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THURSDAY, 27 AUGUST 2026 · ALMATYEN · Subscribe
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The Big Read
Documentary-grade longform on the corridor.
The Big Read · 11 min read
What Would Happen If a Venture Fund Raised a Billion Dollars to Deploy Into Kazakhstan?
Treat this as a thought experiment. The cheque clears, the LPs are real, and a fund turns up with a billion dollars and a mandate to put it into Kazakhstani fintech. The interesting part is not whether the raise can be done — it can. The interesting part is what the money does once it lands.
The Big Read · 18 min read
The page builder, every block — a working tour
Every body block the Kevin page builder ships, in one article. Bookmark this when you're laying out a new feature.
The Big Read · 14 min read
The region's best startups speak every language but English
Central Eurasian venture funding hit a record $320 million in 2025. The opportunity is not the money — it is that almost no one is telling the story to the people who could fund its next chapter.
The Big Read · 22 min read
Inside Higgsfield AI: the longest profile we have published
A four-month inside view of how a Kazakh-founded generative-video company became the first global breakout from the corridor.
The Big Read · 9 min read
Why English-first journalism is the moat we should have built first
A short argument for spending the first three years of any regional media business on editorial discipline, not distribution tricks.
The Big Read · 6 min read
Translation as moat
Turning Russian, Kazakh and Uzbek ecosystem news into polished English narrative is the one advantage that compounds.