Accenture to Acquire Faculty, Gets AI Talent Boost

Accenture is acquiring Faculty, a UK-based AI services company, for over $1bn.  

Faculty emphasises safe and ethical AI systems build with customer collaboration, and profiles a number of clients on its website including the UK's National Health Service.

CEO of Faculty, Marc Warner, will become CTO of Accenture. 

Accenture will acquire 400 AI native professionals, including data scientists and AI engineers.