Friday, June 26, 2026 | 8:30 AM — 1:30 PM ET

Claude SMB Workshop

AI Fluency for Small and Medium Business Leaders

Indianapolis, IN

Learn how to put AI to work. Fewer errors. Faster turnaround. Work you can actually put your name on.

Join Anthropic, Tenex, and CICP for a half-day AI fluency training and hands-on workshop for business owners and operators who want to learn how to leverage AI to solve real world business problems. 

No prior experience needed. Just practical skills you can put to work the next morning, and a room full of local leaders problem solving alongside you.

Please register by June 19th. This workshop is designed for small and mid-sized business leaders, and a brief application helps us bring together a room of peers facing similar challenges — keeping the day focused and valuable for everyone.

About this event

Small and mid-sized businesses employ nearly half the American workforce — but most of the AI conversation skips right past them. In our research with SMB leaders, the #1 pain point wasn't skepticism about AI. It was employees being unsure how or when to use it effectively. That's the gap this workshop is built to close.

The Claude SMB Workshop is a free, hands-on session built for leaders running real companies with real operational complexity. You'll spend the afternoon with Anthropic — the company behind Claude — learning practical AI skills, working through exercises on your own laptop, and trading notes with other business owners in Indianapolis navigating the same questions. 

You'll walk out with at least one workflow you can run the next morning. That's the bar we're holding ourselves to.

Why we're doing this: SMBs are where AI will actually change how work gets done — and frankly, we learn as much from these rooms as you do. This is an education and research initiative, not a sales pitch. The skills you'll learn work with any AI tool, not just ours.

This is part of The Claude SMB Tour, a national series of workshops Anthropic is running in partnership with local business communities across the country.

Who should attend

This workshop is built for you if you are:

  • An owner, operator, or senior leader at a company with 1-500 employees
  • Running a business with real workflows — departments, teams, backoffice, customers, vendors
  • Curious about AI but not sure where to start, or already experimenting and want to go further
  • Based in or around the Indianapolis area

You do not need any technical background. If you can use email, you can do this workshop.

What you’ll learn

  • Turn messy data into clean reports and dashboards — pulling from the spreadsheets and systems you already use
  • Automate the repetitive stuff: customer follow-ups, order management, forecasting, scheduling, status updates
  • Connect Claude to the tools you’re already in all day — Gmail, Google Drive, Microsoft 365, PayPal, HubSpot, Canva
  • Know where the limits are: what to trust, what to double-check, and how to keep your data yours

Agenda

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration & Setup

Check in, grab coffee, get your laptop connected. 

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
AI Concepts/Fluency
What AI is actually good at, what it isn’t, and how to think about it for your business
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Hands-On Session
Guided exercises using Claude with your own work. Bring a real task you want to tackle.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch & Networking

Lunch, networking, and informal Q&A with Anthropic staff and fellow attendees

What's included

  • Full workshop access
  • 1 month of Claude Max (our top-tier plan) on us — so you can keep going after the workshop
  • Refreshments and happy hour
  • Takeaway materials

FAQ

Is this really free?
Yes. This is an education and research initiative, not a sales event. 

Do I need to know how to code?
No. This workshop is built for business operators, not engineers. If you can use a web browser, you’re set.

Can I bring someone from my team?
Seats are limited, so please register each person individually. If we’re at capacity, priority goes to owners and senior operators.

What if I already use AI tools?
Great — you’ll get more out of the hands-on session. Bring a task you’ve been stuck on.

I can’t make it the whole time. Can I come for part of it?
The hands-on session (1:00 – 3:30 PM) is the core of the workshop and builds on the earlier content. We’d recommend planning to stay for the full afternoon.

Will this be recorded?
No. We want the room to be a place where people can ask real questions and share real challenges without worrying about a camera.

Apply to attend

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