The Department of Digitalization and Public Services of the capital, together with Astana Hub and Astana Innovations, completed the implementation of the Astana Smart City Accelerator program aimed at introducing advanced technologies into key areas of urban infrastructure, the official website of the city Akimat reports.
On November 20, the final stage of the Demo Day program took place, where the program participants demonstrated their innovative solutions that have already begun to transform the life of the city.
The selected startups have already been successfully launched in public clinics, schools, public transport, as well as in urban services and infrastructure facilities in Astana. They optimize the work of medical organizations, reduce the burden on doctors, increase safety in educational and social institutions, save resources and improve urban services.
The program has aroused wide interest among the technology community. Of the 128 applications, 107 passed the initial selection, and the finalists received funding of up to 5 million tenge through Seed Money from Astana Hub. The participants were also provided with expert support and access to infrastructure for testing solutions in real conditions.
Startups presented at Demo Day:
- Protector AI is an artificial intelligence system for analyzing video images, capable of detecting violent events such as bumps, falls and tremors.
- AdsIQ is an artificial intelligence–based system for managing content and advertising on monitors in public transport.
- SPLASH is an innovative eco–friendly mobile car wash that allows you to wash cars anywhere in the city without harming the environment.
HOOOD is a digital outdoor advertising management (DOOH) platform that provides advertisers, especially small and medium-sized businesses, with access to a flexible and easy–to-use tool for launching and adapting advertising campaigns in real time.
- Autism Spectrum is an application developed for the audience of Kazakhstan, designed for children with autism and their parents.
- Rationeel is a hybrid system combining a cloud solution and a mobile application, specializing in digitalization of business processes and optimization of data collection.
- i-ConS – a mobile application with a web interface simplifies the management of construction and repair work, project budget control and material tracking.
- Green Cars is engaged in the development of infrastructure for electric vehicles in Kazakhstan, providing an IT platform and a network of charging stations.
- Hi Doctor is an expert clinical decision support system that acts as a clinical assistant to a doctor.
- qMed is a platform for the management of chronic non–communicable diseases such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension and chronic heart failure.
The Astana Smart City Accelerator program has not only proved the effectiveness of the introduction of advanced technologies in the urban environment, but also laid the foundation for the further development of Astana as a center of digital technologies. The results of the pilot projects show that technologies can already solve the urgent tasks of the city and improve the quality of life of its residents. Scaling of the best solutions to other regions of Kazakhstan and access to international markets is ahead. This will strengthen Astana's competitiveness and make it an example for the development of smart cities in the country.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/astana/press/news/details/887077