Artificial intelligence agents have the knowledge of a thousand master’s degrees – Seinäjoki wants to bring 100,000 AI agents to businesses in the region

Seinäjoki is looking to AI to solve the region’s skills shortages, low education levels and slow productivity growth. In micro- and small businesses, an AI agent can spar with the owner by taking on the role of a government professional or software developer, for example. This frees up the owner’s time for meeting people, selling and planning.

There is no lack of enterprise and entrepreneurial spirit in South Ostrobothnia. When they lacked a lake, they dug one. At the same time, the problem of a missing hill was solved when surplus soil was used to raise Jouppilanvuori.

Education levels and labour productivity are, however, lagging behind. The region is investing, but labour productivity is not increasing at the same rate. There is also a shortage of skilled labour in companies in the region.

Now Seinäjoki is looking to artificial intelligence to solve the problem. The recently launched AI-BASS (AI-Based Support of Startup Companies) project at the Seinäjoki unit of Tampere University aims to contribute to the goal of bringing 100,000 language-based AI tools, or AI agents, to micro- and small businesses in the region.

The project is part of Seinäjoki’s innovation ecosystem, which aims to strengthen the region’s RDI activities and encourage companies to internationalise. The city will contribute to this by supporting the sustainability of the food sector and smart industry, to which AI agents will be linked. The city’s business development company, Into Seinäjoki Oy, is the driving force behind the project.

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Seinäjoki is one of the cities in the Innokaupunki network. Smart green growth has been at the forefront of the city’s innovation development. Sustainable food system renewal and smart industrial renewal are the priorities for development at the strategic level.

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