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Dec. 5, 2025 17:37

Astana Hub Hosted a Fireside Chat with Bagdat Mussin and Daniil Liberman on the Future of Technology and Kazakhstan’s Role in the AI Economy

Today, Astana Hub hosted an open discussion featuring Bagdat Mussin, Chairman of the Management Board of Kazakhtelecom, and Daniil Liberman, co-founder of Brothers Ventures. The meeting focused on global technology trends, opportunities for creating and scaling products from Central Asia, new business models in the era of artificial intelligence, and the role of Kazakhstan as a strategic hub in the global AI economy.
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Dec. 5, 2025 15:51

Astana Hub Hosts Its First Two-Day Scrum School Intensive

For two days, participants immersed themselves in the real world of agile methodologies: working in teams, solving practical tasks, simulating sprints, and learning to adapt quickly to change—just as in real product teams.
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Dec. 3, 2025 00:00

He Gave Up a Salaried Career to Build a Startup. His Service Helps Business Owners Earn More

Dmitry Kovrizhko has been in IT for 20 years. He started his career as an employee, then founded an outsourcing company developing B2B software for e-commerce and logistics. Two years ago, a solution created for another client led to the emergence of ZoomSelling, an analytics platform for marketplace sellers. Digital Business, as part of the joint project with Astana Hub “100 Startup Stories of Central Asia,” spoke with Dmitry about the value of marketplace analytics, the danger of AI hallucinations for business, and the differences in approaches to beginner sellers and large distributors.
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Dec. 2, 2025 09:51

IT Queen 2025: Best Women-Led Projects of the Year Selected in Astana

The final of IT Queen 2025 took place in the capital, an initiative of Astana Hub aimed at identifying and supporting women founders developing IT startups. This year, 90 applications were submitted, with ten teams advancing to the final and presenting their projects to industry leaders. The total prize fund amounted to 600,000 tenge.
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Dec. 2, 2025 00:00

Guys from Uzbekistan decided to create a super app for restaurants for $20,000. Here’s their idea

Dadammuhammad Salimov from Tashkent graduated from a university in London, tried growing watermelons on rented land, worked as an employee, but then quit everything and is now developing the startup REZVO together with his partners. In this service, people can reserve tables in restaurants, while venues can communicate with customers more effectively.
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Nov. 30, 2025 00:00

Kazakhstanis Found a Way to Use AI to Improve Construction — and Have Already Raised $1 Million

Sanzhar Rakhmetzhanov has been working in industrial engineering for more than 25 years and developing his own technology business. In 2025, together with his son Temirlan Rakhmetzhanov and Nuraly Baktygaliev, he founded Armeta AI. The team is building an AI platform for the design and construction industry and has already attracted $1 million from a US–Qatari fund.
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Nov. 28, 2025 16:55

GITEX Central Asia & Caucasus 2026: Connecting Eurasia’s Tech Future

For more than 40 years, GITEX GLOBAL - the world’s largest tech and startup show has been the launchpad for global tech expansion, mobilising 450,000+ executives, 2,500+ startups, and 120,000+ exhibitors across the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe.
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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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