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World-class academic backbone
Backed by Duke and Duke Kunshan, we tap a global professor and alumni network to convert frontier AI research into working industry solutions — fast.
Incubated at Duke Kunshan University
AI education software, custom-built by a new generation.
YAS-AI specialises in custom AI software for education — from intelligent grading and LMS platforms to AI tutors, digital humans, and translation copilots. Incubated at Duke Kunshan University, built by top young talent from leading Sino-foreign universities.
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0Top universities in network
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01 · About
An AI startup with a campus heartbeat.
YAS-AI (Shanghai YAS Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd.) is an innovation-driven AI company incubated by Duke Kunshan University. Our team brings together top alumni and current students from DKU, XJTLU, NYU Shanghai and other leading Sino-foreign joint universities.
We translate frontier AI research into reliable products — guided by a senior advisor network and shipped by an agile young team that moves fast without losing rigor.
Mission
Education first. Customers always. AI for progress.
DKUDuke Kunshan University
DukeDuke University, USA
XJTLUXi'an Jiaotong–Liverpool University
NYU SHNYU Shanghai
A network of professors, alumni, and students powering every engagement.
02 · Why us
Three reasons teams choose YAS-AI.
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High value, lean delivery
An agile team keeps overhead low without compromising delivery quality. Every dollar goes into product surface, not bloat.
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Education-domain expertise
Built for education, by educators-in-training. Deep operational understanding of EdTech workflows — from LMS to assessment to AI tutors.
03 · Services
What we build for you.
End-to-end AI product development, with student teams shadowing senior engineers and university experts on call.
Custom AI Software
Tailored AI applications, from concept to deployment.
EdTech Platforms
LMS, assessment systems, and learning analytics.
AI Agents & Copilots
Domain-specific agents using Dify, LangGraph, Coze.
LLM Integration
RAG pipelines, fine-tuning, and prompt engineering.
Digital Humans
Historical and educational AI avatars with personality.
Cloud & Deployment
AWS-native delivery, scalable from prototype to production.
04 · Selected work
Shipped products, real users.
GradeNow · AI快批In closed beta
0Faster grading
0Objective accuracy
0Avg. daily workload
Batch capture / PDF import
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AI pre-grades with rubric
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Teacher reviews & approves
GradeNow · AI快批
Grade 10× faster with AI
GradeNow is an AI-powered grading assistant for K-12 teachers that slashes daily grading from ~2 hours to 12 minutes. AI pre-scores assignments based on teacher rubrics; teachers review and approve — keeping full control.
- 99%+ accuracy on objective questions via OCR + layout parsing
- AI draft scores & comments for subjective items
- Class analytics: error distribution & misconception clustering
- WeChat Mini Program · iOS · Android
Learning Management System
A modern LMS for the AI era
A multi-role learning platform serving students, instructors, supervisors and admins — with AI features baked into course objects, recordings, and assessments.
- Multi-role dashboards with real-time activity
- Bilingual UI (EN/中文) out of the box
- AI-assisted course material processing
AI Quiz Generation
From lecture notes to a full assessment
Upload PDFs, DOCX, or notes — generate personalized quizzes against custom learning objectives, on schedule.
AI Digital Human
Historical figures, brought to life
An AI digital-human chat experience that lets students converse with historical figures drawn from a curated academic knowledge base.
Classical Literature AI
VerseCraft — classical Chinese translation copilot
A side-by-side workspace that suggests faithful and fluent translations of classical Chinese texts, with rationale and confidence scores.
05 · Community
We don't just build — we convene.
Co-organized with the DKU AI Club, partnered with industry leaders.
CCF · HK–Suzhou twin-city forum
Hosted by China Computer Federation, with the DKU AI Club. High-school students built professional LLM API pricing models on Amazon Bedrock — no prior AI background required.
New Productive Forces & Sustainable Development
A roundtable bringing together Microsoft, Intel, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, Duke, Westlake, and AWS directors to chart sustainable progress in the AI era.
AWS Summit · Shanghai 2025
YAS-AI organized a Yangtze-Delta cohort of professors and students for the AWS Summit — sourcing high-potential opportunities across education, energy, and manufacturing.
HackDKU · Duke Kunshan Hackathon
100+ participants from Sino-foreign universities, 36 hours of intense building. We invited AWS to introduce Amazon Q Developer — shipping more, faster.
06 · Contact
Begin your AI transformation.
Tell us what you're building. We'll come back with a proposal — and usually a working prototype within weeks.
Drop us an email — we respond within 24 hours with a scoping call proposal.
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