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OpenAI Teams With Consulting Firms to Boost Enterprise AI
Artificial Intelligence // February 23, 2026

OpenAI is collaborating with four consulting firms to help it deploy its Frontier enterprise platform. The artificial intelligence (AI) startup on Monday (Feb. 23) announced partnerships with Boston Consulting Group (BGC), McKinsey & Company, Accenture and Capgemini. These “Frontier Alliances” will help customers “define strategy,...

Accenture Plans to Acquire Faculty to Expand AI Capabilities
Partnerships // January 06, 2026

Accenture plans to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities by acquiring Faculty, a provider of AI-native services and products. The planned acquisition will boost Accenture’s ability to help its clients use AI solutions to reinvent their business processes, the companies said in a Tuesday (Jan. 6) press release. The completion...

Anthropic and Accenture Team to Help Businesses Deploy AI
Artificial Intelligence // December 09, 2025

Anthropic has teamed with consulting firm Accenture to help companies scale artificial intelligence (AI) projects. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (Dec. 9), has resulted in the Accenture Anthropic Business Group, which will provide training to around 30,000 professionals. “Our new partnership means that tens of thousands of Accenture developers will be...

OpenAI Launches Partnerships With Thrive and Accenture
Partnerships // December 01, 2025

OpenAI is teaming with Thrive Holdings, an investment vehicle created by longtime investor Thrive Capital, to boost enterprise artificial intelligence adoption. Their initial focus will be on accounting and IT services, where OpenAI’s platform can drive immediate benefits, according to a Monday (Dec. 1) announcement....

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
Google Helps Accenture Embed AI Engineers With Customers

September 08, 2026
Google has reportedly teamed with Accenture to help customers deploy Google Cloud’s agentic artificial intelligence platform. That’s according to a report Tuesday (Sept. 8) from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which calls the collaboration the latest example of companies wagering that forward-deployed engineers are crucial to deriving business value from generative AI. According to the report, the Accenture Gemini Enterprise […]

OpenAI Teams With Consulting Firms to Boost Enterprise AI

February 23, 2026
OpenAI is collaborating with four consulting firms to help it deploy its Frontier enterprise platform. The artificial intelligence (AI) startup on Monday (Feb. 23) announced partnerships with Boston Consulting Group...

Accenture Plans to Acquire Faculty to Expand AI Capabilities

January 06, 2026
Accenture plans to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities by acquiring Faculty, a provider of AI-native services and products. The planned acquisition will boost Accenture’s ability to help its clients use AI...

Anthropic and Accenture Team to Help Businesses Deploy AI

December 09, 2025
Anthropic has teamed with consulting firm Accenture to help companies scale artificial intelligence (AI) projects. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (Dec. 9), has resulted in the Accenture Anthropic Business Group, which will provide training to around...