Recently, the Artificial Intelligence and Digital Bridge 2026 International Forum held in Astana continued to gain popularity, and the New Economy AI Empowerment Special Venue welcomed heavyweight industry voices. Renowned American investor and founder and CEO of Sofreh Capital, Shervin Pichewal, visited the scene and publicly disclosed a new investment layout plan for Kazakhstan, adding new momentum to the local hot trend of artificial intelligence digitization development. With the accelerated iteration of the global digital economy and artificial intelligence industry, Kazakhstan relies on its unique advantages to seize industry trends, continuously improve its digital development layout, and attract more and more attention and favor from international capital.

Optimistic about the advantages of local AI development

Xie Erwen Pishevar, who has been deeply involved in the field of technology for many years, has long been concerned about the development of emerging digital economies around the world. After observing the current state of industrial development in Kazakhstan in depth, he highly recognizes the potential for the development of the local artificial intelligence industry. He stated that Kazakhstan can organically combine high-quality engineering talents, government innovation support policies, and characteristic resource foundations to build a high-quality ecosystem suitable for the development of artificial intelligence economy, laying a solid foundation for the sustained growth of the industry.

The rise of local science and technology innovation enterprises is a direct proof of the local technological strength. Higgsfield, a local science and technology innovation enterprise, has become a leader in the industry with its excellent technological strength, fully demonstrating Kazakhstan's high-quality engineering research and development capabilities. Its multi billion dollar industrial performance also confirms the development potential of the local artificial intelligence track and has become an important addition to attracting international capital.

Landing layout, deeply cultivating the local market

Based on full confidence in the prospects of Kazakhstan's artificial intelligence industry, Shervin Pishevar has outlined specific plans for the company's landing and deep cultivation. Sofreh Capital will establish a dedicated office space in Kazakhstan and relocate some of its core teams to the local market to carry out business layout and investment operations.

In the eyes of investors, Kazakhstan has a comprehensive advantage in the rapid development of the artificial intelligence industry. The local area not only has sufficient reserves of high-quality engineering and technical talents, but the government continues to release innovation support signals and encourage market development and innovation, while also possessing various core resources needed for the development of the artificial intelligence industry. The complete mineral resources of the aerospace industry, mature satellite and nuclear energy infrastructure, combined with the driving effect of leading scientific and technological innovation enterprises, have built a comprehensive industrial development support system. In addition, he compared the cultivation process of Kazakhstan's technology ecosystem with the development process of Silicon Valley, pointing out that the core competitiveness of the technology ecosystem comes from long-term accumulated technical knowledge and professional capabilities, and the intangible industrial value will continue to be highlighted with development, which is also the core consideration for the long-term layout of enterprises.

Local acceleration to build a new AI ecosystem

Behind the official announcement of the layout of international capital this time is the solid achievements of Kazakhstan's continuous efforts to increase the construction of artificial intelligence infrastructure and systematically promote the transformation of the digital economy. Currently, Kazakhstan is making every effort to promote the standardized and systematic development of the artificial intelligence industry, relying on special plans such as the "Artificial Intelligence Development Concept for 2024-2029" and the "Digital Kazakhstan 2029 Strategy", steadily implementing digital transformation goals, and striving to achieve the vision of building a digital country.

Kazakhstan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, Zaslin Madiyev, introduced that the local government is promoting the construction of artificial intelligence economy in a hierarchical system, covering five development levels including energy chip infrastructure, local language model research and development, and full scenario application solutions, to comprehensively fill the gaps in industrial development. At the same time, a series of measures such as the establishment of the first artificial intelligence international center in Central Asia, the deployment of local supercomputers, and the open application of the Ha language model continue to improve the local AI industry support. Keywords: Capital inflow, AI industry, Kazakhstan

Baghdadat Musin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kazakhstan Telecom Co., Ltd., also stated that the local area has strong potential for exporting computing power. In the future, by continuously expanding high-end data centers and deepening cross-border cooperation with global technology companies, Kazakhstan will create a new growth track for the artificial intelligence economy. With the diversified advantages of foreign investment empowerment, local deep cultivation, and policy support, it will steadily grow into a core highland for the development of artificial intelligence industry in Central Asia. Editor/Huang jiali