What is the Kutaisi Technology Hub?

It is a government-run facility in Kutaisi, Georgia, built inside the country’s former parliament building. It combines an AI computing center, a technology park, an interactive science museum, startup mentoring space, and a branch of the TUMO technology school for teenagers.

Who runs the hub, and who is it for?

Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency (GITA) operates the site. It is aimed at school and university students, startup founders, and researchers, with mentoring, labs and educational programs open to different age groups, according to the Ministry of Economy.

Is this connected to Georgia's AI cooperation with China?

The hub’s opening follows a Georgia-China working group on AI development announced days earlier, though the ministry’s statement on the July 24 inauguration did not detail specific joint projects with China at the site.

What was the building before it became a technology hub?

It was Georgia’s parliament building, constructed in Kutaisi as part of a 2012 decentralization move; the legislature returned to Tbilisi in 2019, after which the building sat largely unused until this conversion.

Georgia Opens Kutaisi Technology Hub With AI Computing Center

Georgia opened a new technology hub in Kutaisi on July 24, converting the country’s former parliament building into a facility built around an artificial-intelligence computing center, a technology park and a branch of the TUMO creative-technology school for teenagers, according to the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development.

Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili inaugurated the site, an oval glass-and-steel building that had stood largely unused since the legislature moved back to Tbilisi in 2019. Kvrivishvili said the government’s economic policy “aims for growth based on knowledge, technology and innovation,” adding that artificial intelligence and data-driven industries now shape which countries stay competitive, and that Georgia must become “not just a technology consumer but a creator of knowledge and competitive tech business,” according to the ministry’s statement.

What the hub includes

Beyond the AI computing center, the facility houses an interactive science and technology museum, mentoring space for startups, and labs for hands-on tech education, and is described by the ministry as Georgia’s largest technology park. Kvrivishvili said the hub brings together a place where “children explore modern tech, students deepen their knowledge, startups get mentoring, and scientists can turn ideas into competitive products.”

Officials linked the opening to Kutaisi’s existing international airport and university, arguing the combination should position the city as a regional technology and innovation center for western Georgia, not just a domestic one. The Innovation and Technology Agency, which operates the hub, has previously said its broader startup programs have helped Georgian companies raise more than GEL 800 million (about $305 million) in investment.

The opening follows a Georgia-China working group on AI development announced days earlier, and adds physical infrastructure to a wider push that includes a dedicated state budget line for AI research and government support for the country’s still-young AI startup ecosystem.

What the hub includes

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