Azizjon Azimi

CEO

Dubai, United Arab Emirates9 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founder of pioneering AI fintech zypl.ai.
  • Chair of Tajikistan's first AI Council.
  • Recognized in Forbes '30 Under 30' Asia.
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About

I am driven by the prospect of turning the impossible into reality. Founder of zypl.ai - an AI fintech applying synthetic data to optimize risk assessment in financial services. Chair of AI Council in my home country of Tajikistan and coauthor of the country's national AI strategy - the first in Central Asia. Previously founded/scaled tajrupt - a social venture transforming youth potential into human capital in Tajikistan. MBA @Stanford | MPP @Harvard | BA @NYU. Privileged to have been part of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars cohort at Stanford. Recognized in Forbes "30 Under 30" Asia. Contact: azizjon@zypl.ai | chair@aic.tj

Experience

9 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Darya.ai

Chair of the Board of Directors

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • darya.ai is pioneering green AI compute capitalizing on Tajikistan's hydro superpower potential. By leveraging local hydropower plants in Tajikistan, darya.ai is catalyzing hyperscale AI compute data centers at globally affordable energy costs.

A7σ

Founder

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos

  • A7σ is a holding company with assets across four verticals:
  • AI R&D with specialized focus on synthetic data;
  • Applied AI in financial services, e-gov/defensetech and retail;
  • Green AI compute data centers;
  • AI talent development and employment.

Zypl.ai

Founder & CEO

Oct 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 8 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • zypl.ai is redefining financial services through synthetic AI agents.
  • Launched out of Stanford, we have developed zGAN - a novel, proprietary architecture for generating high-precision synthetic outliers to optimize performance of classification ML models.
  • www.zypl.ai

Artificial intelligence council of tajikistan

Chair

Jul 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 11 mos · Dushanbe, Tajikistan

  • Appointed as founding chair of AI Council by the Minister of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Tajikistan. The public role has aligned with my capacity of zypl.ai founder.
  • Privileged to have drafted and spearheaded passage of Tajikistan's National AI Strategy - 2040, the first in Central Asia.
  • Currently overseeing implementation of NAIS-2040 in coordination with government leaders, local AI industry and international stakeholders.

Спитамен банк

Board of Directors

Feb 2021 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos · Dushanbe, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

  • Board member in one of Tajikistan's largest financial institutions. Led innovation committee spearheading turnaround toward digital banking and fintech.

Tajrupt

Founder & Chairman of the Board

Apr 2017 – Jan 2025 · 7 yrs 9 mos · Khujand, Tajikistan

  • tajrupt is a social venture with a mission of transforming youth potential into human capital in Tajikistan.
  • Our multi-year X-UP program empowers middle and high school students to chart their path toward admission into premier undergraduate institutions globally. The program serves as a compass for students to attain English language proficiency, develop critical thinking skills, and pioneer civic action.
  • More than 1500 students have completed our curriculum with over 100 social impact projects benefitting thousands of citizens implemented.
  • We have raised funding from United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), National Endowment for Democracy (NED), and Open Society Foundations (OSF).

United nations population fund (unfpa)

Graduate Intern

Oct 2016 – Dec 2016 · 2 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

  • Programme Division - Operational Support & Quality Assurance Branch (OSQAB).

Simon-kucher & partners

Research Assistant

Sep 2016 – Apr 2017 · 7 mos · New York, NY

  • Banking division.

Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Jan 2018 – Jan 2021

Harvard Kennedy School

Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.) — Political and Economic Development

Jan 2017 – Jan 2021

New York University

Bachelor’s Degree (cum laude) — Policy Economics (High Honors) & International Relations (Honors)

Jan 2013 – Jan 2016

Hofstra University

Economics

Jan 2012 – Jan 2013

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