Silkroad Innovation Hub

Silkroad Innovation Hub Community in Silicon Valley for founders and startups from Central Eurasia 🇰🇿🇺🇿🇰🇬🇹🇯🇹🇲🇦🇿🇹🇷🇲🇳

AI Leaders: Week 6 RecapWe started the week with Atakan Varol, Director of ISSAI at Nazarbayev University. His session c...
05/25/2026

AI Leaders: Week 6 Recap

We started the week with Atakan Varol, Director of ISSAI at Nazarbayev University. His session covered localizing generative AI for resource-constrained environments — from ISSAI’s KazLLM, the first large language model built in Central Asia, to a practical deployment framework for executives: on-premise, colocation, cloud, or SaaS.

Next, Mykel Kochenderfer from Stanford HAI walked us through decision-making under uncertainty — drawing on examples from mathematics, AI systems, and aviation to show how rigorous frameworks for uncertainty can lead to better, more reliable decisions even when the full picture isn’t clear.

We wrapped the week with Zamir Akimbekov and Vugar Abdullayev from CAYU, a Silicon Valley startup bringing vibe coding to enterprise — a hands-on session on building AI agents.

AI Leaders: Week 4 RecapWe started the week with Tatsunori Hashimoto, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanfor...
04/30/2026

AI Leaders: Week 4 Recap

We started the week with Tatsunori Hashimoto, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford 🎓, who came in with a different goal than most sessions — not to tell us what AI can do today, but to give us the mental model to figure out where it’s going tomorrow.

We went deep into how language models are actually built — from next-word prediction all the way through to scaling laws and reasoning models.

Following on the next day we had Shaig Abduragimov from OpenAI Academy walking us through Codex — OpenAI’s AI agent that works across your computer, files, and tools. Despite the name, this one isn’t just for engineers. Shaig made the case that Codex is genuinely useful for data analysis, document processing, email triage, and everyday productivity automation — no technical background required.

To close out the week, we had Fadi Touza from Lovable and Zac Frulloni, who showed the cohort how to go from idea to working software product — without writing a single line of code.

We hosted first ever Nauryz in the history of Stanford GSB! With yurt 🛖 right in the middle of Stanford GSB, whole qazan...
04/28/2026

We hosted first ever Nauryz in the history of Stanford GSB!

With yurt 🛖 right in the middle of Stanford GSB, whole qazan of plov and other Central Asian food, we hosted the community of Stanford students, sharing a piece of our culture 🇦🇿🇹🇯🇹🇲🇰🇿🇰🇬🇺🇿

Big thanks to for organizing this historical event, and at Silkroad Innovation Hub we are happy to support our community in Silicon Valley.

Congratulations with opening of .ai.ast the International Artificial Intelligence Center in Kazakhstan! This is a big d...
04/27/2026

Congratulations with opening of .ai.ast the International Artificial Intelligence Center in Kazakhstan! 

This is a big deal for our region! From research and education to startup innovation and real AI solutions all come together. 

As Silkroad Innovation Hub, we are always happy to support initiatives that push our ecosystem forward.

AI Leaders: Week 3 RecapWe are on week 3 of AI Leaders Program from Stanford HAI and OpenAI Academy, and this week we st...
04/23/2026

AI Leaders: Week 3 Recap

We are on week 3 of AI Leaders Program from Stanford HAI and OpenAI Academy, and this week we started off with a lecture on “Building an AI-Powered Organization” from Arvind Karunakaran, where we went through the essential steps toward building an AI-enabled organization from the ground up — from structuring the right teams to embedding AI into decision-making at every level.

Following on the next day we had Shaig Abduragimov from OpenAI Academy with a hands-on workshop on getting the most out of ChatGPT — covering practical techniques that leaders and their teams can start applying right away.

To close out the week, we had an AI Strategy session led by Renat Khairulin and the AI Leaders facilitators team, where we worked through the key steps toward building a concrete AI strategy for your organization.

AI Leaders: Week 2 RecapWeek 2 of AI Leaders Program and we had two strong sessions back to back. First up was Michael B...
04/23/2026

AI Leaders: Week 2 Recap

Week 2 of AI Leaders Program and we had two strong sessions back to back. First up was Michael Bernstein from Stanford University HAI, with a lecture on “What AI Can and Can’t Do”. The key idea: AI performs the same at the model level regardless of the task, but the tolerance for error is completely different depending on whether you’re dealing with a rough-edged problem (many valid answers) or a sharp-edged one (exactly one right answer). That distinction alone changes how you think about where to actually deploy AI in your organization.

Following on the next day we had Lauren Oliphant from OpenAI Academy with a hands-on ChatGPT 101 session, covering practical foundations for using ChatGPT — from file analysis and voice mode to a clean framework for prompting: Task, Context, and Expectations. Simple in theory, but properly applying all three makes a noticeable difference in the quality of outputs.

AI Leaders: Week 1 RecapWe kicked off AI Leaders Program from Stanford HAI and OpenAI Academy with the welcome speech fr...
04/23/2026

AI Leaders: Week 1 Recap

We kicked off AI Leaders Program from Stanford HAI and OpenAI Academy with the welcome speech from Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Zhaslan Madiyev and with our first lecture from Peter Norvig — one of the most recognized names in AI — on “The AI Landscape: Past, Present & Future,” where we went all the way from the 1970s roots of the field through to where we are today with large language models and autonomous agents.

