The reporting

NEWS AI Policy & Access

OpenAI's SBDC partnership trains 150 advisors to reach 1,000 small businesses, with a vendor report alongside

The first structured attempt to route AI training through the SBDC advisor network, plus a vendor usage report whose numbers are self-reported and unaudited: what the September 30, 2026 partnership actually offers small businesses, and what it does not yet prove.

• OpenAI
• America's SBDC
• small business
• AI training
• OpenAI Academy
• AI access
• vendor data
• AI adoption