Google, along with Pennsylvania state officials and business groups, announced the AI Accelerator for Pennsylvania small businesses on September 12, 2025.

The program was introduced at the AI Horizons Summit by Google’s Selin Song, Governor Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, and Team Pennsylvania to provide local businesses with free artificial intelligence resources.

What the AI Accelerator program includes

The program is part of Google’s national AI Works for America initiative and offers Pennsylvania businesses several no-cost resources to improve their AI skills and adopt new tools.

• Live workshops held across the state for hands-on training.
• Self-paced online courses covering AI fundamentals and prompting.
• Google Career Certificates for developing skills in high-demand fields.

Hands-on training through local workshops

A central part of the accelerator is a series of interactive workshops conducted throughout Pennsylvania. A designated Pennsylvania AI Coach leads these sessions in partnership with local community organizations.

The first workshop was held on the day of the announcement for 50 small businesses, providing practical training on how to apply AI.

How to access the training resources

Pennsylvania small businesses and their employees can access the online courses and register for career certificate training in fields like cybersecurity, data analytics, and project management. No prior experience is required for the certificate programs.

Registration is available at grow.google/AIWorksforPA.

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A survey from Deloitte of businesses participating in Ireland’s Best Managed Companies programme finds two-thirds deploying AI, while one-third see talent and rising costs as key concerns.  

Nearly two-thirds of top Irish companies (62pc) have adopted AI technologies to support their operations, according to new research from Deloitte and UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, while unsurprisingly that figure rises to 94pc when it comes to telecoms, media and “ technology-driven sectors”.

Employee support and internal productivity (28pc), operational efficiency and automation (22pc), and sales/marketing and customer engagement (15pc) were cited as the top use cases for AI, while 55pc of companies surveyed said operational process improvements were the leading innovation priority.

Other findings included that rising business costs remain a key concern (33pc), while close to one-third said talent acquisition and retention remained crucial as 28pc of companies said it was their biggest barrier to growth.

The current geopolitical and regulatory challenges also arose as a significant barrier to growth and priority area for respondents. One-in-four companies (25pc) said they were “closely monitoring policy changes and trading dynamics”.

Nearly two-thirds (65pc) of those surveyed said developing new products and services will play a key role in their growth plans over the next five years while some 55pc said they expect to grow their business through mergers and acquisitions (M&A), rising to 76pc for tech and media companies.

International expansion and increasing headcount were each cited by 52pc of companies, rising to 71pc among tech companies.

The findings come from a survey of 115 indigenous, private  businesses that are participants in Deloitte’s Ireland’s Best Managed Companies programme, the winner of which will be announced on 25 September. The programme includes some 129 companies in sectors from retail and hospitality to manufacturing and construction with a combined turnover of €15bn and a total of 45,000 staff.

“Innovation is a key theme; and across every industry, launching new products and services is the top growth strategy for the next five years,” said Brian Murphy, Deloitte lead partner for Ireland’s Best Managed Companies awards programme.

“These companies are not just talking the talk, they’re walking the walk, with 62pc already harnessing the power of AI to enhance productivity.

“This survey of Ireland’s Best Managed Companies sends a clear message: we must champion our homegrown businesses, fuel their growth and support their scaling journey to become the next wave of great Irish success stories,” Murphy said, echoing calls in recent weeks from other supporters of indigenous companies ahead of Budget 2026, including Scale Ireland and the IVCA.

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