--- title: OpenAI Just Put Its Money Where the “AI Democratization”... description: OpenAI Academy has partnered with SCORE, DoorDash, and local business support organizations to run the Small Business AI Jam — a hands-on, in-person AI... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-just-put-its-money-where-the-ai-democratization-talk-has-been-lmydi8r5z twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI Just Put Its Money Where the “AI Democratization” Talk Has Been | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI Academy has partnered with SCORE, DoorDash, and local business support organizations to run the Small Business AI Jam — a hands-on, in-person AI... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-just-put-its-money-where-the-ai-democratization-talk-has-been-lmydi8r5z og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/LMydi8r5z.png og:image:alt: OpenAI Just Put Its Money Where the “AI Democratization” Talk Has Been og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI Just Put Its Money Where the “AI Democratization” Talk Has Been **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI Academy has partnered with SCORE, DoorDash, and local business support organizations to run the Small Business AI Jam — a hands-on, in-person AI workshop for over 1,000 small business owners across five U.S. cities. Unlike webinars or generic demos, participants spend a full day with OpenAI mentors building AI tools tailored to their own businesses. The initiative signals a shift in AI adoption from large enterprises with dedicated data teams toward mainstream small business use, as tools mature and costs drop. The author argues this represents a meaningful on-ramp being built specifically for small business owners who lack technical staff or pilot program budgets. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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