The regional competition of startup projects among pupils and students "Hurricane Startup Challenge 2025" has ended at the university. It has become a cool new playground for young innovators!
According to the results of the qualifying rounds, 20 projects reached the finals. Of these, 3 became winners and received 150 thousand tenge each, for the 2nd place the prize was 100 thousand tenge, for the third – 75 thousand tenge.
In the nomination "IT and Robotics":
1st place project: "DeFire" in the team: Galimzhan Arsen, Mukhamedzhanov Almas, Nazarbayev Intellectual School.
II place project: "FocusBand-AI" participant: Haliza Kira, Mamlut Gymnasium school.
III place project: "Polyglot" in the team: Isakaev Asanali, Imanov Timur, Nazarbayev Intellectual School.
In the nomination: "Services (education, medicine, ecology, culture, tourism, etc.)":
I place project: "AInetics" in the team: Kabiden Azat, Alexander Sherstobitov, NIS.
II place project: "Liquidator" participant: Khamitov Batyrkhan, Special Boarding School No. 1.
III place project: "Development of ecotourism in the Shal Akin region" in the team: Ruslan Schneider, Fast Frida, Kozybaev University
In the nomination: "Production (mechanical engineering, agro-industrial complex, water resources, etc.)":
1st place project: "Slag processing from thermal power plants" participant: Aruzhan Beisembayeva, Kazakh Specialized Gymnasium named after Abai.
II place project: "Exploitation of Zophobas morio larvae" participant: Zhumabek Kasiet, Kozybaev University
The third place was taken by the project: "Mobile robotic complex for harvesting cereals" in the team: Anton Ryzhenkov, Denis Larionov, Sergey Bolotnikov, Murat Aitkhozhin Secondary School No. 1.
Congratulations to the winners and runners-up! We would like to thank our partners for the sponsorship: Raduga KDR, Avagro LLP, Forte Bank JSC, the Association of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers of North Kazakhstan Region!