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Shield AI Valued at $12.7 Billion: Why Its Hivemind AI Pilot Is Transforming Military Aviation
American defense-technology company Shield AI has secured $2 billion in new funding and completed its acquisition of military flight-simulation provider Aechelon Technology. Following the transaction, ...
AI
Digital and AI Sports Federation Unveiled in Astana Alongside Inaugural Youth AI Tournament
Startups
Kazakhstan Venture Capital & Accelerator Guide 2026: Where Startups Can Raise $50K to $1M+
Reviews
Kazakhstani Founder Sent 2,800 Job Applications to the US — Then Built the “Bloomberg for Tickets”
Kazakhstan Pushes for Domestic Oil and Gas Equipment Production: What Akbarov Proposed at KIOGE-2026
Kazakhstan intends to substantially expand domestic manufacturing of machinery and equipment for the oil ...
Kazakhstan Partners with DEC40 to Advance Smart Regions: Inside the AI-Native Governance Model
Kazakhstan is preparing to transition toward an “AI-Native” digital regional model, where machine learning ...
EasyTap and Verifix Form Joint Ventures to Unify Staff Management and Shift Sourcing Across Central Asia
Kazakhstan-based gig economy marketplace EasyTap and Uzbekistan’s workforce management provider Verifix have agreed to ...
Skydio Reaches $4.4B Valuation: How Autonomous Drones Transformed Defense and Infrastructure
American autonomous drone manufacturer Skydio raised $110 million in April 2026 at a company ...
Pinduoduo Prepares October Launch in Kazakhstan: What Is Known About the Rollout and Almaty SkyHub
A joint venture project with China’s Pinduoduo is scheduled to launch in Kazakhstan in ...
Smart City & IoT in Action: How Kazakhstani Startups Are Modernizing Urban Infrastructure
Kazakhstan’s largest metropolises — Astana, Almaty, and Shymkent — are experiencing an era of ...
“We Have Your Passports”: Hackers Claim a TEZ TOUR Data Theft, but Their Figures Are 24 Million Records Short
On 15 September, a message from hacker group DataSuckers appeared on TEZ TOUR websites. ...
Jetem Taxi Bought 90 Electric Cars but Never Launched. Why That Was Not Enough
In September 2026, designer Ilya Birman published a case study of the Jetem Taxi ...
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Олимпиада роботов в Китае 2026: даты, дисциплины, результаты и рекорды. Полный разбор World Humanoid Robot Games
Глеб Штрайб: как финансист построил крупнейший арт-маркетплейс Центральной Азии
Какие профессии могут заменить роботы: разбор сценариев с QAZBOT Robotics Forum
On October 2, during the Digital Bridge forum, the public presentation of the Republican ...
Kazakhstani Startups in Silicon Valley: Accelerators, Investment and US Contracts
Entering the US market was long an elusive goal for Central Asian technology entrepreneurs. ...
Seven Kazakhstani MedTech Startups Bringing Medical AI to Global Markets
Medical technology (MedTech and HealthTech) is traditionally one of venture capital’s most conservative and ...
Seven Kazakhstani AI Startups Entering the Global Market
Kazakhstan’s DeepTech ecosystem is undergoing a fundamental shift. Just a few years ago, domestic ...
Six Kazakhstani EdTech Platforms Transforming Education
Education technology (EdTech) in Kazakhstan has advanced dramatically in recent years. During the pandemic, ...
Six Kazakhstani B2B SaaS Platforms Competing in Global Markets
Kazakhstan’s business software market (B2B SaaS) is undergoing a profound shift. Five to seven ...
Dimash Tokmyrza: Complete Song Production Fell From KZT 1.2 Million to KZT 600,000
Dimash Tokmyrza, a sound engineer at Aura Lab Studio, once sent a guitarist a ...
Marina Yels: Amazon’s Royalty Rate Is Twice LitRes’ — but LitRes Brings in More Money
Marina Yels is an Almaty-based writer using the same pen name in Russian and ...
Katerina Kucherova: Six Years Writing a Book, KZT 1 Million Invested and 200 Copies Sold
Katerina Kucherova spent six years writing her book, turned down publishers’ offers and released ...
Christopher Trickett Has Lived in Kazakhstan for 18 Years. Now He Writes About It for International Readers
Why Good Content Has Yet to Become a Business Christopher Trickett has lived in ...
Nazgul Talipova: From KZT 300,000 in Cash to KZT 1 Million With Barter — Inside Kazakhstan’s UGC Market
A brand can pay a blogger KZT 1 million for an integration, or divide ...
Arlan Rakhmetzhanov: The Kazakhstani Founder Who Raised $6 Million for AI-Agent Context
Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, a Forbes Kazakhstan “30 Under 30” alumnus, has become one of Kazakhstan’s ...
Aibek Yegemberdin: Wonder Raises $2 Million With Altair Capital Backing to Build AI for Designers
Wonder (wonder.design), co-founded by Kazakhstan’s Aibek Yegemberdin (CEO) and Boris Yankovich (CTO), closed a ...
Olga Teslya: “You Can Win in Court and Walk Away with Nothing” — How Business Mediation Resolves Commercial Disputes
Olga Teslya is the managing director of the TopLegal legal center, a seasoned practicing ...
Cloud Credits for Startups: What Google, AWS, Microsoft and NVIDIA Offer
Google, AWS, Microsoft and NVIDIA offer startups cloud credits to pay for servers, databases ...
Damu’s Örleu Programme: Loans of Up to KZT 7 Billion at 12.6%
The Damu Fund offers preferential loans under its Örleu programme to micro, small and ...
Wilson Center Offers Researchers Up to $120,000: Who Can Apply From Kazakhstan
The Wilson Center has opened applications for its Research Fellowship 2027–2028. This is a ...
UNESCO Al Fozan Prize Will Award $50,000 Each to Five Young Scientists
UNESCO has opened the third call for the Al Fozan International Prize for young ...
American defense-technology company Shield AI has secured $2 billion in new funding and completed ...
24-year-old Alimkhan Kassymov, who grew up in Almaty, co-founded Ticker alongside American entrepreneur Aidan ...
Where Is Kazakhstan’s Advertising Money Going as Advertising Becomes More Visible?
In the first half of 2026, Kazakhstan’s advertising market grew 10.3% to KZT 65.9 ...
AI & Digital Bridge 2026 in Astana: Who Should Attend and What to See
AI & Digital Bridge 2026 will take place at Astana’s EXPO international exhibition centre ...
Роботы обогнали Болта, а в Астане строят завод за $200 млн | Олимпиада роботов в Китае 2026
ИИ должен был заменить людей. Но компании столкнулись с другой проблемой
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