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Congratulations to the winners of the K2 Think Hackathon!

The hackathon attracted 900 teams from more than 30 countries. Finalists met in Abu Dhabi to build a project with the open 32B K2 Think language model in 48 hours. Teams included participants from Google DeepMind, Cornell University, Harvard Medical School, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, MBZUAI, and others.

Kazakhstan's Axiom team won: Bakhyt Momunov, Nurmukhamed Zibatkaliyev, and Alexander Shakiyev.

Drawing on their mathematical-olympiad experience, the team built a Math Research and Proof assistant. They adapted K2 Think to automatically translate mathematical proofs from natural human language into formal, machine-readable Lean. Regardless of length or complexity, the formalized proof can then be checked precisely for logical validity and correctness.

K2 Think Hackathon | Abu Dhabi | November 7–9

Build a project using K2 Think, the open 32B reasoning model from MBZUAI and G42 designed for deep thinking. The hackathon has two stages:

• Online Global Idea Call: Applicants submit a one-page document describing a project idea that uses K2 Think

Deadline: October 26 at 10:00 Astana time

• A 48-hour final for the top 10 teams at the MBZUAI campus in Abu Dhabi on November 7–9

The hackathon is open worldwide with no age restrictions. Finalists receive a travel grant of up to AED 20,000 per person for flights, accommodation, and meals.

Registration: hackathon.k2think.ai/#apply

On September 25, community residents Agzam Shamsadinov, Grade 11, and Abu Kanabek, Grade 10, won third place in the semifinal of Iran's international university data-analysis olympiad, Technology Olympics 2025!

The team competition included six problems covering classification, regression, and time series. Teams had 24 hours to solve them.

The students placed third overall and were invited to the final event in Tehran on October 30.

Higgsfield AI recently became Kazakhstan's first unicorn with a valuation above $1 billion. Everyone has probably heard the news, as this is a major event not only for the AI community but for Kazakhstan as a whole.

We simply want to congratulate the Higgsfield team as friends and celebrate their success. Yerzat @rlprompt is a long-standing member of our community and an example of how one person can drive an industry. It is wonderful to see Higgsfield discussed everywhere as the company grows so rapidly!

Today is a good occasion to revisit Yerzat's vision from one of our meetups in 2018, long before the widespread AI hype: https://youtu.be/l5V_UD5ouG0?si=zEi0rH3ucBHqU6s0