AI voucher for small businesses: what is known today and how to prepare
The AI voucher for small businesses and self-employed workers is announced, but cannot be applied for yet. What is known, what is missing and how to prepare.
The artificial intelligence voucher for small businesses and self-employed workers has been announced, but it cannot be applied for yet. What is known, what is still missing and what to prepare now.
The Spanish government presented the IA360 Plan on 21 September 2026. One of its measures is a business AI voucher, intended to help small businesses and self-employed workers bring AI into their activity. As with most newly announced aid, there is a large gap between what has been announced and what can actually be applied for.
Where things stand today
What is confirmed is that the plan exists and that the voucher is part of it. What is not yet confirmed are the access conditions. The available information indicates that the first pilot of the voucher is planned for the first half of 2027 and that the general call is expected before the end of 2027.
If someone offers to "process the voucher" for you right now, ask which official call they are basing it on. A call is published in Spain's Official State Gazette (BOE) and on the website of the body that manages it, with its requirements and deadlines.
What is known and what is not
The press has published funding figures and numbers of beneficiaries. They are announcement figures and may change when the call is published, so treat them as indicative.
- Intended beneficiaries: small businesses and self-employed workers. The specific requirements (size, sector, location) have not been published.
- What it would fund: adopting AI in the company. It is not yet clear whether the money goes to the company, to the supplier or in some other way.
- Timeline: pilot planned for the first half of 2027 and general call before the end of 2027.
- Still pending: requirements for technology suppliers, amounts per company and the application procedure.
How to prepare without waiting for the call
Even if you cannot apply yet, some work makes sense now, with or without aid:
- Identify processes. The repetitive tasks that take the most time: invoices, orders, customer service, time tracking or work reports.
- Check your data. Useful AI needs organised data. If products, customers or prices are spread across three spreadsheets, that is the first job.
- Test on a small scale. One concrete case, with an owner and a result you can measure, is worth more than a general plan.
- Document what you do. Any call will ask you to describe the project, its goals and how it is measured.
If you want to see which processes in your company would fit, start with our artificial intelligence service for businesses. A first conversation helps you organise ideas, even before there is a call.
What not to do
- Buying a tool just because it "will get aid". If the aid does not arrive, the cost stays.
- Treating circulating amounts or dates as confirmed.
- Paying for a "process" before a call exists.
How to follow it
The authoritative sources are official publications: the government press release, the Official State Gazette (BOE) and the website of the body that manages the call. When the call is published, we will update this article with its real requirements and deadlines, and date each change.
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