Grab and OpenAI launch Go Forward with AI to train 30,000 partners in Southeast Asia
Grab and OpenAI announced a two‑year GO Forward with AI programme that will help 30,000 driver, delivery and merchant partners across Southeast Asia develop practical AI skills. The first workshops start in Singapore and will later expand to Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines within the year, with Malaysia and Vietnam planned for 2027.
What you can do with it
AI at Work →Design product packaging with ChatGPT Plus
What you get You can build simple websites.
Creates product designs, functional websites, and market demand analyses.
- Who for
- founders and online shops
- Cost
- free tier
- Effort
- minutes
- Already included in
- GO Forward with AI workshop participants
Use it for
- Design product packaging
- Build simple websites
- Analyze market demand
How to set it up · From the article
- Attend the GO Forward with AI workshop
- Use ChatGPT voice-to-text to describe your business idea
- Generate designs and website mock-ups using natural language
Watch out Limited to workshop participants in specific regions for now
ChatGPT Plus in the tool directory · 2 changes covered
Key points from the news
- Programme will train 30,000 Grab driver, delivery, and merchant partners over two years.
- It starts in Singapore, expands to Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines later this year, then Malaysia and Vietnam in 2027.
- A survey found half of Singapore driver‑delivery partners use AI tools, and 87% of non‑users are open to trying them.
A Grab survey of its Singapore driver‑delivery partners showed that half already use AI tools, while 87% of those who do not are open to trying them; ChatGPT was the most recognised tool. The programme builds on the Driver AI Assistant, powered by OpenAI models, which has reached close to 500,000 drivers, and adds hands‑on workshops where participants use ChatGPT to analyse sales data, design simple websites, or plan business expansions.
Grab and OpenAI bring practical AI skills to Southeast Asia
OpenAI · 23 September 2026
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3sources- Grab partners with OpenAI to train 30,000 driver, delivery, and merchant partners in AI skills across Southeast AsiaPress · cryptobriefing.com ·
- Free AI training and ChatGPT subscriptions for Grab platform workers, merchants to build business ideasPress · straitstimes.com ·
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