Overview
- Speaking at an open meeting with the local IT community, Musk called Kazan a beautiful, fantastically planned city and said he would urge his sons to visit.
- During the visit he toured the IT Park on Peterburgskaya and the Bashir Rameev IT Park, meeting residents who presented projects and viewing Cyber Park Arena, a children’s IT park, and a cyber range.
- He praised the region’s infrastructure and said the local IT ecosystem shows strong potential.
- The program included a session with university students, reflecting his previously stated interest in Kazan and Innopolis for their universities and artificial intelligence work.
- The Bashir Rameev IT Park spans more than 47,000 square meters with conference halls, meeting rooms, a business incubator, offices, a gym, a cyber arena and a cyber range, and it focuses on supporting startups and young talent.