In Semey, on the basis of the regional hub Abai IT Valley, an exciting event took place — Pizza Pitch, which brought together talented students and their innovative ideas. The final stage of the competition was attended by 10 best startups selected from 25 submitted projects.

The first place was won by Temirlan Temirbayev, a student at Abai IT School, with the project "LibertyNet". His unique design earned him first place and the main prize — a complete set of Fujifilm Instax Mini 12 polaroids, which became a well-deserved reward for his creativity and hard work.

The second place was taken by Yerasyl Aukenov, a student of NIS, with the project "Pleep", who impressed the jury with his original approach and innovative solution.

The third place was awarded to Alemzhan Akhmetzhanov, a student of NIS, for the TapTap project, which has significant potential in the field of artificial intelligence (AI).

The fourth place was won by Alizhan Mazhitkhanov, a student of Semey Financial and Economic College, with the project "Web Vision", offering interesting solutions in the field of web technologies.

The winners who took 2nd, 3rd and 4th places received a gift from Yandex Alice Stations provided by the organizers of the competition.

The projects were evaluated by respected experts: Bauyrzhan Nauryzbayev, director of the Abai IT Valley technology cluster; Ardak Zhumagazievna Karipzhanova, Vice-rector for Information Technology at Alikhan Bokeikhan University; Askhat Mukanov, Deputy director of Semey Financial and Economic College; and Anet Tursinzhan, founder of a large 3D farm "Oner" in the Abai region. Experts carefully evaluated startups and helped identify projects with the greatest potential for further development.

After the announcement of the winners, the participants and listeners enjoyed a delicious pizza, which was an excellent conclusion to the event. Pizza Pitch not only showed great prospects for young startups, but also opened up new opportunities for them to develop their ideas and projects.