Summary
Azati Y is a technology leader and entrepreneur with 10 years of experience building AI, software and space-tech initiatives from Istanbul. As Chief Technical Advisor and former CTO/Co‑founder of AzatAI, he has driven AIoT and open-source STEM education projects including UniSat nano-satellites in partnership with Al-Farabi Science Park and UNICEF Kazakhstan. He combines academic rigor—masters in CS and Financial Engineering from Al‑Farabi KazNU and Boğaziçi—with hands-on systems integration, mentoring a girls’ nano‑satellite program and leading research efforts like QazKaz and Qorghan. An open-source enthusiast and full‑stack practitioner, he brings a rare mix of product leadership, research direction, and field deployment experience across academia, nonprofits and startups. Less obvious: he also founded a cultural products company that sold thousands of items internationally, showing early entrepreneurial grit and cross-cultural product experience.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Academic Exchange, ENGINEERING, Academic Exchange, ENGINEERING at University of Malaya
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Pedagogical Physics, TOP 5%, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Pedagogical Physics, TOP 5% at Daqing Normal University
Master's degree, Computer Science and Software Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Science and Software Engineering at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Master's degree, Financial Engineering, TOP #1 (GPA 3.91), Master's degree, Financial Engineering, TOP #1 (GPA 3.91) at Boğaziçi University
Kazakh, Russian, English, uyghur, Chinese, Turkish