On July 8, we invite the startup community to a Fireside Chat — a meeting with Alexey Lee, a well-known serial IT entrepreneur and CEO of Freedom Lifestyle Group. The event will take place at Almaty Hub as part of the Silkway Accelerator program.This meeting will serve as a platform for an honest conversation about the inner workings of entrepreneurship, the evolution of leadership, and the philosophy behind building tech companies.

🎤 Speaker:

• Alexey Lee — CEO of Freedom Lifestyle Group, serial entrepreneur, and co-founder of iconic Kazakhstani and international projects: Aviata, Ticketon, Arbuz.kz, and Pinemelon (USA).

💡 What we will discuss:

• The evolution of a founder's mindset: how the vision of business, processes, and teams changes radically over time;
• What personal and professional qualities are truly critical for a modern founder;
• What remains fundamental and unchanging in business, regardless of the market, tech hype, or stage of development;
• Candid insights into leadership, burnout, and building large-scale companies from scratch.

📅 July 8

⏰ 5:00 PM
📍  Almaty Hub, Zenkov St. 24 | 4th floor

To attend the event, please download the Astana Hub app in advance and register there.

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🚀 IT Open Air — Bringing the IT Community Together Under the Open Sky!

Developers, designers, startup founders, students, and everyone passionate about technology — join us for the most vibrant IT evening of the summer! 🌅

IT Open Air is more than just an event. It's an opportunity to meet new people, connect with like-minded individuals, enjoy engaging activities, and spend an unforgettable evening with the local IT community.

✨ What to expect?🍕
Delicious buffet and snacks🥤
Refreshing drinks🎁
Gifts and exciting surprises🎉
Fun games, interactive activities, and great vibes🤝
Networking and new connections🌅
A unique open-air atmosphere

📅 Date: July 8🕔 Time: 5:00 PM📍 Location: Observation Deck, 4A Microdistrict

Bring your friends and join us! Let's spend a memorable summer evening together, exchange ideas, make new connections, and celebrate the spirit of the IT community.

We invite you to ChocoDevDay: ML & Data Meetup!

Our friends from Product Masters are the co-organizers of this meetup.

Four reports from our speakers are waiting for you.:

1) Abylai Turekhasim (AI Engineer at Freedom AI Labs)

Topic: The ClaudeBeck case: How we automated ML research

2) Adilet Zhaksybai (ex-Google DeepMind)

Subject: Lessons from working on Gemini at Google DeepMind

3) Tseren Anjukaev (co-founder of NCSpeech)

Topic: Enterprise GenAI: Data Architecture as a new competitive advantage

4) Rustem Tukabekov (CDO at Halyk Market)

Topic: Building analytics from scratch

Organizational information:

When: July 8 (Wednesday)

, What time: 6:30 p.m. snack + networking

, Where: 280 Baizakova St., Almaty, Choco office (Grantley)

The meetup is free, but the number of seats is limited.