Accenture news and trends

AWS, PepsiCo and Other CEOs Tell What’s Needed to Scale AI
artificial intelligence // January 21, 2025

The CEOs of several Global Fortune 500 companies said artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing their operations, while acknowledging that most companies are still grappling with implementing and scaling it, during a power-packed panel Tuesday (Jan. 21) before the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland....

Tech Giants Bet Billions on AI Agents That May Reshape Commerce as We Know It
artificial intelligence // October 03, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are emerging as a potentially transformative force in global commerce, with major tech players betting billions on their ability to revolutionize business processes. Accenture and Nvidia announced an expanded partnership Tuesday to accelerate enterprise AI adoption, including agents. The move comes...

BigCommerce Promotes Accenture Vet Travis Hess to CEO
Personnel // October 03, 2024

Composable eCommerce platform BigCommerce has a new chief executive. Travis Hess, who joined the company as president in May, has been appointed CEO, the company announced Wednesday (Oct. 2). He succeeds Brent Bellm, who had served as chief executive since 2015. “It’s been an amazing journey at the helm of...

Nvidia and Accenture Tie-up Promotes Corporate AI Adoption
Artificial Intelligence // October 02, 2024

Nvidia expanded its partnership with Accenture to help companies scale artificial intelligence adoption. The news comes as generative AI demand helped drive $3 billion in Accenture bookings in its latest fiscal year, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 2) press release. The expanded partnership includes the...

Interviews & Exclusives
Experts Say OpenAI and Amazon Are Keepin’ It Real for AI

May 08, 2024
In a world increasingly flooded with artificial intelligence-generated content, tech behemoths are now locked in a high-stakes battle to develop cutting-edge tools that distinguish between what’s real and what’s not. From OpenAI’s launch of a new system to identify images created by its own DALL-E 3 text-to-image generator to Amazon’s deployment of AI to spot fraudulent reviews, companies are attempting to stay […]

Tech Giants Unite to Upskill Workforce for AI 

April 04, 2024
Tech heavyweights like Google and Microsoft have formed a task force to skill-up workers for the artificial intelligence (AI) era, addressing the urgent need for AI-savvy professionals in evolving job markets....

$1 Billion AI Education Platform Aims to Upgrade Employee Skills

March 07, 2024
Accenture’s new $1 billion investment in artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tech education shows how the fast-growing field could help employees learn new skills. Accenture unveiled LearnVantage, an AI-driven learning platform that provides...

Lipstick Goes AI at CES

January 10, 2024
CES 2024 is shaping up to be a watershed event for artificial intelligence (AI) and the connected economy. After the pre-show hype focused on robotics and the connected home, the...

Quick Reads
Accenture Says It Lost Sales Amid Government Efficiency Effort

March 20, 2025
Accenture disclosed Thursday (March 20) that it has lost sales and revenue in its Accenture Federal Services business unit and faces continuing uncertainty due to the Trump administration’s efforts to operate the government more efficiently. Speaking during the global professional services organization’s quarterly earnings call, Accenture Chair and CEO Julie Sweet said that in fiscal […]

BigCommerce Promotes Accenture Vet Travis Hess to CEO

October 03, 2024
Composable eCommerce platform BigCommerce has a new chief executive. Travis Hess, who joined the company as president in May, has been appointed CEO, the company announced Wednesday (Oct. 2). He succeeds Brent Bellm, who had...

Nvidia and Accenture Tie-up Promotes Corporate AI Adoption

October 02, 2024
Nvidia expanded its partnership with Accenture to help companies scale artificial intelligence adoption. The news comes as generative AI demand helped drive $3 billion in Accenture bookings in its latest...

FTC Investigating Companies’ Use of Personal Data to Set Prices

July 23, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is looking to learn more about companies’ use of personal data to categorize individuals and set individualized prices for the same goods or service —...