The morning kicked off with Alnur, Alina, and Khanjan visiting Alma School to introduce Save Tuba and pitch the potential for a pilot program. The school was not only receptive but offered something incredibly valuable: the opportunity to run the pilot with both a control and non-control group. This means we’ll be able to collect comparative data to measure Save Tuba’s true impact on students’ environmental learning. We’re excited to meet again soon with teachers to iron out the logistics and build out a plan for rollout.

In the afternoon, the whole team attended Professor Dinara’s class on Sustainable Economies, where we explored how AI can advance sustainability. Our group focused on New York City, proposing ways AI can optimize waste management, traffic control, and transportation systems to reduce environmental impact. It was eye-opening to see how technology can be paired with policy to move cities toward greener futures.

Later, Alnur met with Nursultan, a PhD student from Abai who will be partnering with us on the research side of the Save Tuba pilot. Alnur walked him through our progress so far and outlined a few action items—including the creation of a Save Tuba intro presentation for the full team, so we’re aligned on vision, goals, and terminology going forward.

To close the day, Poshitha and Alina sat down with Daniyar, the Head of Entrepreneurship at AlmaU. He challenged us to get crystal clear on two big questions:

1. Do we want to scale?
2. What is the core value we’re offering—and to whom?

This advice is fueling our conversations about how Save Tuba can grow responsibly and meaningfully while providing real value to students, schools, and communities.