Accenture and Google Cloud have announced a new initiative to help businesses adopt generative AI to improve operations, create new lines of businesses, and build unique customer experiences. Accenture and Google Cloud will create a global, joint generative AI Center of Excellence (CoE) that will provide businesses with the industry expertise, technical knowledge, and product resources to build and scale applications using Google Cloud’s generative AI portfolio and accelerate time-to-value.
The new CoE will help enterprises determine the optimal large language model - including Google’s latest model, Gemini - to use based on their business objectives. It will combine Accenture’s deep model customization services and full-stack engineering services with Google Cloud’s advanced generative AI technology, providing clients with specialized access to Accenture data and AI architects and Accenture’s AI Navigator platform, as well as a wide selection of large language models (LLMs), including more than 130 models through Model Garden on Vertex AI.
It will also provide customers access to Google Cloud’s differentiated, AI-optimized infrastructure, including Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), and Google AI Hypercomputer for quick training, tuning, and serving of AI models.
Additionally, Accenture will also expand its own internal use of Google Cloud technology by making Duet AI for Developers accessible to thousands of its software engineers - enabling new and expert developers with sequential and context-sensitive coding suggestions to accelerate software development.
Karthik Narain, Group Chief Executive, Technology, Accenture
As a catalyst for business reinvention, generative AI will transform how people work and access information. Organizations want to move from experimentation with generative AI to scaled implementations faster. Accenture’s deep expertise in managing and scaling large language models tailored for business needs, paired with tools like Accenture’s model switchboard, can help accelerate adoption. Our latest joint investment with Google Cloud can help clients drive quicker business results, as well as long-term value from their generative AI applications.
Thomas Kurian, CEO, Google Cloud
Accenture is a leader in providing AI services that help enterprises successfully implement generative AI and accelerate business transformation. Through our joint center of excellence, enterprises across industries have access to leading technical experts and engineers that can address their most complex business challenges and quickly begin creating value from Google Cloud’s advanced generative AI technology.
