Insar Tungushbayev

AI Engineer / Builder / Creator

I build AI products that matter and share the journey with thousands online — from MIT research labs to VC-backed startups.

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1st Place — Microsoft Imagine Cup MIT EECS & IMES Research Intern Top 30 — Uber Global Hackathon / 68 Countries $550,000+ in Grants Secured 1st Place — Zimran Business Cup AI Engineer at Antler VC Built Central Asia's Largest Student Research Community 1st Place — Microsoft Imagine Cup MIT EECS & IMES Research Intern Top 30 — Uber Global Hackathon / 68 Countries $550,000+ in Grants Secured 1st Place — Zimran Business Cup AI Engineer at Antler VC Built Central Asia's Largest Student Research Community
0 Model accuracy at MIT
0 Credit grants secured
0 People led as CEO
0 Countries competed against

/ Work

Where I've built

Aug 2026 · Now ↗︎

Founding Engineer

Stealth FinTech Startup · Abu Dhabi

Building a FinTech startup alongside a seasoned entrepreneur and investor.

Jul 2026 · Now ↗︎

Owner

Orda Studio — orda-studio.com

Running a studio that builds websites, apps, AI automations, design and UGC content for businesses.

Jun – Jul 2026 ↗︎

Forward Deployed Engineer

FindLy — getfindly.app · Astana

Built the core stack of an AI platform delivering personalized daily digests of internships, jobs, scholarships and competitions: web app, Telegram bot, Chrome extension, FastAPI backend, payments and a cost-aware LLM matching engine — plus an agentic engineering workflow with multi-agent code review and end-to-end tests.

Mar – May 2026 ↗︎

AI Engineer Intern

Antler — Global VC Firm · Dubai

Automated internal VC workflows at one of the world's leading early-stage firms. P.S. Quit to build my own ventures.

Dec 2025 · Mar 2026 ↗︎

CTO & Co-Founder

Samara AI — samara-ai.uk · Abu Dhabi

An IELTS prep platform that puts a certified AI examiner in the browser: full Speaking tests over live voice and complete Writing exams graded with band scores, per-criterion breakdowns and model essays. Owned product and engineering end-to-end — architecture, design, infrastructure and go-to-market.

Sep – Dec 2025 ↗︎

AI Product Manager

Ranked — rankly.co · Part-time · Abu Dhabi

Built the analytics layer of an AI search visibility platform — per-engine visibility, share of voice and citations across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and more — and the parser turning LLM answers into brand mentions.

Jan 2024 · Sep 2025 ↗︎

Research Orda Kazakhstan

researchorda.com — Founder · Lecturer · Research Mentor

Built Central Asia's largest student research community and its first funded research program: 658 applicants from 6 countries, a 7.6% acceptance rate, 12 university-level lectures, 25 professors and 10+ assistants.

Jan 2023 · Jan 2024 ↗︎

CEO — NeuroDetect

AI for neurological disease detection · Astana

Built AI models to predict brain diseases from medical imaging, powered by $500K in credits. Member of Microsoft for Startups ($150K in Azure credits).

Jun – Aug 2023 ↗︎

Research Intern

MIT EECS · Prof. Marzyeh Ghassemi

ZebraVision99: 98% accuracy predicting eye diseases across 4,000+ images using cDCGAN generative AI.

/ Education

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence

BSc in Artificial Intelligence · Abu Dhabi, UAE

Pioneer Merit Scholarship — Full ride VP, Entrepreneurship Club 1 of 70 international students

/ Products

Things I've shipped

AI products taken from idea to live, usable apps — not just prototypes.

/ Mobile

On the App Store

Native iOS apps I designed, built and shipped end-to-end — live on the App Store.

/ Content

Building in public

AI, startups, research & discipline — shared with thousands.

Addicted to building

How to learn AI agents (free)

Discipline over motivation

Think long-term

Claude Security post by Insar

Claude Security — viral post

/ Recognition

International wins

01

Microsoft Imagine Cup Junior

Global Finalist · Issued by Microsoft

1st Place
02

HackNU 2026 — Higgsfield Prize

Growth Engineering Track · 700+ participants · 220+ teams

Special Prize
03

Zimran Business Cup

Competed solo · 1,000+ participants · 250+ teams · $1,500 prize

3rd Place
04

International Economics Olympiad

700+ participants · 100+ teams

Top 2
05

Uber Global Hackathon

732 teams · 1,800+ competitors · 68 countries

Top 30
06

GCSP Transformative Futures Prize

Peace & Security · 170+ applications

Top 15
07

Central Asian Startup Show

1 of 19 finalists / 200+ · 200,000 KZT

Best Innovation Idea
08

Rise Global Challenge

Issued by Rise For The World · 1 of 500 finalists from 80,000+ applications

Finalist
09

RSI 2023

Research Science Institute

Scholar
10

Solve for Tomorrow — Samsung

120+ teams · 500+ participants · $1,000 prize

Top 5

/ Toolkit

What I build with

AI Engineering
Agentic systemsLLM APIsRAGPrompt engineeringWorkflow automationLangChain / LangGraph
Languages
PythonJavaScriptRSQLMatlab
Libraries & Frameworks
ReactTensorFlowScikit-learnPandasNumPyMatplotlib
Tools & Methods
FigmaJiraMiroAgile / ScrumLean StartupKanban
Insar at the office
Portrait of Insar Tungushbayev
Insar speaking at a talk

/ Contact

Let's build
something great.

Open to research, internships, and full-time roles in AI & product — and always up for a good conversation.

insarchique@gmail.com