LIHUE — The Capstone Pau Hana held on Friday at the Kuleana Workspace in Kukui Grove celebrated achievements of six members — all local small business owners — of the first AI (Artificial Intelligence) Lab cohort.

“This capstone is really a celebration of Kauai’s creativity and curiosity,” said Kim Theisen, co-leader of the Kulueana AI Lab. “Our cohort members aren’t tech companies — they’re local business owners who care deeply about their work and have worked hard to build these apps. What they’ve created shows how learning about AI can be both powerful and personal.”

Thiesen was joined by Peter Simon and Jennifer Jones-Patulli in leading the 10-week AI Accelerator program. It was developed by the Kuluana AI Lab, a project of Kuleana Work, a Lihue-based coworking space that took over t

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