Khan Tengri Innovation Hub CEO introduces two-month industrial AI programme
The programme combines online preparation with in-person activities in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Shanghai. It is intended for seed-stage and later startups with solutions for mining, construction and logistics.

Key facts
- Lazzat Borankulova is founder and CEO of Khan Tengri Innovation Hub.
- Borankulova introduced an upcoming two-month programme on industrial AI and smart industry.
- The programme combines online preparation with activities in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Shanghai.
- It is intended for seed-stage and later startups in mining, construction and logistics.
- Borankulova discussed the programme during ICT Week Uzbekistan 2026.
Khan Tengri Innovation Hub founder and CEO Lazzat Borankulova introduced an upcoming two-month programme focused on industrial AI and smart industry, according to a post by IT Park Uzbekistan. The programme combines online preparation with in-person activities in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Shanghai.
The programme is intended for seed-stage and later startups whose solutions are relevant to industrial sectors such as mining, construction and logistics, the post said.
Borankulova discussed the programme in a podcast recorded during ICT Week Uzbekistan 2026. In the podcast, she covered opportunities in China's technology sector for Central Asian startups, including industrial AI, robotics, hardware development, investment and international expansion.
She gave advice on choosing a Chinese market that fits a startup's technology and business model. She also discussed combining Central Asian software expertise with China's hardware manufacturing capacity and building contacts with Chinese investors, technology companies and innovation hubs. Her advice covered preparing for market entry through research, localization and partnerships.
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