The finalists of Silkway Accelerator 2025 have been identified.

Fifteen startups have advanced to the final stage of the sixth cohort of the international Silkway Accelerator program — a joint initiative by Astana Hub and Google for Startups. The expert commission conducted a multi-stage selection process, identifying teams with the most mature products and high scaling potential from approximately 200 applications.

The final list includes technology startups from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, and Mongolia. All projects are at the PMF (Product-Market Fit) or Scale stage and already offer working solutions in the fields of artificial intelligence, FinTech, education, logistics, e-commerce, healthcare, and business management.

Among the finalists:

— Tryverse from Azerbaijan, a platform for generating 3D and AR content for e-commerce

— Booster from Kyrgyzstan, a digital system for managing garment production from order to shipment

— Steppe AI from Mongolia, an IoT+AI platform with its own devices and use cases for logistics, energy, agriculture, and smart city solutions

— Marjan from Uzbekistan, a direct logistics service: hiring drivers and renting cargo bodies for advertising via an app

— epsilon3.ai from Tajikistan, AI solutions for government agencies: forecasts, anomaly detection, and process automation.

Kazakhstan is represented by 10 startups in this cohort: Messiah — an AI service for large-scale video marketing on social media, including content adaptation and automated publishing; Paidax — a next-generation social-brokerage investment platform; Daryn.online — an EdTech service for exam preparation with progress analytics and teacher support; MacDent AI — a smart CRM system for clinics with AI features; ROSTA — an ERP platform for automating small and medium-sized businesses in HoReCa and retail; on.ai — an AI tool for automating sales through chats and calls; Mirai Tech — smart AI insoles for medical and sports purposes; Playlish — an EdTech product for learning English through AI communication simulations; pwron.ai — an AI platform for deep analytics and marketing research; and Yume — a SaaS solution and marketplace for managing rental businesses within a unified system.

The traditional Opening Day took place at Astana Hub with the participation of Ramesh Chander, Head of Google for Startups and Developer Relations, program trackers Evgeny Frolov and Nick Tian, as well as representatives of the Kazakh IT community and venture investors. Participants presented their solutions, shared their goals for the acceleration period, and outlined plans for entering global markets.

Over the next three months, participants will undergo offline acceleration in Astana. The program includes intensive tracking, mentoring support from international experts, assistance in hypothesis testing, development of product and business metrics, international networking, free office space, and accommodation in a co-living facility. All teams will be eligible for investment from the Astana Hub Ventures fund.

The climax of Silkway Accelerator will be the Demo Day at the Digital Bridge 2025 international forum, where startups will present their achievements to investors, corporations, and representatives of the global technology ecosystem.