Silkroad Innovation Hub

We are hosting the Unicorn Cup for startups!🚀 Join us at the Silkroad Innovation Hub for the Unicorn Cup for Silicon Valley-based startups on September 5, 2024! This Global Startup pitch contest is where extraordinary startups from around the world meet renowned international VCs and Business Angels. This event is part of our international series, Unicorn Cup: International, celebrating and empowering diverse ethnic communities and nations. Each event highlights a specific region, with winners advancing to the Unicorn Cup: International Grand Finale at the Central Eurasia @ Silicon Valley Tech Conference. 📍 Venue: Silkroad Innovation Hub, 320 High St, Palo Alto, CA 94301  📅 Date: September 5, 2024 Don’t miss this opportunity to witness groundbreaking startups! Register on https://lnkd.in/gGF2CHme

Happy Independence Day!

We met our partners at “Silkroad Innovation Hub”, who are actively working on uniting and supporting startups from Euroasia in Silicon Valley. The hub currently has over 45 residents, 800+ members, and has helped startups raise $20 million in investment so far. We also agreed to support our portfolio startups to enter US market and to boost cooperation in attracting Uzbek founders to the hub. We also met fellow Uzbek innovators who are actively building their own startups and those who are working in big tech companies.

🔸The Silkroad Innovation Hub is thrilled to announce its partnership with Astana Hub to launch the AlchemistX & SILICON VALLEY RESIDENCY program, supported by ICRIAP, the World Bank, and the FPIP project!🔸⁠ ⁠ This 5-month journey is designed to help high-potential startups from Central Asia and neighboring regions to enter the US market. ⁠ ⁠ 📍 Location: Bay Area, California⁠ 💻 Format: In-person and online workshops and meetings⁠ 🌍 Eligible Countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Mongolia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia!⁠ ⁠ 💼 Requirements:⁠ • Focus on B2B sales;⁠ • 5-month to the program;⁠ • Existing client base;⁠ • Legal entities of participants must be registered in the Republic of Kazakhstan or AIFC;⁠ • Fluent English level.⁠ ⁠ 🦄✨ Ready to scale your startup to new heights and conquer the US market? Let's make unicorn dreams a reality!⁠ ⁠ ❗️Apply via the link! (https://lnkd.in/gJ-r2W5k)⁠

Meet Arsen Kylyshbek the youngest resident at Silkroad Innovation Hub. At just 19, he's diving into the AI gold rush selling shovels. After dropping out of college to move to Silicon Valley, he's now developing BasePrompt, collaboration tool for LLM prompts, similar to GitHub but specifically for prompts. If you’re an AI startup, use BasePrompt to streamline your prompt collaboration and development processes.

On June 4th, Silkroad Innovation Hub hosted the first ICPC Alumni Event in Silicon Valley, featuring CEO Timur Turlov of Freedom Holding Corp. This unique meet-up brought together top ICPC - International Collegiate Programming Contest alumni and friends, including ICPC President William Poucher, Freedom Holding CEO Timur Turlov, and Bagdat Mussin, President of the Kazakh Federation of Competitive Programming. Among the ICPC alumni were notable figures such as Jakub Pachocki, Director of Research at OpenAI, and Scott Wu, Founder and CEO of Cognition, the company behind Devin, the first AI software engineer. With the 2024 ICPC World Finals in Astana approaching, this event highlighted Freedom Holding's commitment to supporting the technology and startup ecosystem in our region. Exciting times ahead! #ICPC #SilkroadInnovationHub #FreedomHolding

Asia Business Conference at Berkeley was a great opportunity to showcase important regional players in the field

Looking forward to seeing you Asia Business Conference at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business where Silkroad Innovation Hub is hosting a panel discussion on Central Eurasia’s rising tech and entrepreneurship.

Silkroad Innovation Hub is happy to announce that we are partnering with Berkeley Haas School of Business to organize a panel discussion on “Emerging tech and entrepreneurship in Central Eurasia” as a part of 18th Asia Business Conference held at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. Asia Business Conference is the premier conference that connects those seeking greater involvement with business in Asia, the most dynamic region of the world. It is a one-day conference featuring inspiring keynote presentations, in-depth panel discussions, and networking opportunities. The conference theme this year, ‘Rising Asia: Shaping the Moment, Navigating Challenges and Opportunities’, will explore the impact of emerging technologies such as AI and the dynamic macroeconomics in the APAC region. We hope you will join this flagship event at the Chou Hall 6th floor Spieker Forum on Saturday, 6th April 2024. Link for registration: https://lnkd.in/gU3jNJg8

We are excited to welcome CEREBRA to the U.S. and hope for them to pave the way for a new wave of future unicorns from Central Eurasia