Accenture's $3 Billion AI Investment Aims to Help Clients Stay Ahead of the Curve

Accenture announced a $3 billion investment over three years in its Data & AI practice to help clients across all industries rapidly and responsibly advance and use AI to achieve greater growth, efficiency and resilience.

The investment builds on Accenture’s decade-plus leadership in AI, with more than 1,450 patents and pending patent applications worldwide and hundreds of client solutions at scale. Accenture has embedded AI across its service delivery approach, driving efficiency, insights and accelerating value for thousands of clients.

This announcement includes a range of investments that Accenture is making to help companies develop the new strategies, operating models, business cases and digital core architecture they will need to capitalize on AI innovation. A few major investments include:

• Investing in assets, industry solutions, ventures, acquisitions, talent and ecosystem partnerships to deepen and develop new skills and capabilities across diagnostic, predictive and generative AI.
• Doubling its AI talent to 80,000 professionals through a mix of hiring, training and acquisitions, including the acquisition of Nextira.
• Investing in new and existing relationships across its industry-leading cloud, data, and AI ecosystems to reinvent the type of work being delivered to clients.

Accenture’s investment in AI is a significant development in the global AI landscape. The company’s deep expertise and global reach will help its clients to adopt and scale AI to achieve their business goals. This investment is a clear signal that AI is becoming increasingly important for businesses of all sizes.

Read the announcement press release to learn more.