International

Hosting Global AI Olympiad, Kazakhstan Looks Beyond Competition

By Ayana Birbayeva on 3 August 2026

ALMATY – As more than 500 high school students from 106 countries gathered in Astana for the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI), President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev used the event to showcase Kazakhstan’s broader ambition to become one of Eurasia’s leading AI economies. But while hosting global competitions highlights the...