AI Is the Biggest Small-Business Opportunity in a GenerationArtificial intelligence is transforming industries nationwide, and America’s small-business community is no different. Kelly Loeffler, who heads the U.S. Small Business Administration, recently said small businesses will be the “biggest beneficiaries” of AI — a “huge leveler of the playing field for America.” Working with and on behalf of the National Association for the Self-Employed, I have spent more than four decades as a certified public accountant advising small businesses — companies that, according to the SBA, employ nearly half of the private-sector workforce. I hear daily from our community, more than 33 million strong, that owners are using AI more and more. The question is no longer whether they will adopt it, but whether they will use its full value. Published on September 29, 2026 |