Empretec AI Crash-Course: Using AI To Grow Your Startup

31 January 2026

14:00 - 17:00 hrs.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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The Empretec AI Crash Course is part of Empretec’s The Square for Global Goals initiative and is delivered by UNCTAD, in partnership with the Social Development Bank (SDB) at Jada 30.

Designed for advanced startup founders, the session is led by an AI expert and focuses on helping founders understand the value of AI for business growth, identify key operational pain points where AI can be applied, and build the practical skills needed to start integrating AI tools into their operations and longer-term business planning, within Empretec entrepreneurship framework.

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Social Development Bank (SDB)

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English

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