Who from Central Asia got into Y Combinator in 2026?

Alina Pak — Kazakhstan, Ekho Labs

Alina Pak, founder of Ekho Labs, has been accepted into the Y Combinator Summer 2026 batch. Ekho Labs uses AI to manage risks in international logistics. The company helps businesses proactively identify potential supply chain disruptions and choose the optimal course of action for shipments and orders.

Igor Martynyuk — Kazakhstan, TabAI

Igor Martynyuk is an 11th-grade student from Pavlodar and the founder of TabAI, an AI assistant for task management and digital focus. In 2026, he became a participant in YC Startup School in Silicon Valley, with Y Combinator fully covering his travel, accommodation, and meals.

TabAI analyzes the user's digital context—tabs, tasks, chats, and work tools—and helps structure information, manage deadlines, and maintain focus.

Iqbol Temirkhodzhaev — Tajikistan, Wayco

Iqbol Temirkhodzhaev is the first founder from Tajikistan accepted into Y Combinator. His startup, Wayco, has been accepted into the Winter 2026 program.

Wayco creates an AI operator for the MedLegal sector, operating at the intersection of medicine and law. The platform processes data on medical cases related to legal matters and helps automate processes from the initial client inquiry to case resolution.

Muhtasham Oblokulov — Tajikistan, Tenor

Muhtasham Oblokulov and his team founded Tenor, an AI startup that has been accepted into the Y Combinator Summer 2026 batch.

Tenor creates a platform for integrating AI agents into company workflows.

Sardor Rahmatulloev — Uzbekistan, Twolabs

Sardor Rahmatulloev, founder of Twolabs, has been accepted into the 2026 program and is the first founder from Uzbekistan to be accepted into Y Combinator.

Twolabs operates at the intersection of artificial intelligence and robotics. Initially, the company specialized in creating dedicated datasets for training models related to physical AI and robots. Now, the startup is developing its own humanoid robots and a full technology stack—from hardware to AI systems.

Beknazar Abdikamalov — Uzbekistan, Speko

Beknazar Abdikamalov, founder of Speko, has been accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2026. Speko creates infrastructure for Voice AI. The project functions as an OpenRouter for voice models: through a single API, developers can connect various speech-to-text, LLM, and text-to-speech models and select the most suitable options for a specific language and scenario.

Durdona Akhadova — Uzbekistan, HackUnicorn

Durdona Akhadova is one of the few representatives from Uzbekistan selected for Y Combinator Startup School 2026 from over 30,000 applications worldwide.

She is the co-founder of UZ Combinator, founder and product manager of HackUnicorn, and a participant in Silkroad Fellows 2026. As part of Startup School, Durdona had the opportunity to participate in an in-person program in San Francisco and learn from founders of leading AI companies and technology industry experts.

Also in 2026, she was selected as a participant in Silkroad Fellows—a program for students from Central Eurasia that provides the opportunity to explore the technology and venture capital ecosystem of Silicon Valley.