Armenian Students Win Two Bronze Medals at the International Olympiad in AI

Armenian high school students concluded their participation at the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI) with two bronze medals and the country's best-ever team result, continuing Armenia's rapid emergence of an AI talent pipeline built within the country's public education system.

Competing against students from 131 countries, Aram Amirkhanyan and Razmik Yepremyan each earned bronze medals in the individual contest at the Olympiad, held Aug. 2–8 in Astana, Kazakhstan. 

In the team competition, one of Armenia's two teams placed fifth in the Galbot robotics challenge, up from 16th place in 2025. 

The results come just one year after Armenia made its debut at IOAI in Beijing. This year, the country had the maximum delegation permitted under the competition's rules: two four-member teams.

Three other students, Artyom Hovhannisyan, David Ghazaryan and Gurgen Bayburdyan, were included in Honorable Mentions.

The Olympiad consisted of three stages: a home round, a two-part team competition featuring both simulation and the Galbot robotics challenge, and an individual contest with six advanced AI problems. 

Armenia's eight-member delegation was chosen through the country's first national selection for IOAI, organized by the Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST), the Olympiad's officially accredited representative in Armenia. A total of 168 students from across the country competed for a place on the national team. 

The country's top-performing team comprised Alen Gevorgyan, Aram Amirkhanyan, Seryozha Nazaryan and Vahe Pluzyan, all students at the Vanadzor Special School with In-Depth Learning of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, one of nearly 40 public high schools participating in the Generation AI High School Project. The FAST-led initiative, implemented with Armenia's Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, integrates advanced AI into the national public high school curriculum. 

For Vahe Pluzyan, Aram Amirkhanyan and Seryozha Nazaryan, this marked a second consecutive appearance at IOAI. The trio also competed in Beijing in 2025, where Amirkhanyan won Armenia's first-ever Olympiad medal with an individual bronze. 

The teams were coached by Tigran Ishkhanyan and Tigran Gabrielyan, AI teachers bringing their industry expertise into Generation AI classrooms. 
Armenia's second team comprised Artyom Hovhannisyan (Photon College, Gyumri), Gurgen Bayburdyan (Photon College, Gyumri; Generation AI student), David Ghazaryan (Vagharshapat High School N5; Generation AI student), and Razmik Yepremyan (Yerevan PhysMath School).