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An army of creators

Our mission is an army of creators: young people in Central Asia who build with AI instead of waiting for a job in Russia. Kyrgyzstan is where we start, because the pressure is highest, the phones are everywhere and it is small enough to win.

Mission

  • Creators, not spectators

    Every step in Arena ends in something shipped: a link, a product, a duel won in public. The Showcase puts that work in front of everyone by default.

  • Open age

    One ladder for a 14-year-old lyceum student and a 40-year-old returnee. Anyone starts at zero on a cheap Android phone. Cash prizes go to adults only; minors earn in-kind prizes and keep a private profile.

  • Three languages

    Every screen, lesson and challenge ships in Kyrgyz, Russian and English from day one. 75% of Kyrgyz schoolchildren study in Kyrgyz, and none of the open courses we surveyed has a Kyrgyz version.

The journey

Basics, Learn, Arena, Rank, Talent

A player begins with the basics: linking Gmail, GitHub and LinkedIn, then a typing test and a reading test scored fairly across all three languages. Learn adds four English tracks, AI tools and automation, with build tracks that end in a shipped link. In the Arena they prove it in one-on-one duels, squad battles and sponsored challenges, decided by skill alone. Rank turns that into a public chess-style rating, weekly leagues, 34 medals and an activity map. Talent is where the ladder meets the buyer: a public passport, a portfolio of products, and employers who pay to meet the top twenty first. Learning is free; the top of the ladder is the business.

Team

A studio that already ships

Two founders, an advisor in the USA and a bench of AI agents ship what used to need a twenty-person agency.

  • Founder

    Timur Mone

    Engineer and founder. Ran Jyldyz Academy, which taught thousands across Central Asia for free during COVID. Builds for the industries Silicon Valley ignores.

  • Co-founder and CTO

    Izzatillo Pochoev

    Ten years in engineering. Architect of KulpunAI, a live AI support inbox. Former team lead at Beeline.

  • Founder and CEO, AITIM Group

    Timur Tilenov

    AITIM Group is a Chicago holding in logistics, consulting, media and software, and the first sponsor of a challenge here. More than 1,000 carriers have gone through its programs.

  • USA advisor

    Mark Gaudette

    Former VP of Development at Brookfield on Manhattan West. Former VP at SunTrust.

The studio

Client work funds the products

Alt AI Labs is built by the AltaiLabs studio in Bishkek and New York. Signed client contracts fund the products, KulpunAI and Arena, with zero venture capital. Every product ships in Kyrgyz, Russian and English.

Visit the studio: altailabs.ai

Contact

Talk to us

Players, sponsors, employers and press: write to the founder directly.

Telegram
@timurmone
Website
altailabs.ai
Offices
Bishkek · New York