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Students of TUIT won two first places at the World Robot Caspian Cup 2026

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The President of Kazakhstan outlined five priorities for the country's development

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5 new games that were released in the last week of June

June ends on a high note: in just one week, an expansion for the iconic survival game was released, the legendary Nintendo franchise made its return, and several unexpected indie projects emerged. We’ve gathered everything you need to know.

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Kazakhstan has attracted NVIDIA and Firebird for $10 billion — what does this mean for the country

Kazakhstan has concluded one of the largest technology deals in its history. The country's government signed a package of agreements with American companies Firebird and NVIDIA — a global leader in AI chips — totaling $10 billion. The funds will be directed toward building the "Data Center Valley" in Ekibastuz — a large-scale computing cluster designed to transform Kazakhstan into one of the key digital hubs of Eurasia.

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Kaspi Gold can now be added to Apple Pay and Google Pay

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Kazakhstan has adopted the Digital Qazaqstan strategy, and Armenia has opened its first AI factory: what’s new in June

We’ve gathered the main news of the month on technology, artificial intelligence, and the development of the digital ecosystem in Central Asia and the Caucasus.

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Secrets of a Successful Pitch: Recommendations from Birzhan Nurlanuly and Elmira Obri

Recently, an online pitch took place in our Telegram channel The Tech, where startups from Central Asia presented their projects. For those who missed the broadcast, we are sharing the advice in text format.

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Top 7 Unresolved Problems Worth Billions of Dollars

"What I took away from analyzing the thoughts of opinion leaders is that no top-tier fund is currently chasing easy niches. All ten points are infrastructural, long-term, and sometimes thankless problems that require real focus, not a pitch deck on pretty slides. I've already written that you can't be a leader for four hours a day—here, the same logic applies, but on the scale of entire industries: labor, healthcare, energy, defense—these are not things that can be solved casually."

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Jerry Yang, co-founder of "Yahoo!" and investor in Alibaba, has invested in Nace.AI

Jerry Yang is the co-founder of Yahoo!, one of the pioneers of the global internet industry, an investor, and a member of the board of directors at Alibaba. He is a billionaire and one of the most influential entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. We are pleased that our startup and its products are becoming attractive to such "mammoths" of the industry, confirming that we are moving in the right direction.

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WomenInTech. How young women from Bishkek and Fergana build careers in IT and launch their own projects

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Former Deputy Minister of AI Dmitry Mun has been appointed CEO of Q.AI

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Kazakhstani AI startup 4sell.ai has become a participant in the NVIDIA Inception program

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Startup ORDO raised $100,000 from CS Angels Club

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Higher Education in IT: An Overview of the International University in Central Asia

The International University in Central Asia (IUCA) is an educational institution established in 2008 in Kyrgyzstan based on the American model of higher education. IUCA aims to develop bright, highly educated leaders of modern democratic society. The university's foundational principles are academic integrity, freedom, and critical thinking. The university has become a promoter of intellectual freedom and a safe, corruption-free environment.

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Digital Qazaqstan — What’s Changing in Kazakhstan by 2029

The President of Kazakhstan has approved the National Strategy for Large-Scale Digitalization and Implementation of Artificial Intelligence Technologies, Digital Qazaqstan, through 2029. The document completes the formation of the cycle of institutional documents and becomes the main guideline for the country's technological development in the coming years.

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