During the meeting at Akorda, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev underscored the importance of NVIDIA President Jensen Huang’s visit in strengthening bilateral cooperation and expressed his appreciation for Huang’s personal contribution to the development of Kazakhstan’s domestic artificial intelligence ecosystem.
“This visit is extremely important in terms of giving serious impulse to our mutual ties. I would like to express my gratitude personally to you for your contribution to strengthening our partnership and for what you are doing for Kazakhstan,” the Head of State said.
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev identified the development of artificial intelligence and digitalization as national priorities and noted that 2026 had been declared the Year of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Kazakhstan.
The President welcomed NVIDIA’s partnership with Higgsfield, noting that Kazakhstan was proud to see the company as part of its domestic technology ecosystem.
In turn, NVIDIA Co-Founder and President Jensen Huang commended the strategic vision set out by the President at the beginning of the industrial revolution to declare Kazakhstan an AI nation – a country committed to the development and widespread adoption of artificial intelligence. He also proposed that Kazakhstan become a global hub for Physical AI.
“This new industry requires energy at its foundation, it also requires a population dedicated to science, math and technology. You have richness in both,” Jensen Huang said.
He also highlighted the substantial progress made over the past year in NVIDIA’s cooperation with Kazakhstan, particularly in strengthening ties with technology companies.
“In the last year, our partnership has resulted in tremendous advances. We have partnerships with the companies that are being built here, including Firebird AI KZ Ltd and Kazakhtelecom, while also investing in Higgsfield – Kazakhstan’s first unicorn, which has become quite significant contributor to the global ecosystem. I am very impressed and very proud of the work that we have done together. This is the beginning of a very long journey. I am grateful that your nation has chosen to partner with us,” the NVIDIA President concluded.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the Head of State awarded Jensen Huang the Order of Dostyk (Order of Friendship) of I degree, in recognition of his contribution to the development of artificial intelligence in Kazakhstan.
