Katsiaryna Malama

At just 21 years old, Akezahn Umarov has already gained significant business experience. During his 10th-grade year, he joined a marketing agency. Subsequently, he established the “Beyond Borders” anti-motivational forum, featuring renowned entrepreneurs such as Oskar Hartmann, Nurlan Smagulov, Evgeniy Chernyak as speakers. Concurrently, he and his friends created a mobile application offering training courses, […]

Purchasing a pre-owned car in Kazakhstan can be both enjoyable and challenging. This is due to the fact that numerous vehicles come with legal and technical issues that sellers often omit from their advertisements. CheckAuto, a startup, has created a tool that allows individuals to uncover the genuine history of a car before making a […]

Aibolat Kulatay and his partner, after establishing a prosperous outsourcing company focused on mobile development, opted to launch a startup subsequent to Kantar. Even though the project took six months instead of the initially anticipated one, the game began generating profits immediately upon its release. In an interview with Digital Business for the collaborative project […]

Bauyrzhan Rustemov, the founder and CEO of Relog startup, characterizes himself as a «Black belt in delivery optimization.» The logistics automation project he leads aids businesses in minimizing delivery time and cutting down on transportation costs. With a valuation of $20 million, Relog has secured investments from Timur Turlov and Margulan Seisenbay. The startup boasts […]

Ablay Yussupov embarked on his entrepreneurial journey while studying as a marketologist at Almaty Management University. Initially, he and his friends launched a vine project named Queex, creating humorous videos. Following this venture, Ablay transitioned to establishing a language center. Upon completing his university studies, he founded Upgrade School, specializing in marketing, management, and SMM […]

After completing college, Alan Ibraim pursued university studies in Marketing but did not complete the degree. Unfortunately, his education was interrupted when his father passed away unexpectedly. Alan took on the responsibility of providing for his mother, who was a housewife, and his two younger sisters. At the age of 18, he commenced his career […]

GoatChat.ai isn’t a typical startup. While it doesn’t address obvious pain points, it achieved profitability within its first months and quickly rose to the top of App Store downloads in multiple countries. The GoatChat application operates on the foundation of large language models (LLM), akin to Chat GPT. This enables the creation of digital twins, […]

Qalan.kz is a service for learning math in Kazakh and Russian languages. On this online platform, students solve tasks with the assistance of a chatbot based on AI and real teachers. Upon successfully completing a task, students receive remuneration. The project is currently operational in multiple countries, reaching over 325 thousand individuals. Its creators are […]

How do you go about purchasing something you can’t see or touch, especially if it’s a significant investment? Take, for instance, an apartment in a residential complex that hasn’t commenced construction yet. Madi Medet and his team are spearheading a qMeta startup in Kazakhstan that specializes in creating lifelike 3D models of apartment buildings for […]

By profession, Alim Razdykov is a financier and a stage director. However, his involvement in marketing has spanned his entire life. It all began with Almaty Kairat, where Alim oversaw the club’s media and social network activities. Subsequently, he moved through various advertising agencies, and presently, he serves as the digital team lead in the […]

Entrepreneur Iliyas Issatayev spent six years experimenting with new technologies within his chain of fitness clubs, Invictus Fitness. He succeeded in creating a startup, Hero’s Journey, that dramatically alters the approach to fitness and motivates people to train three times more frequently. Presently, Hero’s Journey is thriving and profitable, operating a single gym in Astana […]

Several years ago, Maksat Bektibayev, Bauyrzhan Sarsembayev, and Aidyn Temekov were expanding their store chains in Kazakhstan. The three individuals were brought together by a shared challenge: none of them could consolidate comprehensive data on income, expenses, and inventory balances in a single location. They experimented with different software solutions. However, when they grew weary […]