Goldman Sachs puts $500M into small-business AI institute with Anthropic, Google, Meta and OpenAI

Goldman Sachs is investing $500M in the next phase of its 10,000 Small Businesses programme, including a new Small Business AI Institute built with Anthropic, Google, Meta and OpenAI. The partners will provide training, certificates and tools; a Babson survey found 86% of alumni now use AI, though 73% of users spend under $100 a month.

• $500M funds education, capital access and support for another 10,000 businesses
• Google offers its AI Professional certificate and three months of AI Pro to nearly 20,000 people
• 86% of programme alumni use AI, up from 56% in 2024
• Only 18% use agentic AI; 84% report no workforce change from AI