Funding Your AI Journey
Funding Your AI Upskilling: How Your Local Enterprise Office Can Help
Investing in new skills, especially in areas like Artificial Intelligence (AI), can make a real difference to your business's efficiency and growth. At Ask Ingenuity, we provide practical AI training designed to help your existing team automate workflows and improve how your business operates. If you're a small business in Ireland, your Local Enterprise Office (LEO) could be a great source of funding to help cover the costs of such valuable training.
LEOs are there to support local businesses in becoming more competitive and productive. Training in modern skills like AI aligns perfectly with these goals, as it can lead to smarter ways of working, better use of resources, and a stronger position in the market. The AI training offered by Ask Ingenuity focuses on simple, effective tools and is tailored to your specific business needs, making it the kind of upskilling that LEOs often encourage.
While specific grant names and details can differ from one LEO to another, several common types of support might be available to help fund training with Ask Ingenuity:
- Training or Business Development Grants: These often provide direct financial aid for upskilling owners and employees in areas that boost business performance.
- Digitalisation Support: Many LEOs offer grants or vouchers to help businesses adopt digital tools and strategies, which can include AI training for process automation.
- Productivity Improvement Grants (e.g., Lean for Micro): These aim to make businesses more efficient, and AI training for workflow automation directly supports this goal.
Although Ask Ingenuity doesn't provide the grants ourselves, we can assist with your application by providing clear proposals for our bespoke AI training. We'll outline the learning objectives and costs, and help you show how our training can lead to measurable improvements in your business – something LEOs often look for.
To explore these funding options, your first step should always be to contact your local LEO (you can find their details on localenterprise.ie). Discuss your business and your interest in AI training for workflow automation. They can tell you about the most suitable grants available and how to apply. Once you have an idea of potential LEO support, get in touch with us at Ask Ingenuity. We can then discuss your specific training needs and prepare any information about our services that you might need for your grant application.