Stanbase is a data platform tracking startups, investors, and venture deals across Central Asia and the Caucasus.

Stanbase

Beknazar Abdikamalov is a founder from Nukus, Uzbekistan, who built and sold products across Asia, worked at Amazon, raised millions from global investors including Meta, and took four attempts to get into Y Combinator.

In this online meetup, we sit down with Beknazar to talk about what it actually takes to build a global startup from Central Asia, what changed between each YC application, and what he's building now in the Voice AI space.

4 Attempts to YC: A Founder's Journey from Central Asia to Silicon Valley

Mubina

- Ecosystem + Youth Startup

Mia Maksumova

Askhat Adkhamov

Aiaru Naukenova

Nuriddin

Sarah

Sergei Sarkisian

Nilufar Majidova

Sardium

degular

Shokhrukh Ibragimov

Aikumis Seksenbayeva

What is your job title?

Standard