BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 2.
Kazakhstan should accelerate the transition of industrial AI
projects from pilot stages to commercial deployment and scaling,
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said at the third meeting of the
Council for Artificial Intelligence Development in Astana.
Tokayev said industrial AI projects require strong
teams bringing together the scientific community, technology
companies and the startup ecosystem.
“Industrial AI and DeepTech projects require
significant time and resources, especially at the early stages,
when technological risks remain high and commercial viability has
not yet been proven. The government should help reduce initial
risks and create conditions for attracting private capital,”
Tokayev said.
He said promising projects should subsequently be
developed mainly on a market basis.
Tokayev also instructed the government to establish a
unified mechanism for addressing industrial AI tasks, from
selecting suitable teams to testing solutions and assessing their
economic impact.
He called for a clear mechanism to scale proven AI
solutions, noting that promising projects often become stalled
after successful pilot stages due to additional approvals, repeated
testing, complex procurement procedures and regulatory
restrictions.
“There should be a clear mechanism for the commercial
implementation of effective solutions. There is no need to repeat
the full testing cycle at every enterprise if similar production
conditions exist there,” Tokayev said.
He urged the government to develop a mechanism to
accelerate the transition from successful industrial pilot projects
to commercial implementation and further scaling, while removing
unnecessary barriers to solutions that have demonstrated economic
benefits.
