A Skolkovo artificial intelligence center is planned to open in Tashkent in 2027–2028. The project roadmap has already been approved, announced Timur Kornilov, Managing Director of the Skolkovo Foundation, at the FINOBOD 2026 forum. According to him, the foundation signed a relevant agreement in September with the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of Uzbekistan, allowing the initiative to move into practical implementation.
The idea of creating the center emerged in 2024 at a forum attended by Central Asian leaders. Initially, the project envisioned opening a Skolkovo branch in Uzbekistan, as well as forming an expert council on artificial intelligence and the digital economy. More than 140 specialists currently work at the Skolkovo center in Moscow, and its proprietary developments are already being applied across several industries. The foundation is also developing executive training programs on the use of AI in business.
In parallel, Uzbekistan has compiled a list of more than 60 artificial intelligence implementation projects in agriculture, industry, healthcare, and other areas. Skolkovo’s cooperation with the republic has been ongoing since 2018 within the framework of the CIS Interstate Program of Innovation Cooperation through 2030. The new center is set to become an additional platform for developing joint technologies and implementing AI into Uzbekistan’s economy.