Mengyang Yang

Mengyang Yang is a Chinese AI entrepreneur and co-founder of Kaiwuji (开物纪), a BlueRun Ventures-backed startup building AI4S-driven materials intelligence infrastructure . He previously worked as a senior research manager at Microsoft in the UK, where he led cross-disciplinary R&D spanning optics, electronics, and materials, contributing to frontier storage projects including HSD, Genesis, and Silica . He left Microsoft after recognizing what he described as the "ceiling" of a two-decade corporate trajectory, launching Kaiwuji with a co-founder after weeks of late-night calls . Yang has spoken publicly on data compliance for cross-border AI deployment—emphasizing that training data must be "clean" and protected from third-party use in B2B contexts —and has argued that future companies should eliminate redundant hierarchical management layers .