OpenAI targets 1,000 small businesses with workshops

OpenAI and America’s Small Business Development Centers are launching a pilot whose hands-on workshops aim to reach more than 1,000 small businesses. America’s SBDC announcement says OpenAI will train SBDC advisors and workshop participants will receive free ChatGPT Plus, with the program rolling out in phases. The move turns AI adoption into a local training channel rather than a software rollout: small teams should use the workshops to define one measurable workflow before broadening access, alongside the archive’s analysis of metered AI procurement.