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Comet AI Browser — Tajikistan's Pilot of an Agentic AI Browser for Ministry of Industry Staff

Tajikistan · Dushanbe · See the Tajikistan profile · See the Dushanbe profile

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At Dushanbe's AI CONF, Tajikistan's Ministry of Industry agreed with Perplexity AI and Epsilon3.ai to pilot Comet, billed as the first agent-based AI browser for the public sector, training 140 staff in a fall-2025 trial ahead of a possible 2026 rollout — no results yet published

140 employees
Employees trained in pilot (fall 2025)
20+ agreements
Agreements signed at AI CONF (October 2025)
117 USD million
Total value of AI CONF agreements (October 2025)
Comet AI Browser — Tajikistan's Pilot of an Agentic AI Browser for Ministry of Industry Staff

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of Tajikistan, with Perplexity AI and Epsilon3.ai
Period
Agreement signed October 2025; pilot fall 2025, rollout planned 2026
Keywords
agentic AI, government productivity, natural language processing, regulatory drafting, procurement monitoring

Context

At the AI CONF investment conference in Dushanbe in October 2025 — where more than 20 agreements worth over $117 million were signed — Tajikistan's Ministry of Industry and New Technologies agreed with US firm Perplexity AI and Epsilon3.ai to pilot the Comet AI Browser inside government administration, described by the partners as the world's first agent-based AI browser built specifically for the public sector.

Objectives

Comet uses natural-language processing and automated source comparison to help officials gather statistics, draft regulatory documents, and monitor procurement activity and economic trends, aiming to speed up administrative workflows.

Activities

The pilot phase, run in fall 2025, trained 140 employees at the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies to use the tool; a broader rollout to additional government agencies is planned for 2026 if the pilot is judged successful.

Conclusions

No performance results, error rates, or productivity metrics from the pilot have been published in available reporting, and the initiative's specific funding allocation within the wider $117 million AI CONF agreements was not disclosed — it should be read as an early-stage, single-ministry trial rather than an evaluated deployment.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — No specific cost disclosed for this initiative; it is one of 20+ agreements worth a combined $117 million signed at AI CONF, with no itemised allocation for the Comet pilot. cost_band is a conservative low estimate based on the described single-ministry, 140-employee pilot scope — inferred, not stated.
Time to results
Short (< 1 year) — Agreement signed October 2025; pilot ran fall 2025; broader rollout to other agencies planned for 2026 if judged successful.
Staffing & skills
Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of Tajikistan as government partner, Perplexity AI and Epsilon3.ai as technology partners delivering the Comet AI Browser

Conditions for success

  • Piloted with a defined cohort (140 trained employees) before considering wider rollout
  • Broader rollout to additional agencies planned for 2026 contingent on the pilot being judged successful

Common failure modes

  • No performance results, error rates, or productivity metrics from the pilot have been published
  • Specific funding allocation for this initiative within the wider $117 million AI CONF agreements was not disclosed

Where it fits

Governance type
national ministry
Scale
single-ministry pilot (Tajikistan)
Income level
lower-middle-income

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