Our Partners

KG Labs Public Foundation works with a network of partner organisations across government, civil society, academia, the private sector, and international institutions. Partnerships are project-based and built on shared substantive interest in responsible technology, evidence-led policy, and capacity-building in Central Asia. The lists below group partners by category. Inclusion reflects collaboration during the period of the partnership; current active partners and historic collaborators are presented together as the institutional record.

International Research and Policy Networks

Global Index on Responsible AI (GIRAI) — global-index.ai · Country research partner for the Kyrgyzstan submission to the GIRAI 1st Edition (2023). Regional hub: IDFI (Georgia).
Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP) — caidp.org · Fellowship and certification programme; Kyrgyz contribution to the Kazakhstan AI Policy review.
Stimson Center — stimson.org · Fellowship on responsible AI governance, 2023.
Atlantic Council AI Connect Programme — atlanticcouncil.org · Fellowship engagement on global AI governance.
Microsoft Responsible AI Programme — Fellowship engagement on responsible AI deployment frameworks.
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) — icnl.org · Partner for the July 2024 Bishkek training on Internet Governance and AI Policy for civil society.
UNESCO — Reference framework engagement on the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (2021).
UNDP Kyrgyzstan — Research and analytical work on digital skills in Kyrgyzstan; Startup Kyrgyzstan acceleration programme.

Government and Public-Sector Counterparts

National Commission for State Language and Language Policy under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic — Implementing partner for AI-and-language policy commitments under the State Language Programme 2021–2025.
Kyrgyzpatent (State Service of Intellectual Property and Innovation under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic) — IP-policy consultation and Startup Kyrgyzstan co-organisation (2020).
Ministry of Innovative Development partners across Central Asia — Engagement on regional AI policy comparison.

Donors and Implementing Partners

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) — Trade Facilitation Central Asia; Sustainable Economic Growth (Osh ICT roadmap).
USAID — Economic Cooperation Programme; ACDI/VOCA Business Accelerator partnership; Digital Tourism programme.
British Council — Creative Spark programme partnership with AUCA and Enactus Kyrgyzstan.
Friedrich Ebert Foundation — Co-organising partner for the 2015 NISI digital strategy conference.
Soros Foundation Kyrgyzstan — Civic-tech and creative-economy collaboration.
FCDO (UK PEAK programme) — E-commerce acceleration and training in Kyrgyzstan.
FAO — Digital Villages Kyrgyzstan research engagement (2023).

Academic Partners

American University of Central Asia (AUCA) — auca.kg · Long-standing institutional partner for events, training, ecosystem mapping, and the Travel and Tourism Hackathon (2016).
Nazarbayev University — Institute of Smart Systems and Artificial Intelligence (ISSAI) — KazLLM and Kazakh-language NLP research collaboration reference.
Universities engaged in the KG ICT Ecosystem Map — Including KGUSTA and other higher-education institutions referenced in the 2018 ICT talent pipeline research.

Ecosystem Partners — Kyrgyzstan

Internet Society Kyrgyz Chapter (ISOC KG) — Co-led work on the Osh ICT Development Roadmap (2019); shared engagement on internet governance.
Ololohaus — ololo.kg · Bishkek co-working centre; venue partner for hackathons, training, and convening series.
Maddevs — maddevs.io · IT services partner; mentorship for hackathons and accelerator cohorts.
Mozgami Branding Agency — mozgami.com · Design and brand mentorship for ecosystem programmes.
Tazabek — tazabek.kg · Independent Kyrgyz business and economics media platform; civil-society reference on algorithmic pricing and ICT economy reporting.

Regional Innovation and Co-Working Partners

GroundZero Uzbekistan — First co-working space in Uzbekistan; regional ecosystem collaboration.
Imaguru hub Belarus — imaguru.by · Innovation community space.
Most Kazakhstan — most.com.kz · Business incubator collaboration.

Global Startup and Entrepreneurship Networks

Startup Nations / Global Entrepreneurship Network — genglobal.org/startupnations · Member network engagement, including the 2015 Mexico, 2016 Cork, and 2017 Tallinn Summits.
Garage48 — garage48.org · Partner for the Garage48 Bishkek 2015 hackathon.
Creative Business Cup Foundation — creativebusinesscup.com · KG Labs served as National Partner for Kyrgyzstan in the 2018 edition.
Startup Safary — startupsafari.com · Bishkek edition partnership 2015.
Startup Estonia, Startup Lithuania, Startup Malaysia, Startup Thailand, Startup Turkey — Peer national-startup-network engagement during the 2015–2017 ecosystem-building period.

Sister Initiatives Co-Founded by KG Labs Leadership

Internet Society Kyrgyz Chapter (ISOC KG) — Co-founded by Aziz Soltobaev.
Association of Business Angels of Central Asia (ABACA) — Opened June 2022; co-founded by Aziz Soltobaev and Rinat Abdrasilov.
Kyrgyz Go Federation — Established with KG Labs leadership involvement.

For collaboration enquiries: Contact. The list reflects KG Labs Public Foundation’s institutional partnerships during the period 2015–present and is updated as new collaborations are confirmed.