Accenture and OpenAI are teaming up as AI upends the consulting industry

"Consulting giant Accenture is partnering with OpenAI to put ChatGPT Enterprise into the hands of tens of thousands of its employees. Employees will start using ChatGPT Enterprise across consulting, operations, and delivery work, while the partnership will help OpenAI scale its capabilities to enterprises. AI is rapidly changing the type of work that consulting firms like Accenture perform for clients."

"Rather than strategy advisors, consultants are increasingly becoming long-term transformation partners for companies, providing advice but also building the tools that companies need to maximize on AI. Julie Sweet, Accenture's CEO, said the deal with OpenAI will "accelerate enterprise reinvention and business outcomes for our clients." Accenture will also have the largest number of professionals upskilled through OpenAI Certifications, OpenAI said in a press release on Monday. As well as reshaping the way firms work, AI is changing the talent landscape within the top firms."

"On Monday, the two companies also announced plans to launch a "flagship AI client program," combining OpenAI's products with Accenture's "AI expertise and industry and function domain knowledge." The program will be used to help clients adopt AI in real business workflows, OpenAI said in a press release. Its goal is "to enable joint clients to adopt OpenAI's agentic capabilities faster and with deeper integration across their organizations," OpenAI said."

Accenture is deploying ChatGPT Enterprise to tens of thousands of employees across consulting, operations, and delivery functions. The partnership with OpenAI will help scale OpenAI's enterprise capabilities and provide upskilling through OpenAI Certifications. Consulting work is shifting from short-term strategy advice to long-term AI-driven transformation, with consultants both advising and building AI tools for clients. Accenture's CEO said the deal will accelerate enterprise reinvention and business outcomes. Accenture has been exiting staff it cannot reskill for the AI era. The firms will launch a flagship AI client program to integrate OpenAI products with Accenture's domain knowledge and help clients adopt agentic AI capabilities across workflows.

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