AI’preneurs Acceleration Program

• Developer
• Product, Project or Sales Manager
• Data Analyst
• IT Specialist

AI’preneurs is a new format acceleration program that brings together talent to build new AI startups.

Funding Information

• The teams that passed the Investment Committee stage will be funded under the Astana Hub Seed Money program in the amount of 10 million tenge.

Benefits

• Coworking
  • Participants will be provided dedicated work places for a comfortable collaboration with teammates
• Housing
  • Participants will be provided with housing for the entire duration of the Program
• Teambuilding
  • Teambuilding and other similar events will be organized to strengthen networking among the participants

Participant Support

• Seed Money
  • To expedite the development of startups in the early stages, Seed Money funding will be provided to participants during the program.
• Resources
  • Technical equipment will be provided to the participants by Astana Hub, including more than 90 necessary datasets, as well as cloud storage.
• Consultations
  • Participants will be given the opportunity to get support and individual consultations from leading industry experts
• Workshops
  • Workshops by leading speakers on the most relevant topics are available to participants at all stages of the Program
• Tracking
  • Each team is assigned a Tracker who works closely with the team on their successful development and internal processes.

Criteria

• The program consists of three stages:
  • Team formation (3 weeks) – Participants get to know each other and form teams.
  • Investment Committee (6 weeks) – The newly formed teams develop an idea for an AI-based startup and validate it in the market. At the end of this stage, Investment Committee will be held where teams will make a presentation of their work and the committee will decide on the team’s passage to the next stage.
  • Product Development (8 weeks) – At this stage, teams are actively working on product development.
• At the end of the program a Demo Day will be organized for the graduates.
• The program will be held in an offline format in Astana, Kazakhstan. The duration of the program is 4 months.
• The Astana Hub will provide housing for non-resident participants for the entire period of the program.
• Individuals are accepted into the AI’preneurs program. Having of a team is not a prerequisite to enter the program.

For more information, visit astana hub.