How AirAsia CTO's is using AI to rewrite software - while winning
Source: Digital News Asia
Published on: 2026-10-27 17:11
* Wan Yussman is using AI to challenge legacy software costs while rethinking how his engineers work * CTO says the bigger challenge is building trust, accountability and new skills across his workforce For AirAsia chief technology officer Wan Yussman Wan Yusof, artificial intelligence (AI) presents an opportunity to fundamentally change how the low-cost airline develops and operates its technology systems. But while the productivity gains have been remarkable, he believes getting employees to embrace the changes is as important as the technology itself. In an interview with Digital News Asia (DNA) earlier this year, Wan Yussman described how AI-assisted development had compressed software development timelines by between 10 and, an astounding 47 times, across selected projects, allowing his engineering team to tackle increasingly complex airline systems that would previously have req...
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