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Three real-world uses of AI that any SME can put in place today
Original title, in Spanish: “Tres usos reales de la IA que cualquier pyme puede poner en marcha desde hoy”
- Publication
- ABC (Spain)
- Author
- Gonzalo
- Published on
- 8 September 2026 · read in the page metadata · updated on 17 September 2026
Summary
This promotional article, published as part of a partnership with BBVA, presents three practical uses of generative AI for Spanish SMEs: converting receipts and invoices into an Excel spreadsheet, creating an assistant that can be queried on internal documentation, and analysing sales data to support decision-making. It cites a McKinsey Global Institute study according to which Spanish companies spend around 59% of their working time on tasks that are technically automatable, 44% of which are cognitive tasks that AI agents could take on, and a European Investment Bank study according to which AI and data analytics account for around 12% of the rise in productivity among European companies since 2019. BBVA is offering SMEs two free ChatGPT Business licences for one year, together with training content, to make this adoption easier, according to José Luis Serrano, head of SMEs at BBVA in Spain.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
Read the article on ABC →Figures cited
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59 %
share of the working day spent on technically automatable functions in Spanish companies
Spanish companies
« Las empresas españolas dedican alrededor del 59% de la jornada laboral a funciones técnicamente automatizables »
Source: McKinsey Global Institute
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44 %
share of automatable tasks that are cognitive tasks that AI agents could take on
Spanish companies
« de las que un 44% corresponden a tareas cognitivas asumibles por agentes de IA »
Source: McKinsey Global Institute
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12 %
share of the productivity increase since 2019 explained by AI and big data analytics
European Union companies, since 2019
« el uso de IA y analítica de datos masivos explica aproximadamente el 12% del incremento total de la productividad registrado desde 2019 en las empresas de la UE »
Source: Banco Europeo de Inversiones (BEI)
Classification
- Country
- Spain
- Company size
- SMEs
- Industries
- All industries, or industry not specified
- Companies
- Banco Europeo de Inversiones (study author), McKinsey Global Institute (study author), ChatGPT Business (OpenAI) (supplier), BBVA (supplier)
- Keywords
- smes, generative ai, task automation, productivity, chatgpt business, prompts
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 ABC and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.