Accenture launches global NVIDIA Business Group and AI Refinery platform
Accenture has taken its NVIDIA services and solutions to the next level with the launch of a dedicated NVIDIA Business Group.
With around 30,000 staff worldwide assigned to the practice, the NVIDIA Business Group will help clients accelerate their AI ambitions using NVIDIA technology, including NVIDIA AI Foundry, NVIDIA AI Enterprise and NVIDIA Omniverse. These technologies provide the technical backbone for AI-powered applications, which in turn help improve decision-making, process flows, business reporting, and much more.
To help clients use NVIDIA’s different solutions within its AI stack, Accenture has launched an integrated platform called AI Refinery. The platform will enable clients to convert raw NVIDIA technologies and tools into scaled, enterprise AI systems. Accenture said its AI Refinery offering will be available on all public and private cloud platforms and will integrate seamlessly with its other services that focus on artificial intelligence and cloud.
“We are breaking significant new ground with our partnership with NVIDIA and enabling our clients to be at the forefront of using (generative) AI as a catalyst for reinvention,” said Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO of Accenture. “AI Refinery will create opportunities for companies to reimagine their processes and operations, discover new ways of working, and scale AI solutions across the enterprise to help drive continuous change and create value.”
AI is beyond doubt one of the most hyped technologies in decades, with one Accenture estimate forecasting it could add trillions in economic value added to nations and sectors. Closer to home, a study by McKinsey & Company predicts it could add over $150 billion to GCC economies in the next coming years.
“AI will supercharge enterprises to scale innovation at greater speed,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “NVIDIA’s platform, Accenture’s AI Refinery and our combined expertise will help businesses and nations accelerate this transformation to drive unprecedented productivity and growth.”
The latest tie-up between Accenture and NVIDIA builds on an existing relationship that goes back a number of years. This summer, the two companies also signed a partnership agreement specifically for generative AI.