Silkroad Innovation Hub has become a partner of the California Berkeley Asia Business Club

Silkroad Innovation Hub became a partner of the Berkeley Asia Business Club at the University of California, Berkeley, and presented Central Eurasia at the 18th Asia Business Conference.

The University of California, Berkeley, is ranked number one in global university rankings, and this partnership provides Silkroad Innovation Hub with an excellent opportunity to promote the Central Eurasian region on the global stage. This year's conference theme, Rising Asia: Shaping the Moment, Navigating Challenges and Opportunities, focuses on the impact of new technologies in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Asia Business Conference brought together entrepreneurs and professionals interested in business development in Asia. Conference speakers included representatives from technology companies such as Cisco, TikTok, Google, Amazon, Meta, and Alibaba; venture capital firms including Fusion Fund, EnvisionX Capital, Blume Ventures, and Intudo Ventures; as well as professors from Stanford University and UC Berkeley.

The panel session on Emerging Tech and Entrepreneurship in Central Eurasia featured Asat Abdullayev, CEO and founder of Silkroad Innovation Hub; Aidana Daulebay, international representative of Astana Hub; Sultanmurad Rasulov, Chief Representative for the North American region of IT Park Uzbekistan; Darsh Mann, Head of Business Development at StartX; and Doszhan Zhusupov, CEO and founder of the startup CerebraAI.

The main topics for discussion were the development and direction of Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models.

Silkroad Innovation Hub is an innovative representation office in Silicon Valley, established with the support of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry and Astana Hub, with the aim of actively supporting and developing the startup community. Its mission is to build a strong community of founders and promote the innovative development of Central Eurasia on a global level.

Source: gov.kz