Accenture to invest $3 billion in Artificial Intelligence, double AI talent to 80,000

Accenture on Tuesday said it will invest $3 billion in its data and artificial intelligence ( AI) practice over the next three years, and double the AI headcount to 80,000 through hiring, acquisitions, and training.

The IT services major said it will invest in assets, industry solutions, ventures, acquisitions, talent, and partnerships, “which will deepen and develop new skills and capabilities across diagnostic, predictive, and generative AI’’.

Accenture said it will invest in new and existing relationships across cloud, data, and AI.