Kazakhstan and Meta launch an accelerator to support AI developers

The Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Meta, and the Blockchain & AI Technology Centre have signed a joint agreement to launch the Meta LLaMA Accelerator Kazakhstan program, Kazinform correspondent reports.

The initiative aims to demonstrate Kazakhstan's technological potential in the field of artificial intelligence, develop open-source solutions based on Llama and KazLLM models, implement AI products for practical tasks of the public sector and business, and support startups and young teams through accelerator programs and international mentoring.

The signing ceremony took place on the sidelines of the Astana International Forum.

Zhaslan Madiev, Minister of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry
This is an important event—the launch of Meta's accelerator program for developers, programmers, and startups. It will enable training in creating AI-based products that can be scaled globally. To this end, the necessary computing power will be provided, including access to supercomputers. We are implementing this project jointly with Meta and hope that by the autumn Digital Bridge Forum, the first winners of the program will already have emerged.

The start of the application process for the program will be announced shortly. Participation is free, and anyone interested will be able to submit applications in the prescribed format.

Source: inform.kz