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Nov. 28, 2025 15:44

A Woman Founded a Startup That Helps Prevent Electricity Theft. Her Project Is Already Valued at $5 Million

Najima Noeftova is originally from Dushanbe. She did not initially plan to build a career in technology and graduated as a sociologist. However, after finishing university, she started working as an IT recruiter and soon realized she wanted to be inside the tech industry. She joined the Tajik startup zypl.ai, where she progressed from CEO assistant to Director of the Executive Office. Since late 2024, Najima has been developing her own project, epsilon3.ai, which focuses on building predictive models and primarily works with the GovTech sector.
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Nov. 27, 2025 11:05

Baraiq Develops Software Used by the National Bank to Establish an Anti-Fraud Center

Baraiq is a startup resident of Astana Hub. The company developed software that enabled the National Bank of Kazakhstan to establish an anti-fraud center in 2024.
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Nov. 26, 2025 17:32

Platform Launched for Submitting Applications to Use Resources of the National Supercomputer Alem.Cloud

As part of the implementation of the President’s directives on large-scale digitalization, the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of Kazakhstan has introduced Alem.Cloud — a platform for submitting applications to use the resources of the national supercomputing cluster. The Alem.Cloud supercomputer is included in the TOP500 ranking of the world’s most powerful systems, where it holds 86th place, confirming its status as the largest computing center in the region.
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Nov. 26, 2025 10:55

Scale Up Program in Dubai: Finalists from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Announced

In Dubai, as part of Investor Day 2025, the Demo Day of the Scale Up Program acceleration initiative took place – an international program launched by Tumar Innovation Hub in partnership with DIFC and with the support of Astana Hub and IT Park Uzbekistan. Startups from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan presented their technological solutions to investors and representatives of the UAE innovation ecosystem.
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Nov. 26, 2025 00:00

“The Total Valuation of the Projects Exceeds $3 Billion.” An Expert on the Success of Our Startups in the U.S.

Digital Business continues the Kazakhstan Global project, where we explore opportunities in different regions for scaling and developing Kazakhstani startups. We have already examined the specifics of IT ecosystems in Southeast Asia, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and the United Kingdom. Now we move on to what is arguably the most important market in the world — the United States. Together with experts, we tried to understand how realistic it is today for founders from Central Asia to build successful companies here and what challenges they may face. We also discussed the key differences between the U.S. and other countries, the qualities a founder must have, and who has already managed to achieve results in the American market.
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Nov. 24, 2025 00:00

Kazakhstanis Created a Corporate Ecosystem of AI Agents and Have Already Raised $6 Million

Alibek Polatov is originally from Shymkent. After finishing school, he enrolled at the Kazakhstan branch of Lomonosov Moscow State University, where he studied systems programming. After graduating, he returned to Kazakhstan and almost immediately found himself in entrepreneurship. He first founded a web studio focused on website development, and since 2020 has been launching his own startups. This year, Alibek became CEO and co-founder of shai.pro — a platform that enables the creation of AI agents and digital assistants. The company has already raised $6 million in investment.
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Nov. 21, 2025 20:54

Prime Ministers of Kazakhstan and Armenia Visit alem.ai

Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan visited the International Artificial Intelligence Center alem.ai, where they reviewed the development of artificial intelligence technologies, GovTech initiatives, and solutions created by Kazakh startups.
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Nov. 21, 2025 00:00

Tumar Innovation Hub Acceleration Program Concludes in Dubai

On November 20, as part of Investor Day 2025 in Dubai, Demo Day took place — the final event of the second acceleration program, Scale Up Program, implemented by Tumar Innovation Hub. Startups from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan presented their technology solutions to investors and representatives of the UAE ecosystem.
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Nov. 21, 2025 00:00

A Woman from Uzbekistan Built a Business with $500,000 in Revenue — and Is Now Transforming the Agricultural Sector

Dildora Atadzhanova has been in entrepreneurship for more than eight years. Her first business was Teodora Goods, a company exporting agricultural products from Uzbekistan. In 2020, she became a co-founder and CEO of the startup Dalatek — an agrotech platform for digitizing the supply process of fruits and vegetables to local supermarkets. Initially, the service positioned itself as a marketplace for farmers and supermarkets, but over five years it went through several transformations. Today, Dildora is building a cooperative with small and medium-sized farmers to establish a tomato supply chain across Uzbekistan and abroad.
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Nov. 20, 2025 14:34

Central Asian Innovation Hubs: Results of the First Year of Strategic Partnership Between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Astana Hub and IT Park Uzbekistan summarize the first year of operations under the unified brand Central Asian Innovation Hubs, launched in 2024 following the signing of a cooperation memorandum during ICT WEEK Uzbekistan. The initiative aims to promote Central Asian startups on the international stage, unite the innovation potential of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and build a single regional ecosystem.
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