How was the Demo Day of the President Tech Award competition

On November 24, the Demo Day of the President Tech Award competition with a total prize fund of $1 million will conclude in the Conference Hall of the Ministry of Digital Technologies.

Over the course of two days, the top 50 teams, 10 in each of the five categories, presented their startups to experts from leading companies such as Plug and Play, Global Venture ZF Group, Microsoft for Startups, Unicorn Next, iDos Games, Yu Capital, USC Ex-Epic Games, Microsoft & Amazon, Nomadic Minds, and Google.

On the first day, November 23, presentations were held for the five competition categories. At the end of the day, the jury selected the top 25 teams (5 in each category) that advanced to the final.

On November 24, the final presentations of the teams took place, during which they demonstrated not only their technological capabilities but also their vision for the future. The winners of the competition will be determined through online voting, which will be announced later.

Teams that did not advance to the final will receive feedback from Plug and Play experts, providing them with an opportunity to enhance their startups.

President Tech Award is a competition for the title of the best startup projects in the field of digital technologies. It includes a special category (Grand Prix Hackathon, involving the creation of a digital solution within 72 hours) and the main one, which takes place in five categories:

• Artificial Intelligence-based Technologies
• Digital technologies in the social sphere
• Information and Cybersecurity Technologies
• Entrepreneurship and Financial Technologies
• Computer and Mobile Games

The President Tech Award competition is intended for individuals up to 30 years old. Only citizens of Uzbekistan could participate in the main categories, while foreign citizens and stateless individuals employed by IT Park resident companies were eligible for the special category (hackathon).