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AI, startups, tech and digital transformation — Kazakhstan & the world
Intel Foundry Services is reaching new heights: Apple is in early talks with Intel and Samsung about producing its chips in U.S. factories due to a shortage of TSMC capacity. This is not a return to joint development but purely a contract manufacturing for Apple chips. Today, May 9th, 2026, investors are noting the growth, which is changing the semiconductor market landscape and opening a window for Central Asian IT companies.
Amber Semiconductor has announced the raising of $30M in a Series C round aimed at advancing vertical power delivery technologies for AI data centers. The investment reflects the industry's critical need for more efficient power solutions to handle increasing computational loads. Companies like Alashed IT (it.alashed.kz) are closely monitoring the development of infrastructure technologies that are becoming the backbone for scaling cloud and AI services.
Amidst the explosive growth of investments in AI solutions for business, Sierra demonstrates how quickly startups achieve multi-billion dollar valuations. The round was led by Google Ventures and Tiger Global, confirming the strategic importance of customer service automation platforms. This event reflects a global trend of venture capital shifting focus to practical AI applications rather than just models and infrastructure.
On May 9, 2026, Anthropic announced the launch of a venture to deploy AI in private investors' portfolios. Within a week, the company raised $1.5 billion from leading Wall Street funds. The initiative addresses a key business problem: the lack of expertise for integrating AI into operations. For Kazakhstani IT companies, this is a signal to partner with global leaders.
On April 6, 2026, OpenAI announced the largest venture funding round in history. Investors Amazon, NVIDIA, SoftBank, and Microsoft supported the company to expand its API, Codex platform, and infrastructure. This changes the AI market, where capital is becoming a key factor in competition with Anthropic and Google DeepMind.
In its 2026 annual report, Netskope reported a 32% increase in revenue to $709 million, highlighting the role of its AI and ML-powered Netskope One platform for data analytics. The platform combines security, networking, and advanced analytics, addressing data protection challenges in the cloud and AI tools. This is critical for businesses today as Central Asian companies ramp up digitalization and face leakage risks. Such solutions enable the automation of threat detection and compliance.
Norwegian company Opera has announced the launch of the MCP Connector, a technology that allows AI agents to operate directly within the browser. This means that users can assign complex tasks to neural networks on the internet, from searching for information to automating routine operations. For mobile developers and IT companies, this opens up new opportunities for integrating AI into applications.
KELA has warned of Iranian state hackers collaborating with ransomware groups to attack critical US infrastructure. Instead of directly deploying malware, they act as access brokers, passing networks to affiliates like NoEscape and ALPHV. This blurs the line between espionage and cybercrime, increasing legal risks for victims. Today, this is critical due to the evolution of Pay2Key into a professional platform masking destructive attacks as extortion.
In March 2026, Datadog and industry experts highlighted a shift in observability for Kubernetes: a focus from infrastructure metrics to autoscaler behavior. This is critical for platform engineering, where dynamic resource allocation determines performance and cost. Today, April 1, 2026, companies are adopting these practices to avoid downtime and budget overruns in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
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