Central Asian Startup Ecosystem: Weekly Insights & News, July 1-5

For investors, founders, and anyone interested in the Central Asian startup scene — here is a quick look at the top news from this week. We have gathered the key updates, from new launches to funding deals and industry moves across the region.

Kazakh company Gen2B has developed the first language model for Armenia. HyGPT is now available for download on the Hugging Face platform and can be used in educational projects, digital products, public services, and business applications

The mobile game Grand Mobile has raised $750 000 in investment from Astana Hub Ventures. Grand Mobile is an open-world online mobile game developed by the Kazakh game development studio Grand Games.

Silkroad Innovation Hub has announced the launch of the first-ever regional selection round, providing startups from Central Eurasia with a direct path to participate in the finals of the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield pitch competition.

Kazakh startup MiraiTech has signed a memorandum of understanding with FC Astana. The company is developing wearable devices and analytical solutions for real-time assessment and correction of human movement.

An AI cluster is being developed in Uzbekistan based on NVIDIA technology. The cluster will initially be used to implement AI in the healthcare sector. In parallel, a large computing center is also under development.