Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Talespin, a spatial computing company focused on workforce talent development and skills mobility.
Talespin’s platform offers an end-to-end solution for creating, distributing and measuring the impact of immersive learning content. Talespin’s platform powers the creation and distribution of immersive learning experiences, and supports an ecosystem of learning content creators, leading learning platforms, XR hardware partners and enterprise customers. It uses 3D, virtual humans and environments to help people practice conversational skills and simulate jobs with real-time feedback and skills analytics.
At Accenture, Talespin’s no-code authoring tools, such as CoPilot Designer, have enabled in-house instructional designers to create immersive soft skills learning content without the need for deep programming or 3D design skills. As a result, Accenture’s immersive learning content creators can more quickly and easily develop rich story-based learning scenarios.Talespin is now part of Accenture Ventures’ Project Spotlight, an engagement and investment program that connects emerging technology software startups with the Global 2000 to fill strategic innovation gaps. Project Spotlight offers extensive access to Accenture’s domain expertise and its enterprise clients, helping startups harness human creativity and deliver on the promise of their technology. Talespin is also the latest addition to the investment portfolio of Accenture Ventures, which is focused on investing in companies that create or apply disruptive enterprise technologies.
Kyle Jackson, Co-founder and CEO, Talespin
As the workforce evolves, so do the skills needed to excel and succeed. At the same time, device, computing and connectivity advances are enabling companies to explore new, innovative approaches to learning. We’re confident that being part of Accenture’s Project Spotlight will drive awareness of our immersive learning platform among their large enterprise clients and help accelerate its adoption on a global scale.
Tom Lounibos, Managing Director of Accenture Ventures
Amid growing global interest in virtual reality and the metaverse, the need for engaging, immersive learning is clear, and we believe that Talespin is well-positioned to address this demand.
