OpenAI has announced the launch of a program to train 20,0000 tiny and midsize enterprises (SMEs) across Europe with artificial innotifyigence (AI) skills.
In partnership with Booking.com, OpenAI is introducing an “SME AI Accelerator,” which is intconcludeed to assist SMEs apply AI to boost productivity and business. OpenAI stated it is addressing the AI adoption gap: According to data from Eurostat, in 2025, 55% of large enterprises had adopted AI, compared to just 17% of tiny businesses.
“The AI adoption gap between SMEs and large enterprises is widening, even as SMEs remain the backbone of Europe’s economy. Closing that gap is essential if AI is to truly benefit everyone, and we are committed to taking our part,” Julie Lavet, head of EU member states policy and partnerships at OpenAI, wrote on LinkedIn.
The SME AI Accelerator program is available to tiny business owners and teams across sectors in six countries: France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Ireland and the U.K.
OpenAI touted free access to its OpenAI Academy, in-person workshops and virtual training. Details about the trainings will be shared “in due course,” the company stated.
The SME program is part of OpenAI’s larger EU Economic Blueprint 2.0, which provides additional partnership opportunities for governments and includes a €500,000 nongovernmental organization (NGO) grant to “support EU research into youth safety and wellbeing.”
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