"Accenture has acquired UK artificial intelligence (AI) firm Faculty, bolstering its AI pool with 400 experts as it expands its services to help businesses deliver value from AI initiatives. Through the acquisition, Faculty's enterprise decision intelligence product, Frontier, will join Accenture's suite of products that help organisations make better, faster decisions by connecting data, AI models and business processes into a unified decision system."
"Accenture said it has been working with Faculty since 2023, supporting its clients in life sciences companies, such as Novartis, to use Frontier to transform the economics of clinical trial planning and execution. Julie Sweet, chair and CEO of Accenture, said: "With Faculty, we will further accelerate our strategy to bring trusted, advanced AI to the heart of our clients' businesses.""
Accenture acquired UK AI firm Faculty and added roughly 400 AI experts while integrating Faculty's Frontier decision intelligence product into its product suite. Frontier links data, AI models and business processes to create unified decision systems aimed at faster, better organisational decisions. Accenture and Faculty have collaborated since 2023, applying Frontier in life sciences, including work with Novartis to improve clinical trial planning economics. Faculty developed the NHS Early Warning System used during Covid-19 and researched techniques for the AI Safety Institute related to LLM safeguards. Faculty CEO Marc Warner will become Accenture's chief technology officer.
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