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Four foundations shape SME AI readiness

Connectivity, data and compute, skills, and finance repeatedly determine whether smaller firms can move from interest to effective adoption. Weakness in any one foundation can stall the whole programme.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development9 December 2025Reviewed 26 July 2026
Four foundations shape SME AI readinessFUURAA original conceptual visual

What the evidence indicates

A concise reading of the source

Connectivity, data and compute, skills, and finance repeatedly determine whether smaller firms can move from interest to effective adoption. Weakness in any one foundation can stall the whole programme.

FUURAA interpretation

Why this could matter

Readiness assessments should diagnose all four foundations before recommending technology.

How to read this signal

Documented development

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