The VII Digital Almaty International Forum has concluded its work in Almaty. The main event of the decisive day was the awarding ceremony of the winners of prestigious competitions in the field of innovations and digital technologies.

One of the most anticipated events was the Industrial AI Battle competition, which provides a unique opportunity for startups to present their solutions to large enterprises of Kazakhstan, launch pilot projects, attract the attention of investors and establish important business contacts. Out of 200 applications, the top 15 startups in the field of artificial intelligence made it to the finals. The projects were evaluated by professional members of the jury, including representatives of government agencies, venture investors, trackers and industry leaders.

The winners in the main nominations:

• "Most disruptive" — epsilon3ai, prize — $15,000;
• "Best scale ability" — Finflow, prize — $15,000;
• "Best ROI potential" — arlan biotech, prize — $15,000;
• "Best sustainability impact" — Qala AI, prize — $15,000.

In addition, special prizes from partners were distributed among the finalists:

• Cloud services worth 10 million tenge, advertising campaigns worth 1 million tenge, Yandex up to 2.5 million tenge per year requests on the API platform of maps. Winner — Qala AI.
• Tickets to the 2025 Russian Venture Forum, joining the business program, participation in the pitch show, access to the closed evening section of the first day of the Innopolis forum. Winner — Horus mine.
• 1-year authorization in the hub and support services for entering the US market, access to the entire infrastructure of the Silkroad hub. Winner — Finflow.
• Subscription to cloud services from Vk cloud for 10 million tenge. Winner — Chrome AI.
• Smartpoint workplaces. Winners — Onco Zero AI & Pleep.
• The gift of "Kazakhtelecom" — a cash prize of $ 10,000 for the development of a startup. Winner — Pleep.

Another important event was the awarding of the winners of the Children's Robotics Championship. The four best teams from Kazakhstan were given the opportunity to represent the country in international competitions, and a prize fund of 2 million tenge was awarded.

According to the results of the competition, the Sana BIL team from Almaty became the winner and received the main prize of 1,000,000 tenge. The Point team from school No. 208 of Almaty took second place and received a prize fund of 500,000 tenge. The PID team from the Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Chemistry and Biology of Almaty took third place and a prize of 300,000 tenge. The Jeltoqsun team from the "Murager" school of Karaganda took fourth place and received a prize of 200,000 tenge.

The championship was organized by the USTEM Foundation. With its support, Kazakhstani teams won in Geneva (2022), Singapore (2023) and Athens (2024), becoming three-time champions of the FIRST Global Challenge.

In addition, the drone football championship, which was held within the framework of the "Digital Almaty Multi-Drone Championship" (MDC), was concluded. The tournament was fully supported by FIDA (International Drone Football Federation). The winners received valuable prizes and the opportunity to join the national team to participate in FIDA international tournaments.

Winners:

1st place — Skyzone X4Pro;

2nd place — Radiomaster Boxer ELRS;

3rd place — BetaFPV Air65 Freestyle.

The VII Digital Almaty International Forum once again established its status as the main platform in the world of technology, bringing together the best specialists, startups and investors. See you at the forum next year!

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Digital Almaty is a traditional dialogue platform for discussing the digital agenda, new strategies for digital transformation, and trends in the field of digital technologies. The forum is being held for the seventh time since 2018.

Event organizers:Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace

Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Akimat of Almaty City and

Astana Hub.

Main Partner:Freedom Bank

Gold Partners:Yandex.Kazakhstan, Kazakhtelecom, Kaspi Bank; Silver

Partnersin the category: Freedom Telecom; Bronze Partnersin the category: Halyk Bank,

CITIX

Industrial Partner:Kcell; Official Partner: Noventiq & Microsoft & Lenovo & Softclub;

Technological Partners:Hikvision Kazakhstan, Bitrix24; Innovative

Partner: VK

Cloud.; About digital services: Tele2, ALTEL

Main informational partner: TV channel 24KZ

Information partners: Ulysmedia, DKN World News, Zakon.kz, BAQ.kz, El.kz, Baige News,

BizMedia, Profit, BES Media, Digital Business, Er10, The Steppe, We project, TheTech, Sxodim,

Qazaqpress, TheHodl, Central Asia Cronos, AlemInform, Optimism, QR News, Mobilaser.

 

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mdai/press/news/details/929689