ranking, and interviewing into YY Circle. According to YY Group, the goal is faster time-to-fill and improved recruiter productivity across markets.

What revenue does YY Group expect from its Hong Kong operations after the YY Circle acquisition (YYGH)?

YY Group projects a HKD 100 million revenue run-rate for Hong Kong in 2026, representing over 1,000% growth versus the partial 2025 base, according to YY Group.

What is the financial impact of YY Circle Malaysia's expansion for 2026 (YYGH)?

YY Circle Malaysia expects to grow its retail promoter workforce and contribute approximately US$14 million in revenue for 2026. According to YY Group, this reflects expansion beyond hospitality into retail.

Which Singapore acquisitions will contribute to YY Group's IFM revenue (YYGH)?

YY Group acquired Property Facility Services, Uniforce Security, and Pesticide Pest Control tied to its 24iFM platform. According to YY Group, projected contributions are US$28M and US$35M over three years from two acquired units.

What is the status of YY Group's robotics program and U.S. market entry (YYGH)?

YY Group launched a robotics pilot in Las Vegas and has deployments in Malaysia and Singapore. According to YY Group, these pilots aim to improve IFM margins and create premium human-robot service packages.