IndesIA has launched the first edition of its “Applied AI Access Program for SMBs (AI × 250)”. This initiative aims to practically bring the capabilities of generative artificial intelligence to more than 250 small and medium businesses linked to the value chain of its promoter partner organizations and the association’s large member companies.
The primary objective is to give SMBs practical access to generative AI tools, methodologies, and products through a guided, operational, and quickly activatable model, while at the same time encouraging the association’s large companies to digitally align with their entire supplier ecosystem.
With this 12-month program, IndesIA strengthens its role as a lever for modernization and competitiveness for the Spanish economy, since the initiative drives the practical adoption of technology and creates a multiplier effect throughout the business fabric. While rooted in Spain, the program’s approach offers a blueprint for cross-border supply chains and could inform similar efforts in the United States.
Moreover, the program will be fully available to SMBs that are already part of IndesIA, ensuring that current association members can access the same competitive advantages and technological resources.
Participant Selection and Key Benefits
Because this is a model anchored by leading anchor companies, the aim is for SMBs to also have the operational capacity and resources to absorb the program, to appoint an internal sponsor with the leadership necessary to drive the initiative, and to demonstrate a commitment to advancing their company’s digital transformation after the program ends.
In return, they will receive a comprehensive benefits package designed to accelerate their immediate digitalization; they will gain membership in IndesIA to integrate into its ecosystem, participate in its activities and initiatives, and access the association’s self-serve AI products, along with the allocation of licenses for cutting-edge AI tools.
They will also receive applied training specific to these kinds of tools, and the package is completed with exclusive demonstrations, priority access to new tools, integration into the association’s corporate network, and ongoing accompaniment throughout the duration of the program.
Direct Benefit for SMBs Driven by the Large Enterprise
This program goes beyond transforming SMBs, since it also enables large enterprises to specifically support the digitization of their suppliers. In this way, the digital maturity of the entire supply chain is accelerated collectively. The initiative also serves as an open-innovation channel that facilitates the early identification of new use cases, the development of pilot projects, and the creation of future collaboration opportunities.
By focusing on SMBs, which represent the vast majority of Spain’s business fabric, the program not only modernizes corporate environments but also boosts the competitiveness and digital transformation of the entire national economy.
“This program, like the association, was born from the conviction that real progress in Spain depends on true collaboration and mutual support between large companies and SMBs, so that artificial intelligence becomes tangible for the entire economy,” said Valero Marín, president of IndesIA. He also stressed that it is not a short-term measure, stating that “we do not want SMBs to simply test AI; we want them to integrate it into their day-to-day operations and grow with us within the IndesIA ecosystem to build a stronger and more connected business future together.”
