# Helping small businesses put AI to work

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> **Original Source**: [OpenAI News](https://openai.com/index/helping-small-businesses-put-ai-to-work)
> **Author**: OpenAI News Staff (undefined)
> **Published Date**: Wednesday, September 30, 2026
> **Category**: PRODUCTS
> **Tags**: AI, OpenAI News, products

## Executive Summary
OpenAI is partnering with America's SBDC to expand hands-on AI training and local support for small businesses, alongside a new report on how small teams are using AI



## Full Coverage
Partnership with America's SBDC will expand hands-on training and local guidance, while a new report explores what small teams are accomplishing with AI

Share Training advisors and reaching local small businesses Training advisors and reaching local small businesses What small teams are making possible with AI Building on practical support for small businesses Training advisors and reaching local small businesses What small teams are making possible with AI Building on practical support for small businesses Small businesses are built on ambition: a craft you've perfected, a skill to share, a better way to serve a community. But turning that ambition and expertise into a business also means finding customers, managing finances, and handling marketing, often with a small team and little time to spare. AI can extend a team's capacity, but figuring out where to start takes time too. A trusted advisor can make that first step easier

Today, OpenAI is announcing a partnership with America's SBDC ⁠ (opens in a new window) —the national network of small business development centers serving 1 million entrepreneurs each year—to help more small businesses use AI at work. In this initial phase, through OpenAI Academy's Community Trainer Program , we plan to train around 150 Small Business Development Center advisors and bring hands-on workshops to SBDC networks across the country, with the goal of reaching at least 1,000 small businesses through in-person training and many more through one-on-one advising and resources we develop together

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