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Who from Central Asia got into Y Combinator in 2026?

Y Combinator remains one of the most well-known startup accelerators in the world. In 2026, several founders from Central Asia were selected for Y Combinator and YC Startup School programs. Among the projects are AI for legal and medical cases, robotics, Voice AI, and technologies for vision restoration.

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An Uzbekistan-born entrepreneur has launched an AI startup for the fitness industry and secured over $600,000 in investments

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"Neural networks didn't understand Turkmen": How a developer from Turkmenistan is teaching AI to speak its native language

How to create an AI for a language that is barely represented in modern neural networks? Bakhtiyar Mamedov began working with artificial intelligence as early as the 10th grade, and today he is developing TakykAI — the first AI startup for the Turkmen language. His journey, the creation of his own AI models, and plans to enter the Central Asian market are explored in this article by The Tech, prepared in collaboration with Startup Academy of Turkmenistan.

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Cursor has joined SpaceX

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Alibaba's open-source models have accumulated three billion downloads in half a year

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In Almaty, WOMEN BACKING WOMEN — a meeting about women in venture investments

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10 apps for joint budgeting and expenses while traveling

If you're traveling as a group, there's no need to track expenses in notes and manually calculate who owes whom what. Expense-splitting apps help you keep track of shared purchases, different currencies, and each participant's share. We've compiled 10 services that will help automate calculations and simplify the financial aspects of your trip.

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Turkish gaming startups: who is attracting investments in 2026

Turkish game studios raised over $110 million in disclosed investments in the first half of 2026, with Loom Games becoming the country's newest gaming unicorn. We've compiled the companies shaping the market and the figures explaining investors' interest.

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Kazakh startup Higgsfield has attracted $400 million in investments

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Uzbek startup Prestige Club has raised $150,000 from Yoshlar Ventures

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IT Agenda for the Week, August 17-23: Kolesa Backend Meetup, IT Alliance Business Breakfast, and AWS Agentic Football Cup

This week in IT: an AI agents tournament in Tashkent with a path to the global final, a Kolesa backend meetup in Almaty, a business breakfast on protecting corporate artificial intelligence, and three online broadcasts about entering new markets.

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Alif raised $10 million from the Armenian financial group Ineco Group

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The Tech and Caucasus Ventures signed a memorandum on strategic cooperation

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Applications are now open for the 5th season of Tech Orda in Kazakhstan

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More than 2,000 humanoid robots from 16 countries will participate in the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing

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