🇰🇿 AI Entrepreneurs

Co-founder of Cotype AI — legaltech platform utilizing specialized NLP models for contract drafting and risk analysis in Kazakh and Russian.

Co-founder & AI engineering lead at Higgsfield AI — text-to-video and cinematic camera motion generative AI platform backed by Menlo Ventures.

Founder & CEO of Citix — Smart City IoT and AdTech ecosystem deployed across Kazakhstan, MENA, and international hubs with real-time AI computer vision analytics.

Tech entrepreneur and AI builder; founder of industrial computer vision and IoT analytics platforms in Kazakhstan and the GCC.

Founder & CEO of ZeroToOneLabs and nFactorial Incubator; Princeton CS alumnus, pioneer in cultivating software engineers and AI product builders in Kazakhstan.

Corporate venture arm backing AI and deep-tech startups from Kazakhstan and Central Asia.

Chairman of the Board at Kazakhtelecom; former Minister of Digital Development of RK; key initiator of Kazakhstan's National AI Strategy, Alem.AI, and KazLLM.

Founder & CEO of Biometric.kz — AI computer vision and facial biometrics solution for Tier-1 banks, FinTech, and public services in Central Asia.

Founder & CEO of Cerebra.ai — MedTech AI startup detecting acute ischemic stroke via CT scan computer vision; Alchemist Accelerator graduate, winner of global healthtech competitions.

MIT PhD in Computer Science, ex-Google software engineer; founder and advisor in deep-tech startups and advanced algorithms in Kazakhstan.

CEO of Astana Hub — Central Asia's largest international technopark for IT and AI startups; architect of Silkway Accelerator in partnership with Google for Startups.

Prominent venture capitalist and angel investor in Central Asia; backed 30+ tech startups including AI, FinTech, and SaaS companies across Kazakhstan and the US.

CEO of Alem.AI (International AI Center in Astana); former Managing Director at Astana Hub; supervisor of AI University, TUMO Astana, and AI Campus.

Minister of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan; driver of sovereign compute infrastructure, AI legislation, and Alem.AI international center.