Winners of the Astana Hub Battle 2025 have been announced at the Digital Bridge forum

At the largest technology forum in Central Asia — Digital Bridge 2025 — one of the region's most extensive startup battles, Astana Hub Battle, took place. This year, 180 IT companies from Central Eurasian countries competed for a prize fund of $125,000.

79 projects advanced to the semi-finals, of which 14 reached the final: eXpace Technology, Hemo.Labs, YAYA, MoonAI, flection.ai, CYBERPACK.AI, OpenSpot, Mirai Tech, Oina AI, AIGINEER, NeuroGuard AI, MacDent, MindShield, and WeGlobal AI. They were joined by the winner of the AI Sana Generative Pitch — TrustExam AI.

Winners were determined in seven categories. Five key categories each received $25,000:

— Best Social Impact — WeGlobal.AI, EdTech solutions for career guidance and psychological support for schoolchildren

— Discovery of the Year — MindShield, an application and bracelet for early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease

— Exponential Growth — TrustExam AI, a system for combating fraud and enhancing academic integrity during exams

— Ticket to the Future — Moon.AI, an artificial intelligence-based operating system for small and medium-sized businesses with digital employees

— MA7 Award — Mirai Tech, DeepTech sensors for sports and rehabilitation based on AI and autonomous energy supply

In addition, special awards were given to:

— MacDent — a grant from JSC "Kazakhtelecom" in the form of GPU resources worth $25,000, a cloud ERP/CRM platform for dental clinics and medical centers

— flection.ai — the Yandex Qazaqstan Startup Spotlight Award, AI games for post-stroke rehabilitation using a standard webcam

Astana Hub Battle is traditionally focused on startups with a ready product at the MVP or PMF stage. This year, applications were received from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, the USA, and the UAE.

The event confirmed Astana Hub's status as a key platform for IT entrepreneurs in the region, showcasing solutions in the fields of artificial intelligence, medicine, education, and FinTech.

The Digital Bridge 2025 forum is taking place from October 2 to 4 in Astana and brings together global industry leaders, investors, experts, and startups.

The organization of the forum was made possible thanks to the support of partners and sponsors: General Partner — Freedom Bank Kazakhstan, Gold Partners — Kaspi.kz, Yandex Qazaqstan, JSC "Kazakhtelecom", Silver Partner — JSC "TransTeleCom", Bronze Partners — BI Group, JSC "NUK "Baiterek", Eurasian Bank, Ozon, Tengizchevroil LLP, Innovation Partner — inDrive, Information Partners — CITIX, Musan Group, EcoGenMedia, MYD, Visit Astana.