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Astana Hub

Dec. 9, 2025 15:35

AI Startup from Karaganda Raises $400,000 in Funding

Astana Hub participant 4sell.ai has raised $400,000 at a $4 million valuation. The round included MA7 Ventures, MOST Accelerator Fund (where the team previously completed an accelerator program), and Axiom Capital.

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Astana Hub

Dec. 8, 2025 18:28

A Kazakhstani Entrepreneur Launched a Platform That Teaches How to Build AI Bots for Business. The Project Is Already Valued at $50 Million

Miras Sovetov got into startups almost by accident. While studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering at Nazarbayev University, he began looking for an internship. He applied to Microsoft and other major corporations but without success: in this field, large companies were only willing to hire candidates with a PhD. “That’s when I thought: if no one is willing to give me a job, I’ll come up with something myself,” Miras says. He joined the university accelerator, where he created an AgriTech project aimed at combating weeds. Later, together with a friend, he launched an anti-cheating system. Today, Miras and his partners are developing the educational platform JobEscape, which teaches people how to build AI bots for business.
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Astana Hub

Dec. 8, 2025 09:01

Results of Market Entry: Uzbek Startups Make Their First Sales in the Kazakhstani Market

The international innovation cluster Astana Hub has announced the results of the first batch of the Market Entry acceleration program, implemented in partnership with IT Park Uzbekistan. Over the course of eight weeks, Uzbek startups adapted their products to local requirements and launched their first pilot projects. The teams built a sales funnel of more than 1,500 potential clients and achieved a combined MRR of $22,500.
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Astana Hub

Dec. 8, 2025 00:00

Young Kazakhstanis Have Built an AI App for Learning English. It Has Already Been Downloaded by Over 300,000 People

Alidar Kuchukov is 21 years old. He is originally from Almaty but has been living in the United States for the past eight years. He became an entrepreneur while still in school and has already launched several projects. Together with Assylzhan Altai, he developed the online English school GetEnglish, which has been completed by more than 4,000 students from 35 countries. In the spring of 2025, the two decided to build a new product—an AI-powered app for learning foreign languages called Aleem. Just one day after launch, the service overtook Duolingo and entered the overall App Store top charts in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. Within two weeks, Aleem attracted 250,000 users.
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Astana Hub

Dec. 5, 2025 18:31

A Unique Book for Key Players of the Startup Ecosystem Presented at Astana Hub

Most founders do not just underestimate their board of directors — they miss out on one of the most powerful levers capable of accelerating company growth. This issue is raised by investors and managing partners of BigSkyCapital, Zhan Karsybaev and Adil Nurgozhin, in their new book “VC Boards: A Practical Guide for Those Who Want to Influence the Future of Companies.”
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Astana Hub

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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Astana Hub

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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Astana Hub

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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Astana Hub

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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Astana Hub

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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