# “I can spend 17 hours in the office, 7 days a week.” A 20-year-old Kazakh man is building 2 startups, teaching automation and working as an AI engineer.

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**Published:** October 30, 2026
**Author:** Елизавета Филоненко
**Source:** DigitalBusiness.kz
**Language:** ru-RU
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/mogu-provodit-v-ofise-po-17-chasov-7-dney-v-nedelyu-20-letniy-kazakhstan

Damir Iskakov from Almaty told why he closed a successful startup and refused to work in a large corporation, how he started teaching and what, in his opinion, is the strength of young founders.

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> [Read full article at DigitalBusiness.kz](https://digitalbusiness.kz/2026-10-30/mogu-provodit-v-ofise-po-17-chasov-7-dney-v-nedelyu-20-letniy-kazahstanets-stroit-2-startapa-prepodaet-avtomatizatsiyu-i-rabotaet-ii-inzhenerom/)

**Tags:** #Google DeepMind #OpenAI #Anthropic #Astana Hub #Венчур и Инвестиции

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