Link for applicants to submit solutions to participate in the Industrial AI Acceleration 2025 program
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Autonomous cluster fund «Astana Hub»
Astana Hub has completed its annual monitoring for 2025. As a result, 76 companies lost their participant status for non-compliance with the established criteria.
The editors of STEPPE spoke with Alan Salimov— a digital nomad and researcher in the field of applied machine learning, who moved from the USA to Shymkent. In an interview, he talked about life in Virginia near the particle accelerator laboratory, his attempts to legalize himself in Kazakhstan, his desire to move back, and why he eventually decided to stay.
The Astana Hub International Innovation Cluster was visited by representatives of major foreign media outlets, including Reuters, Bloomberg, The Independent, Forbes, La Tribune, Anadolu, El País and others. The press tour was organized to present the innovation ecosystem of Kazakhstan and the cluster's activities.
Участник Astana Hub, казахстанская геймдев-студия Cyber Temple выпустила игру DarkSwitch. Проект уже сравнивают с мировыми хитами жанра. Музыку к игре написал японский композитор Акира Ямаока, автор саундтреков популярной серии Silent Hill. Для казахстанского игрового рынка это один из ярких примеров сотрудничества с культовым артистом.
Участник Astana Hub, WealthTech-стартап Investbanq, подписал контракты с крупнейшими финансовыми институтами Сингапура и Гонконга. Технологии компании будут использоваться в банках, чьи совокупные активы превышают $560 млрд.
At the Central Eurasian Venture Forum (CEVF 2026), Kazakhstani AI startup MoonAI emerged as one of the event’s standout winners, receiving two major awards: “Discovery of the Year” and “Fastest-Growing Startup.” The company has also reached a valuation of $5 million.
A trilateral memorandum of cooperation was signed in Tashkent during the CEVF 2026 forum between Astana Hub, IT Park Uzbekistan, and venture fund Big Sky Capital. The partnership aims to establish an international technology hub in Malaysia, with a strategic focus not only on the local market but also on the broader Southeast Asia (SEA) region.
The international innovation cluster Astana Hub, in partnership with Google for Startups and the Almaty City Administration (Akimat), has announced the opening of applications for the seventh cohort of Silkway Accelerator — a flagship growth program designed for technology startups at the Product-Market Fit and Scale stages.
The national AI project competition alem.ai battle has concluded at the International Artificial Intelligence Center alem.ai, bringing together around 830 applications from across Kazakhstan. Twenty of the strongest teams advanced to the final round.
The international digital forum Digital Qazaqstan 2026 concluded in Shymkent, serving as a key platform for discussing the technological and AI-driven transformation of Kazakhstan’s economy. Held on March 27, the event brought together representatives of government agencies, businesses, international corporations, investors, technology companies, and the expert community under the theme Industry 5.0: The Power of Collaboration.
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