State policy on AI in Uzbekistan took shape over two years — from a framework strategy to legal liability and funding for specific projects. Below is a chronology with amounts and deadlines.
October 2024: Strategy and initial funds
Presidential Resolution PR-358 dated October 14, 2024, approved the Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies until 2030. Target indicators: increase the volume of AI-based software products and services to $1.5 billion, increase the share of AI-based public services on the Single Portal to 10 percent, and enter the top 50 of the Government AI Readiness Index. The Fund for Reconstruction and Development was instructed to allocate a $50 million interest-free loan for five years.
Priority sectors under the document are banking and finance, taxes and customs, healthcare, agriculture, and energy.
October 2025: Second wave and a billion in investments
Decree No. 189 dated October 22, 2025, set the task to implement at least 100 AI projects in public administration and economic sectors by the end of 2026 and attract over $1 billion of foreign investments in AI infrastructure by 2030.
What emerged under this decree: the non-profit organization "Artificial Intelligence Alliance," the national portal ai.gov.uz with information on projects and free courses, 15 AI laboratories in universities by the end of 2026, and the "Uzbek Language Corpus" with over 15 billion parameters by December 2026. Starting January 2026, the positions of advisors on artificial intelligence and digital technologies were introduced in khokimiyats (local administrations).
Financing — $100 million from the Fund for Reconstruction and Development: $90 million as a seven-year interest-free loan and $10 million in grants.
November 2025: Funds for specific projects
Resolution PR-320 dated October 30, 2025, allocated another $100 million for 2026–2027: half on a non-repayable basis for the implementation of AI in government organizations, and half through the venture funds "Fund of Funds" and IT Park Ventures.
A practically important rule for contractors: the expertise of technical documentation for information systems is carried out "by way of exception in all examination bodies simultaneously within a 15-day period."
December 2025: Public procurement and personnel
Decree No. 259 dated December 26, 2025, ordered the launch of an electronic module for calculating the average market price based on AI technologies on the public procurement portal starting March 1, 2026. A price deviation of more than 10 percent upward or 20 percent downward from the calculated price classifies the procurement as high-risk.
Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 849 dated December 31, 2025, approved the "Five Million Artificial Intelligence Leaders" project — training 500,000 people in 2026 and 5 million by 2035.
What this means for an AI solution provider
From June 1, 2026, government bodies have the right to purchase AI systems under a direct contract for up to 2,500 base calculating amounts — but only from companies included in a special register, the procedure for maintaining which is approved by the Ministry of Digital Technologies, the National Agency of Perspective Projects, and the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
- The price in public procurement is now verified with the calculation of the AI module — an overstatement of more than 10 percent automatically falls into the risk zone.
- The expertise of documentation is accelerated to 15 days.
- What this means for the government customer
- There is dedicated funding for projects — $50 million on a non-repayable basis under PR-320.
- The selection of projects goes through the Coordinating Commission "Digital Uzbekistan — 2030."
- Since January 2026, there have been specialized advisors in khokimiyats — serving as the entry point for approvals.
