Presight, Kazakhstan ministry sign deal for AI transport platform
Term sheet signed with the Ministry of Transport targets road safety, freight oversight
#Kazakhstan #UAE #transport - Abu Dhabi-based applied AI company Presight has signed a term sheet with Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport to build a national operational intelligence platform for the country’s transport network. Signed in Astana today, the agreement aims to merge existing monitoring systems, weigh-in-motion infrastructure and video analytics into a single platform designed to improve road safety, protect infrastructure and strengthen the resilience of Kazakhstan’s transport system.
SO WHAT? - The deal extends Presight’s footprint in Kazakhstan beyond city and computing infrastructure into a core national sector, transport, where real-time data could cut accidents and catch violations at scale. This further reinforces Kazakhstan’s positioning as one of Central Asia’s most active adopters of sovereign AI infrastructure. The country is a key market for Presight, which opened its first Central Asia office in Astana in May last year.
KEY POINTS:
Presight, an ADX-listed applied AI company majority-owned by Abu Dhabi’s G42, signed a term sheet with Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport to explore a national transport intelligence platform. The deal was signed in in the capital Astana on Wednesday, 8 July 2026
The platform is planned to merge existing transport monitoring systems, weigh-in-motion infrastructure and video analytics into one operational environment. The integration would give authorities real-time visibility and predictive insights.
Stated goals for the project include improving road safety, strengthening regulatory oversight, increasing detection of transport violations, protecting road infrastructure and enabling more efficient, intelligence-led operations nationwide.
The agreement builds on Presight’s existing business in Kazakhstan, which includes the Astana Smart City project and a dedicated AI research and development laboratory at Alem.AI.
Presight also helped deliver Kazakhstan’s first national AI supercomputer, which ranks 86th globally on the TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers.
The company was recently selected to support smart city infrastructure development in Almaty, extending its work beyond the capital into Kazakhstan’s largest city.
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport oversees rail, road and inland waterway transport, merchant shipping, civil aviation, and air navigation and airport services nationwide.
No financial terms or investment figures were disclosed; the term sheet marks an initial step toward assessing full platform development rather than a signed contract.
ZOOM OUT - Presight opened its first Central Asia office in Astana during a visit by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, tied to a $190 million, six-year Astana smart city contract. Since then the company has announced Astana’s Alem.AI research lab, a national AI supercomputer, and, in May 2026, a unified urban operating system for Almaty backed by a planned AI data centre. The push sits inside a broader UAE-Kazakhstan partnership worth more than $5 billion across AI, logistics and education.
[Written and edited with the assistance of AI]
Source: Presight, MEAIN
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