Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire Faculty, a UK-based AI-native services and products company known for its deep applied AI expertise and proprietary decision intelligence platform with advanced simulation and optimization capabilities.

The deal is set to strengthen Accenture’s ability to help clients transform core and mission-critical business processes using secure, responsible AI solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes.

Established in 2014, the Faculty has built a strong portfolio across both public and private sectors, delivering AI implementations in the UK and other major markets. Its offerings span AI strategy, AI safety, and the end-to-end design, development, and deployment of high-performance AI systems, enabling organizations to adopt AI infrastructure at scale while maintaining trust and governance.

Faculty has a long history of working with clients to create AI systems that are ethical and safe by design. By making sure that AI safety is integrated into every phase of the development lifecycle, from development, validation, and predictions to monitoring, Faculty addresses risks like bias, privacy, and unexplainable outcomes.

In addition to working with the UK AI Security Institute and other organizations to conduct baseline safety assessments of general-purpose models, faculty members collaborate with some of the top AI laboratories in the world, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, to guarantee the security of AI models.

After the deal closes, Accenture’s teams will work with the Faculty’s team of over 400 AI native experts, including highly skilled data scientists and AI engineers, to scale world-class AI capabilities for customers.

Marc Warner will also join Accenture’s Global Management Committee and take on the position of chief technology officer in addition to his current position as CEO of Faculty.

Warner served on the Imperial College London court, as a Research Fellow in Quantum Physics at Harvard, and as a member of the U.K.’s AI Council, an independent expert committee that advises high-level leadership of the Artificial Intelligence ecosystem and the government.

“With Faculty, we will further accelerate our strategy to bring trusted, advanced AI to the heart of our clients’ businesses,”

said Julie Sweet, chair and CEO, Accenture.

“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.”

Marc Warner, CEO of Faculty, said,

“Our vision has always been a world in which safe AI delivers widespread benefits to humanity. We have spent the last ten years supporting our clients to bring this world about, step by step. As AI advances rapidly, the ambition of our clients is now, rightly, no less than the reinvention of their business. I am delighted that by teaming up with Accenture, we have everything in place to support AI transformation from start to finish.”