Thousands of students from Kazakhstan are set to take AI courses developed in collaboration with Stanford University

Kazakhstan is set to launch a business acceleration program for startups called AI-Sana, as announced by Kazakhstan’s Minister of Science and Higher Education Sayasat Nurbek, during a cabinet meeting.

The program focuses on supporting startups that promote artificial intelligence (AI) in various fields. These startups are expected to be implemented by teams composed of students from Kazakhstan’s leading universities.

«This year, 650,000 students will complete special AI training. At the second stage, 100,000 students will attend courses developed in cooperation with Paul Kim, the chief technology officer and associate dean of the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. By the end of the year, we plan to form 1,000 to 1,500 startup teams in the AI sphere,» Nurbek said.

In early December, Kursiv.media reported that the international AI center, AlemAI, is set to open at the Nur Alem Sphere — a former EXPO 2017 pavilion. The facility is expected to train 1,000 specialists annually and serve as a campus for startup acceleration and IT research support.

By 2029, Kazakhstan intends to establish five unicorns (companies valued at over $1 billion), boost IT product exports up to $5 billion and implement at least 25 AI-based solutions across various economic sectors annually, as stipulated in the Concept for Artificial Intelligence Development.