Accenture plc and Google Cloud today announced new advancements in their strategic alliance that advance artificial intelligence adoption and cybersecurity for Fortune 500 companies.

The two companies are increasing their investments in services that support businesses through every stage of their generative AI projects, including additional expertise to determine optimal use cases, pilot projects for strategic innovation and the deployment of the engineering skills needed to scale the technology.

Cybersecurity is a core pillar of the partnership with Accenture and Google Cloud, so the companies are also deepening their security work as clients adapt to new risks unique to generative AI. That includes securing model data, managing cyberattacks and delivering remediation services that minimize breach impacts and enable faster recovery.

Google Cloud and Accenture’s partnership dates back some years, including the launch of the Accenture Google Cloud Business Group in 2018. Forward to December 2023 and Accenture and Google Cloud launched the generative AI Center of Excellence, an initiative to help businesses adopt generative AI to improve operations, create new lines of businesses, and build unique customer experiences.

The latter partnership has seen 45% of joint client projects moving from generative AI proof-of-concepts to production. With today’s announcement, the companies plan to increase support for clients further as they use AI to optimize critical business functions, address complex industry needs and protect against sophisticated cybersecurity threats.

“Accenture and Google Cloud have already helped multiple Fortune 500 companies move from experimentation with gen AI to production,” said Google Cloud Chief Executive Thomas Kurian. “Through our expanded partnership today, we are rapidly accelerating gen AI adoption by providing customers with the technical expertise, engineering resources, and AI-optimized tools they need to scale and succeed.”

Through the generative AI Center of Excellence, Accenture and Google Cloud, said, they’ve delivered new generative AI solutions, managed service and more than 60 joint industry accelerators. The accelerators, based on Accenture’s hundreds of generative AI use cases, help clients solve complex challenges such as optimizing supply chains to improve product distribution, enhancing retail experiences to increase purchase conversion rates and automating document processing to increase efficiency.

Accenture and Google Cloud also said that they are also investing in client services to support each stage of generative AI projects, such as capabilities to prototype rapidly, assess AI readiness and build the correct foundation for modernizing business applications and customer experiences with AI.

Accenture has also increased the adoption of Google Cloud’s generative AI into its platforms, which has helped the company enhance its Google Cloud engineering capabilities.

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