# AI Ready dla MŚP

Three-hour AI workshops in smaller towns, in Econverse's programme supported by Amazon. I led three, from complete beginners to agent systems, for about 115 people in Opalenica and Wałbrzych.

- Status: In progress (May 2026 – Oct 2026)
- Role: Workshop lead. The only lead in Opalenica.
- Milestone (as of 15 Oct 2026): 3 workshops, about 115 participants
- Case study: https://shyl.ai/projects/ai-ready-workshops
- Econverse programme report (PDF, Polish): https://shyl.ai/projects/ai-ready-workshops/econverse-ai-skills-raport.pdf
- Econverse: AI Skills for the Future: https://www.econverse.org/skillsforthefuture

## What I did

- Prepared and led three three-hour workshops, each at a different level
- Two with the Opalenica Chamber of Commerce, one at the Wałbrzych Business Incubator
- Showed practical tools people could use the next day, and took questions throughout

## Overview

AI Ready for SMEs is an Econverse programme, supported by Amazon, in which young AI practitioners run workshops at local chambers of commerce and business organisations. I was one of three workshop leads in the first edition and the only one in Opalenica, where I worked with Paweł Cybal, president of the Opalenica Chamber of Commerce.

## Problem and users

Most small firms in Poland do not use AI yet, and owners say the obstacle is less a lack of interest than a lack of time and skills to start. Expert-led training rarely reaches smaller towns.

Each workshop lasted three hours with one 15-minute break. Filling that with material that stays useful, for audiences from complete beginners to people building automations, was the real challenge.

## What we built

Opalenica, May 2026: AI in business, for entrepreneurs. About 50 people, most of them older business owners.

Opalenica, October 2026: AI from the basics, open to everyone. The best tools and the biggest result for the least effort. About 50 people again.

Wałbrzych, October 2026: intermediate to advanced, for entrepreneurs. Coding with AI, building agent systems and using agent pipelines to automate processes. About 15 people.

## Outcomes and evidence

About 115 people across three workshops. The rooms were active and asked a lot of questions, and several participants wrote to me afterwards with follow-up questions.

The first edition of the programme reached 149 entrepreneurs across Wielkopolska, Western Pomerania and Lower Silesia. A fourth workshop in Opalenica is planned for November 2026.

## Lessons and next steps

Three hours of mostly talking is a lot. What kept the room was showing practical things people could use straight away, and letting their questions steer the session.

## How it went

- May 2026: My first AI workshop for entrepreneurs. Three hours of AI in business for about 50 business owners in Opalenica, in Econverse's AI Ready programme supported by Amazon. Two more followed in October, in Opalenica and Wałbrzych.
- 13 Oct 2026: Opalenica: AI from the basics. Open to everyone. About 50 people.
- 15 Oct 2026: Wałbrzych: agent systems and automation. For entrepreneurs, intermediate to advanced. About 15 people.

Part of the public profile of Mikita Shylai: https://shyl.ai/context.md