100 Startup Stories of Kazakhstan

100 Startup Stories of Central Asia

Digital Business, together with Astana Hub, is launching the project «100 Startup Stories of Central Asia». The initiative will spotlight promising projects from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan with the potential to become future unicorns.

Featured companies will include established IT firms that have already achieved product–market fit and begun international expansion, as well as young startups with strong growth potential. The project will be published in several languages, including Kazakh, Russian, English, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, and Tajik.

100 Startup Stories of Central Asia

Digital Business, together with Astana Hub, is launching the project «100 Startup Stories of Central Asia». The initiative will spotlight promising projects from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan with the potential to become future unicorns.

Featured companies will include established IT firms that have already achieved product–market fit and begun international expansion, as well as young startups with strong growth potential. The project will be published in several languages, including Kazakh, Russian, English, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, and Tajik.

A Kazakh Founder Invested 7 Million Tenge to Launch a Startup Helping Kids Develop Speech Skills

Ainur Nuradil from Almaty used to work at the Academy of Sciences. Then she came up with AR Sana, a mobile app that helps Kazakh-speaking kids develop their speech using AI and augmented reality. The team has already trained its own AI model on children’s voices and is now getting ready to launch the service. […]

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Kazakh Women Put $200K Behind an AI Tool That Helps Companies Understand Customers Better

Digital Business, together with the international innovation cluster Astana Hub, is launching 100 Startup Stories from Central Eurasia, a project dedicated to the people changing the rules of the IT ecosystem. We’ll be sharing stories of startup founders from Kazakhstan and across Central Eurasia, participants of Astana Hub programs, and creators of services and technologies […]

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Kazakh Founders Launch Doctor Consultation Service for Just 1,000 Tenge. Here’s How It Works

Nurali Ismagulov and his business partner have been building Metaclinic.kz, a digital medical clinic on your phone, for the past year and a half in Kazakhstan. In the summer of 2025, the project was valued at $2 million and secured $150,000 in investment. As part of the joint project «100 Startup Stories of Central Asia» by […]

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A Woman from Kazakhstan Figured Out How to Control Drones with the Power of Thought. Her Startup Is Already Being Tested in the USA

Dara Tumenbayeva is originally from Almaty. This year, she founded a startup called Black Swan. Her team is developing a device that makes it possible to control drones using brain signals.

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A Kazakhstani Founder Launched a Startup That Helps Students Win Scholarships to Universities in the US, Europe, and Asia

Amine Khadyr was born in Bayan-Ölgii, a region in western Mongolia that's home to around 100,000 ethnic Kazakhs who have preserved their language and traditions.

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Kazakh Entrepreneurs Launch AI‑Powered English‑Learning App That’s Hit 300,000+ Downloads

Alidar Kuchukov shared how the idea for Aleem came about, why the platform took off so quickly, and where the young co-founders are looking for funding.

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Kazakh Entrepreneur Launched a Platform That Teaches How to Build AI Bots for Business. His Project Is Already Valued at $50 Million

Miras Sovetov got into startups by chance. While studying Electrical and Computer Engineering at Nazarbayev University, he started looking for an internship

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Left the Comfort of a 9-to-5 to Build a Startup That Helps Business Owners Earn More

Dmitry Kovrizhko has been in IT for 20 years. He started out working in-house, then went on to launch an outsourcing company focused on developing B2B software for e-commerce and logistics.

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Entrepreneurs from Uzbekistan Set Out to Build a Super App for Restaurants on a $20K Budget. Here’s What They’re Cooking Up

Dadamukhammad Salimov from Tashkent graduated from a university in London, tried his hand at growing watermelons on rented land, worked a regular job for a while, but eventually dropped everything.

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Kazakh Innovators Have Found a Way To Improve Construction Using AI And Have Already Raised $1 Million

Sanzhar and Temirlan Rakhmetzhanov shared how the idea for Armeta AI came about and how their product simplifies the work of engineers who conduct expert assessments of construction projects.

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A Young Man Returned From the USA to Uzbekistan to Promote Sports Culture in the Region. He Has Already Raised $300,000 for His Project

Farhod Furkatov explained how the startup also helps gyms work more efficiently.

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Students Launched a Flower Marketplace in Tashkent and Raised $100,000

Abdumalikh Abdukhalimov from Uzbekistan got into startups while still a student. His very first project — OYGUL.

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A Young Woman From Uzbekistan Built a $500,000 Business And Is Now Transforming Agriculture

Dildora Atajanova discussed the challenges facing Uzbekistan's agricultural sector and how she plans to address them.

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