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THURSDAY, 27 AUGUST 2026 · ALMATYEN · Subscribe
The English-language home for the region's founders
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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 · 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.
Founders · 8 min read
A founder, a Telegram channel, a $4m seed
Distribution before product is a tired startup adage. In Almaty it is now a fundable thesis.
Films · 4 min read
A short documentary on Yerevan's silent decade
Twelve minutes inside the slow institutional build that produced the region's most-internationalised founders.
Films · 7 min read
How a tiny Almaty studio became regional television
Production economics in the corridor look very different when YouTube and Telegram are your distribution.