We invite you to a private online meeting with Nick Davydov, co-founder and managing partner of the DVC Foundation.

Nick lives in Silicon Valley and runs one of the most widely read Russian-language blogs about artificial intelligence. The blog's audience exceeds 150,000 people.

Together with his wife Marina, the co-founder of the fund, Nick gathered a community of more than 200 investors around DVC: business angels, engineers from OpenAI, Google and Meta, and the founders of companies like Perplexity AI and TradingView. They bring transactions to the fund, work with portfolio companies, and share in the profits. Such a network gives the fund access to rounds that are closed to external investors.

Today, DVC's portfolio includes more than 240 companies, including 7 unicorns.

DVC AI Fund I is a fund with a target volume of $75 million that invests in AI startups in Series A and B rounds.

Notable fund deals include Perplexity AI and Higgsfield AI.

We'll discuss it during the call.:

• The first results of the DVC AI Fund I. Nick will analyze the latest status by company and tell you which indicators the team is monitoring first.
• How the foundation's community works. Who brings deals, how investors help companies, and why the fund is given a place in closed rounds.
• How startups are selected. Where the fund's own analysis system works, and where the decision is left to the individual.
• Where does profit come from in the AI world? Energy, chips, clouds, and finished products live in different economies, and Nick will explain which layers the fund puts on.
• Terms of participation for Raison clients.

Online call on September 30, 20:00 (Almaty/Astana).

Format: 60 minutes, live Q&A.

Speaker: Nick Davydov, co-founder and Managing Partner of DVC. 

Moderator: Andrey Berezin, co-founder of Raison. 

If you want to invest in AI companies before they go public, this call will give you a complete picture of the fund's strategy, risks, and terms of participation.

The meeting is closed, participation is subject to pre-registration via the link.

Simple rules to protect yourself from modern scams

Ahead of International Day of Older Persons, we’re hosting a useful lecture on digital safety — explained in simple language, without complicated terms.

We’ll discuss how to recognize scammers, what personal information you should never share with strangers, how criminals use AI, and what to do if you receive a suspicious call or message.

💙 Knowledge that can help protect you and your loved ones.

Practical online webinar for sellers on Kaspi: let's analyze four Kaspi Marketing tools, show where the advertising budget goes without orders, and how data and AI analytics help manage bids.

Many sellers rate Kaspi ads based on a single figure — expense. At the webinar, we'll look at how to view ads through data: by hour, by product, and along with bonuses and reviews.

Program:

1. Four Kaspi Marketing Tools: product advertising, brand banner advertising, seller bonuses and feedback bonuses. Why they should be counted together.

2. Advertising by the hour: how to find the hours in which the budget is spent without orders.

3. Reviews and advertising: how negative reviews reduce the return on bets.

4. Data-driven automation: betting schedules, team notifications, and AI explanations of changes in numbers.

5. Answers to questions.

For whom: store owners, e-commerce executives, marketers, and managers who advertise on Kaspi.

What the participants will receive: a clear procedure for checking the advertising cabinet and a checklist after the webinar.

Speaker: Maxim Devyatkin, CPO Marketix. Responsible for the development of Bidder (Kaspi advertising management with AI analytics) and OMS (orders from marketplaces and integration with accounting systems). Marketix is a member of the Astana Hub.

Duration: 60 minutes — 40 minutes of analysis and 20 minutes of answers to questions.