Astana Hub Battle: The Battle of Technological Startups Held for the First Time in Almaty

February 2–3, as part of the international digital forum Digital Almaty 2023, the largest battle of technology startups, Astana Hub Battle, took place.

There were 250 applications for participation in the battle from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Norway, the Czech Republic, Azerbaijan, the United States, India, and other countries.

The winner of the battle was the Kazakh startup Kwaaka.

The second place was taken by the TalkNow team, and the third place went to kScooter. The top three teams received monetary checks to develop their IT products in the amount of:

— 1st place — $10,000

— 2nd place — $5,000

— 3rd place — $3,000.

The sponsors of the battle awarded two finalists with a special monetary prize: the Uzbek mobile application for recognizing Braille alphabet from images taken with a smartphone camera, Braille Recognition, received 6 million tenge from Yandex Cloud, and the Kazakh startup See The Future, an ecosystem consisting of a device with an integrated application that will help blind people, received $10,000 from Blockchair.