14 Regions, 1 Movement
Our inaugural nationwide tour brought the startup ecosystem directly to local communities, with 1,500+ students engineering solutions in robotics, AI, and fintech.
News and Articles
Follow the events, announcements, and long-reads coming out of the Startup Fest ecosystem.
From idea to MVP — in one day
How participants used modern AI tooling to ship a working product inside a single build cycle.
New teams, new opportunities
Startup Fest brings knowledge, connections, and like-minded builders into one place for young founders.
Catalyst x Hududgaztaminot: a new format with a cybersecurity challenge
On 15 September Catalyst ran in a new format with a company serving 4.5 million subscribers: 30+ participants and 13 startups.
Catalyst x Yandex Uzbekistan Pitch Day
On 12 September the Catalyst Pitch Day took place at the Yandex Uzbekistan office, where startups presented their projects to Yandex experts and investors.
Gobi Partners visits the Youth Affairs Agency
Representatives of Gobi Partners, one of Asia’s largest venture funds, visited the Youth Affairs Agency and got to know Uzbekistan’s startup ecosystem.
StartupFest x Startup Choyxona media partnership
StartupFest has entered a media partnership with Startup Choyxona, bringing its announcements and opportunities to a wider audience.
Catalyst x Imzo: solving a factory’s real problems in a single day
On 10 August the first Catalyst industry visit took place at the Imzo plant: 50 young people, 10 teams and a factory’s real problems.
StartupFest moves into industry: introducing Catalyst
Catalyst is StartupFest’s industry track. Not a theoretical exercise — a real problem from a large enterprise, its real specialists, and the people who actually make decisions.
StartupFest 2026 wraps up across 14 regions
StartupFest has closed its run across all 14 regions of Uzbekistan — 6,891 applications, 1,500 selected participants and more than 200 startup projects.
YADRO team featured on the official Arduino blog
Arduino, one of the world’s best-known open electronics platforms, has published an article about YADRO — a team that took part in StartupFest.
Founder spotlight: Azizbek Eshimov launches Portail
Azizbek Eshimov, a founder from earlier StartupFest events, has launched Portail — an AI command centre that brings the leading AI models together in one platform.