Accenture and Palantir Expand Global Strategic Partnership to Drive AI Reinvention

Key Terms

forward deployed engineers technical

Engineers who work on-site with customers or in the field to customize, deploy, and troubleshoot a company’s product, acting like hands-on troubleshooters that translate technical design into real-world use. Investors care because forward deployed engineers can speed customer adoption, improve product fit, and reduce churn—boosting revenue and retention—but they also raise costs and can signal a business that relies on expensive, hard-to-scale human support rather than a self-service product.

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A data center is a secure facility that houses large numbers of computers, storage devices and networking gear that run, store and move digital information for businesses and online services. Investors treat data centers like modern warehouses: their occupancy, energy efficiency, connectivity and long-term service contracts drive steady revenue and capital needs, so changes in demand or costs can directly affect profitability and growth prospects.

ai infrastructure technical

AI infrastructure consists of the hardware, software, and systems needed to develop, run, and support artificial intelligence applications. Think of it as the foundation and tools that enable AI to process large amounts of data quickly and accurately, similar to how a strong foundation supports a building. For investors, AI infrastructure is important because it underpins advancements in technology that can drive new business opportunities and competitive advantages.

mission critical environments technical

Mission critical environments are workplaces, systems, or facilities where reliable operation is essential because failure would cause major harm, safety risks, legal trouble, or large financial losses. Think of them like a hospital intensive-care unit or an air traffic control tower for a business: downtime or errors can immediately disrupt operations, hurt reputation, and trigger costly fixes or penalties. Investors care because companies serving or operating in these settings face higher demands for durability, compliance, and investment in backup systems, which affects costs, revenue stability, and risk.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR) have formed the Accenture Palantir Business Group designed to accelerate the delivery of advanced AI and data solutions that power new value and drive growth for global clients. As part of the relationship, Accenture has been named a Palantir preferred global partner for enterprise transformation.

Accenture and Palantir Technologies Inc. have formed the Accenture Palantir Business Group designed to accelerate the delivery of advanced AI and data solutions that power new value and drive growth for global clients.

“With this significant expansion of our ecosystem partnership with Palantir, our clients can accelerate advanced AI across the enterprise and deliver business outcomes faster,” said Julie Sweet, chair and CEO, Accenture. “In our focus areas, the combination of Accenture’s broad industry and functional experience with Palantir’s powerful platforms will help enable organizations to build AI and data solutions and develop scalable enterprise AI systems that drive reinvention, create value and foster growth.”

“Our expanded partnership with Accenture will help enterprises transform themselves at speed and scale using Palantir’s platform,” said Dr. Alex Karp, Palantir CEO and co-founder. “I am excited that our partnership will further accelerate the impact that both Accenture and Palantir are having in deploying AI-powered decision intelligence capabilities across industries."

The Accenture Palantir Business group will be supported by dedicated forward deployed engineers (FDEs) from Palantir and more than 2,000 Palantir-skilled Accenture professionals with deep industry and functional experience and Accenture FDEs to help accelerate the reinvention of business processes with Palantir’s platforms. The teams will work side-by-side with clients to move from siloed data to integrated, AI-powered decision making. With momentum already across government, energy and oil and gas sectors, the business group will further work with clients on select industry use cases including healthcare, telecommunications, manufacturing, consumer goods and financial services.

The group will have a particular focus on the complex operations of data center and AI infrastructure programs that are critical to economic resilience. The companies will help clients leverage Palantir Foundry and Artificial Intelligence Platform and tap into secure computing power in complex commercial and mission critical environments.

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About Accenture
Accenture is a leading solutions and global professional services company that helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise, bringing together the talent of our approximately 779,000 people, our proprietary assets and platforms, and deep ecosystem relationships. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and to be the most AI-enabled, client-focused, great place to work in the world. Through our Reinvention Services we bring together our capabilities across strategy, consulting, technology, operations, Song and Industry X with our deep industry expertise to create and deliver solutions and services for our clients. Our purpose is to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity, and we measure our success by the 360° value we create for all our stakeholders. Visit us at accenture.com.

About Palantir
Foundational software of tomorrow. Delivered today. Additional information is available at palantir.com.

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Accenture

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Palantir

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Source: Accenture