Peter walked us through the three forces that made the current AI moment possible — data, compute, and better algorithms — and why all three had to converge at the same time for this to happen. We also got into the distinction between discriminative and generative AI, and what it actually means for organizations to build with AI responsibly.

AI Leaders Program – Stanford HAI × OpenAI Academy8-недельная онлайн программа от Stanford University Human-Centered Art...
02/01/2026

AI Leaders Program – Stanford HAI × OpenAI Academy

8-недельная онлайн программа от Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (Stanford HAI) и OpenAI Academy для руководителей и топ-менеджеров.

Что вы получаете:
• Сертификат от Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (Stanford HAI)
• Живые сессии с преподавателями Стэнфорда + практические модули от OpenAI Academy (создатели ChatGPT)
• Синхронный перевод (знание английского языка не требуется)
• Возможность разработать AI-стратегию для вашей организации
• Доступ к закрытому сообществу AI Leaders

Детали:
📅 6 апреля – 31 мая 2026
🕖 2-3 часа в неделю (онлайн, можно совмещать с работой)

Техническое образование не требуется. Можно участвовать индивидуально или с командой.

🚨Срок подачи заявки: 1 марта 2026 года

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Happy New Year! 🎉2025 was a very productive year for us, and especially with the support of our partners across Central...
01/01/2026

Happy New Year! 🎉

2025 was a very productive year for us, and especially with the support of our partners across Central Eurasia, we were able to grow our programs, support founders, and see real outcomes in Silicon Valley.

AlchemistX and & Silicon Valley Residency with Astana Hub, Astana Hub Ventures, IT PARK Uzbekistan, IT Park Ventures, Alchemist Accelerator
- 23 startups from 7 countries
- 9 startups attracted a total of over $1M
- Launching 108 pilot projects
- $22M projected revenue for 2026

Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield with Freedom Holding Corp. and TechCrunch
- 485 startups from 27 countries applied to Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield, making it the largest startup competition in regional history
- 40 jury members
- 3 winners - Polygraf AI, Surfaice, Investbanq

Silkroad Pavilion on TechCrunch Disrupt 2025:
- Platinum partner of TechCrunch Disrupt for the 3rd year in a row
- Largest pavilion for 2 years straight
- 600+ leads generated, 7 new partnerships formed by startups in our pavilion

The QVG LP Venture Summit with Qazaqstan Venture Group, Astana Hub
🤝 We hosted the first-ever LP Summit in Partners in the region, in partnership with Qazaqstan Venture Group Ltd., bringing together 35 funds from 10 countries with $160B+ in combined AUM.

Leadership in AI & Creative Economy program with Stanford School of Engineering:
60 executives from Central Asia participated in our Leadership in AI & Creative Economy program: Best Practices From San Francisco To Los Angeles—the largest business delegation from the region to Silicon Valley

The C5+1 Business Conference:
🇺🇸 We organized a meeting of 24 startup founders with the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, during the C5+1 Summit in Washington, D.C.

Silkroad Angels Club:
🏆 This year we trained over 60 angels through Silkroad Venture School, invested over $1.3M+ in the companies like Higgsfield AI, Alma, Deep Infra Inc. and more.

Thank you. None of these would have been possible without your support.

🚀 Хочешь разбираться в венчурном рынке как профессионал?💡 Понимать, как венчурные инвесторы принимают решения?📊 Уметь оц...
11/21/2025

🚀 Хочешь разбираться в венчурном рынке как профессионал?
💡 Понимать, как венчурные инвесторы принимают решения?
📊 Уметь оценивать стартапы и собирать сильный инвестиционный портфель?

Silkroad Venture School — практическая онлайн-программа от экспертов Кремниевой долины для начинающих и действующих венчурных инвесторов.

✨ Что тебя ждёт:
📚 5 модулей: основы, due diligence, оценка стартапов, юридические аспекты, управление портфелем и экзиты
⏰ 10 часов практического контента
💼 Доступ к реальным сделкам от Silkroad Angels Club
🎓 Сертификат о прохождении курса

🔥 Готов прокачать свои навыки в венчуре?

🚀 What an incredible day!AlchemistX & Silicon Valley Residency (SVR) Batch 2025 just wrapped up an amazing Demo Day! 🎤✨F...
11/15/2025

🚀 What an incredible day!
AlchemistX & Silicon Valley Residency (SVR) Batch 2025 just wrapped up an amazing Demo Day! 🎤✨

Founders from Central Eurasia and MENA took the stage to showcase their products, traction, and bold vision for entering the US market.
We couldn’t be more proud of every single team that pitched! 🙌

🔥 Startups on stage:
Virtual Story
EMMA Systems
OpenSpot
Algebras AI
Ember AI
qTwin
Zaiyo AI
Interactive Range
Freyt
AidMi
Makon AI
Rette (ex. Defect AI)
Tilmoch.ai
RFxAI
GrowyAI
One Health
findecor.io
Viral Video
Aleem
Workinhood

🎓 And right after Demo Day, we celebrated the graduation of our cohort — marking the completion of an intense 10-week journey powered by Alchemist Accelerator & Silkroad Innovation Hub.

Thank you to all the investors, partners, mentors, and ecosystem friends who joined us and continue to support our founders 💙

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