Central Asia-Europe Entrepreneurship Competition Expands, AI Projects Account for 84%
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This year, the Central Asia-Europe Entrepreneurship Competition received 726 applications with participation from 39 countries. Projects from AI accounted for approximately 84%. The top 22 contestants will compete for 3 of the 200 spots to go to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield.
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由 Silkroad Innovation Hub 联合 TechCrunch、Freedom Holding、Astana Hub 和乌兹别克斯坦 IT Park 推动的“Road to Battlefield”创业赛事进入第二年。该项目面向中亚欧地区创业者,目标是选出代表队伍,进入今年 10 月在旧金山举行的 TechCrunch Disrupt 创业擂台赛 Startup Battlefield 200。

申请数增至 726 家

主办方披露,2026 年赛事共收到 726 份申请,来自 39 个国家,较去年的 485 份、27 个国家明显增加。线上路演评审在 7 月 6 日至 20 日举行,共有 47 名评委参与,覆盖 8 个国家。

今年共有 22 家创业公司进入区域决赛,最终将选出 3 家代表中亚欧地区赴美参赛。区域决赛定于 8 月 12 日举行。

AI 项目占比约 84%

从项目结构看,AI 已成为本届赛事最集中的方向。726 家申请者中,有 609 家开发 AI 产品,占比约 84%。这意味着,AI 已成为该地区创业团队最常见的切入点之一。

进入区域决赛的 22 家公司来自乌兹别克斯坦、哈萨克斯坦、土耳其、阿塞拜疆、格鲁吉亚、吉尔吉斯斯坦、蒙古、卡塔尔、日本、罗马尼亚和美国等地。其中,乌兹别克斯坦与哈萨克斯坦各有 6 家入围,显示两国在区域创业生态中的活跃度较高。

奖金与 OpenAI 资源加码

参赛团队仍以早期项目为主,41.6% 处于 MVP 阶段,38.6% 处于 pre-seed 阶段,14.7% 处于 seed 阶段,另有 4.7% 仍停留在创意阶段。年龄结构上,最年轻的申请者仅 14 岁,全部申请者中有 89 名创业者未满 18 岁。

今年赛事新增 10 万美元投资奖金池,由 Astana Hub Ventures、IT Park Ventures 和 Silkroad Innovation Hub 共同提供。前三名将分别获得 5 万美元、3 万美元和 2 万美元。除现金奖励外,前三名还将按相同比例分享最高 10 万美元的 OpenAI API credits,其余进入前 22 强的团队各可获得 1 万美元 OpenAI API credits。

补充信息:最终获胜的 3 支团队还将获得前往旧金山参赛的全额差旅与住宿支持,并接入覆盖 39 个国家、超过 1000 名创业者的网络。

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