Opinion ·
José Luis Bonet (Cámara de Comercio de España): "An AI rollout plan for pymes is essential"
Original title, in Spanish: “José Luis Bonet (Cámara de Comercio de España): “Es imprescindible un plan de despliegue de inteligencia artificial para pymes””
- Publication
- Cinco Días (Spain)
- Author
- Carlos Molina
- Published on
- 14 October 2026 · read in the page structured data · updated on 14 October 2026
Summary
José Luis Bonet, president of the Cámara de Comercio de España, argued at the Foro CREO (organised by CincoDías and Prisa Media) for the need for an artificial intelligence rollout plan for pymes, which make up more than 90% of Spain's industrial fabric. According to him, only 13% of companies already operate with AI and fewer than 50% are willing to use it, despite the progress made possible by the Kit Digital programme, from which more than 500,000 pymes have benefited. He calls for public-private cooperation and incentives to drive mass adoption, considering that AI gives pymes an opportunity to grow in size and so internationalise more effectively, with training remaining the main obstacle.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
Read the article on Cinco Días →Figures cited
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13 %
Share of Spanish pymes already operating with artificial intelligence
Spanish pymes
« Solo el 13% está ya operando con inteligencia artificial »
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50 %
Share of companies willing to use artificial intelligence
Spanish pymes (upper bound, 'no llega al')
« el porcentaje de compañías que está dispuesto a utilizarla no llega al 50% »
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500,000 companies
Number of pymes benefiting from the Kit Digital programme
Spanish pymes, Kit Digital programme
« del que se han beneficiado más de medio millón de pymes »
Source: Kit Digital
Classification
- Country
- Spain
- Company size
- SMEs
- Industries
- All industries, or industry not specified
- Companies
- Cámara de Comercio de España (cited)
- Keywords
- pymes, AI rollout, Kit Digital, internationalisation, training, Spain
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Cinco Días and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.