NEW YORK, NY — January 6, 2026 — Leads & Copy —
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to acquire Faculty, a UK-based AI native services and products business. The acquisition will bolster Accenture’s AI capabilities, helping clients to reinvent core business processes with secure AI solutions.
Founded in 2014, Faculty has a track record of deploying AI solutions for public and private sector clients in the U.K. and other markets. Its services include AI strategy, AI safety, and the design, build and implementation of AI systems.
Faculty works with clients to build ethical AI systems, addressing risks like bias and privacy. The company collaborates with AI labs, including OpenAI and Anthropic, and the UK AI Security Institute to ensure AI model safety.
Upon closing, Faculty’s team of over 400 AI professionals will integrate with Accenture. Faculty CEO Marc Warner will become Accenture’s chief technology officer and join the company’s Global Management Committee. Warner previously served as a Research Fellow in Quantum Physics at Harvard and was a member of the U.K.’s AI Council.
Accenture Chair and CEO Julie Sweet said the acquisition will accelerate the company’s strategy to bring advanced AI to clients’ businesses. She welcomed the Faculty team and Marc Warner’s contribution as chief technology officer.
Faculty’s enterprise decision intelligence product, Faculty FrontierTM, will join Accenture’s suite of products to help organizations make faster decisions by connecting data, AI models and business processes. Accenture and Faculty are already supporting life sciences companies like Novartis to use FrontierTM to transform clinical trial planning.
Faculty CEO Marc Warner said the company’s vision has always been a world where AI delivers widespread benefits. He added that teaming up with Accenture will support AI transformation from start to finish.
Faculty is known for applying AI in critical settings. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Faculty built the UK National Health Service’s (NHS) Early Warning System, which predicted patient demand and allocated critical care resources.
Accenture’s chief strategy and services officer, Manish Sharma, said that together with Faculty, Accenture will assemble a powerhouse of talent helping clients make AI work in the real world. This will help clients reinvent their operations with transparency and resilience.
Accenture will leverage Faculty’s Fellowship Program, which trains STEM graduates and researchers. Accenture plans to extend the program globally.
Accenture and Faculty have collaborated since December 2023, when Accenture was confirmed as a preferred implementation partner for Faculty FrontierTM.
Completion of the acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Contact:
Marc Warner, CEO of Faculty
Julie Sweet, chair and CEO, Accenture
Manish Sharma, chief strategy and services officer at Accenture
Source: Accenture
