Pitch at the First-Ever Startup World Cup in Uzbekistan.

Yasin is the founder of Headstarter, a platform for building coding agents in the browser used by 100,000 engineers across Google, OpenAI and startups. He brought the best of them to Powell.St, a San Francisco house that has produced ten companies accepted into Y Combinator or a16z Speedrun — including the first Uzbek founder into YC. He's an a16z Speedrun scout.

Alex leads MUK's cloud business — a multi-vendor practice spanning 20+ countries and a distributed team across ten. He rose from enterprise-infrastructure engineer and Oracle architect to running an international cloud portfolio across Microsoft, AWS and Oracle, bringing a rare blend of technical depth and commercial scale: cloud architecture and economics, enterprise go-to-market, and partner-channel growth across Central Asia and beyond.

Nikolay co-founded Uzum and has led its strategy and business development since early 2022. He brings deep experience in strategy, M&A and special situations — previously at ERG, the diversified natural-resources group, covering projects in Kazakhstan, Africa and Latin America, and before that in management consulting and investment banking in London and Moscow. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in economics and finance from the Higher School of Economics.

Nazerke is a venture investor, ex-Googler and exited founder with a background in algorithms, applied AI and building things that scale. She won gold at the Eurasian Coding Contest, reached the ICPC World Semifinals, and has published ML and robotics research through IEEE across the US, Japan and Singapore. After building and selling her own startup, she now backs early-stage founders in emerging markets — drawn to those who ask “why not?” and mean it.

Bilgehan is Founding Engineer at Magnos, a NYC-based AI platform for institutional finance backed by Silicon Valley investors (a $3M+ seed led by Moxxie Ventures; Stanford StartX). With experience spanning AI startups and global financial services — including engineering at Barclays in the UK — he focuses on large-scale data systems, LLM infrastructure, financial-data engineering and production AI. He's a Computer Science graduate of Sabancı University.

Daniel is an American emerging-markets business developer specializing in Central Asia and Eurasia, with work across Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan spanning the public, private, NGO and international sectors. He founded and hosted Global Entrepreneurship Week and Women's Entrepreneurship Day in Tajikistan and helped sustain AmCham Tajikistan in its early years. He holds dual MBA and MIA degrees from Columbia (Business School and SIPA/Harriman) and a BA from the University of Michigan.

Investor at Pegasus Tech Ventures focused on cross-border venture investing across AI, deep tech, sustainability, and emerging markets. He also represents Startup World Cup across international regional competitions.

Azamat Karamatov is CEO of IT Park Uzbekistan and a technology and venture ecosystem leader. Formerly CEO of IT Park Ventures, he supported a portfolio of around 70 startups across 15 countries and helped build international investment and acceleration partnerships.

Head of Cloud Sales Development at MUK Group, specialising in cloud go-to-market strategy, business growth, and Microsoft technologies including Azure, Microsoft 365, and Copilot.

Chief Manager for Venture Capital Attraction at IT Park Uzbekistan, focused on strengthening the startup ecosystem, attracting international investment, and connecting Uzbekistan’s technology companies with global opportunities.

Founder of Headstarter, a platform for building coding agents in the browser used by 100,000 engineers across Google, OpenAI and startups. He started Powell.St in San Francisco, which has produced ten companies accepted into Y Combinator or a16z Speedrun — including the first Uzbek founder into YC. He is an a16z Speedrun scout.

Founder and CEO of Kansensus and an enterprise technology specialist with experience spanning Apple-scale supply-chain systems, ERP transformation, manufacturing, and building new technology ventures.

Serial AI entrepreneur and founder of ABBYY and Newo. A physicist by training, David has spent decades building companies across intelligent automation, conversational AI, and digital employees.

Director of Bilateral and Multilateral Affairs at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, specialising in cyber diplomacy, emerging technologies, AI governance, and international cooperation.

Founder and CEO of Venture University and Founder and General Partner of VU Venture Partners, bringing extensive experience in venture investing, founder education, and scaling technology companies.

Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Silkbridge Ventures, investing in and supporting early-stage founders across Central Asia and beyond.

Head of Investor Relations at Alchemist, working with the accelerator’s global investor network and supporting enterprise startups as they raise and scale.

General Partner at Purple VC, investing in early-stage technology companies and backing founders across Europe and emerging markets.

Group Managing Partner at ThinKuvate, a global early-stage venture firm, with deep experience in startup investing, valuation, and cross-border portfolio building.

Managing Partner at DOMiNO Ventures, investing in early-stage founders and supporting startups expanding across Türkiye, Central Asia, and global markets.

Chief Commercial Officer at SmartCast, leading commercial strategy and growth, and a familiar voice moderating conversations between founders and investors.