Accenture has agreed to acquire Faculty, a UK-based AI services and products company known for applied AI expertise and its decision intelligence product, Faculty Frontier, which provides advanced simulation and optimisation capabilities.
Founded in 2014, Faculty has delivered AI solutions to public and private sector clients in the UK and internationally.
Its services include AI strategy, AI safety, and the design, build and implementation of high-performance AI systems, supporting the scaled adoption of AI while addressing risks such as bias, privacy, and unexplainable outcomes.
Faculty collaborates with leading AI labs, including OpenAI and Anthropic, and with the UK AI Security Institute, to assess and ensure the safety of AI models.
Upon completion of the acquisition, Faculty’s team of more than 400 AI professionals will join Accenture to strengthen its AI capabilities.
Faculty CEO Marc Warner will become Accenture’s Chief Technology Officer and join the Global Management Committee.
Warner was previously a Research Fellow in Quantum Physics at Harvard and a member of the UK AI Council.
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. I’m pleased to welcome the Faculty team to Accenture and look forward to Marc’s contribution shaping our technology vision and strategy as Chief Technology Officer.”
Accenture will integrate Faculty Frontier into its suite of products to support decision-making by connecting data, AI models, and business processes.
Companies such as Novartis have already used the platform to optimise clinical trial planning.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Faculty developed the UK NHS Early Warning System, which helped predict patient demand and allocate critical care resources effectively.
Marc Warner said,
“Our vision has always been a world in which safe AI delivers widespread benefits to humanity. I am delighted that by teaming up with Accenture, we have everything in place to support AI transformation from start to finish.”
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