Kevin Fleming got his first taste of generative AI in 2022 when a friend let him try out an early model. It changed the direction of his fledgling startup company, Writing.io, which up until then he envisioned as a publishing platform.
The company is giving away 10,000 subscriptions to the introductory course in Lee, Charlotte and Collier counties to full-time residents, small businesses with staff of 10 or fewer and nonprofits. Writing.io partnered with the Fort Myers philanthropic nonprofit, Collaboratory, to help distribute the subscriptions to its network of local nonprofits in Lee, Charlotte and Collier counties.
“I thought it was a really good intro (to AI),” said Dawn Belamarich, president and CEO of Collaboratory. “I had some baseline knowledge of AI but it helped give me a further understanding. I think it’s a really good high level ‘how to use AI’ for maybe people who are scared of using it and ways you could use it better.”
