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At the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI Conf 2025 ) in Dushanbe, the Minister of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Tajikistan met with Janneta Tabakov, Head of Corporate Development at Perplexity AI . This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies.
Perplexity AI is an American technology company founded in 2022 that specializes in search and answer generation using advanced language models. Perplexity's platform currently has over 20 million monthly active users, and the company's market valuation exceeds $18 billion.
During the meeting, the parties discussed the launch of the joint AI-Gov project, developed in partnership with the Tajik startup epsilon3.ai . As part of this initiative, the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Tajikistan will become the first government agency in the world to implement Comet , an agent browser powered by artificial intelligence.
The prospects for scaling the project to Central Asian countries were also discussed, as was the possibility of implementing Comet for Students at universities in Tajikistan to support educational initiatives and train specialists in artificial intelligence.
