Accenture has completed the acquisition of London AI firm Faculty.
Faculty, which was founded in 2014 and has worked with Dublin-headquartered Accenture since December 2023, helps public and private sector clients to deploy AI solutions in the UK and other key markets.
The deal, announced in January, saw Faculty become the first tech unicorn of 2026 after it was bought by Accenture in a deal worth more than $1bn.
With the acquisition completed, Faculty CEO and co-founder Dr Marc Warner has expanded his role to also become chief technology officer of Accenture and join the company’s Global Management Committee.
Julie Sweet, Accenture chair and CEO, said: “Now that Faculty is part of Accenture, we will further advance our strategy to be our clients’ reinvention partner of choice and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI.
“I look forward to working with our new CTO Marc Warner to shape our technology strategy and execution and attract the best talent in the world to meet our clients’ needs.”
The acquisition expands Accenture’s capabilities to help clients reinvent core and critical business processes with safe, secure and outcome-driven AI solutions.
As a result of the acquisition, more than 400 AI-native professionals from Faculty – including highly qualified data scientists and AI engineers – join Accenture to help scale world‑class AI capabilities for clients.
Dr Warner said: “As AI advances rapidly, the next few years will be hugely consequential for the world.
“For any company that isn’t AI-native, thriving will mean a difficult process of adaptation.
“To succeed, they need partners with an unusual set of capabilities: deep technical expertise, plus the ability to deliver transformation at scale.
“Together with Accenture, we have created one of the few organisations in the world equipped to lead this historical transition.”
Faculty is one of Europe’s leading and longest-standing applied AI companies, supporting the scaled and safe adoption of AI by client organisations.
Their PhD-heavy team of technical experts has delivered innovative AI systems for public and private sector organisations in the UK and globally.
For example, Faculty built the UK NHS Early Warning during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Accenture’s chief strategy and services officer Manish Sharma added: “By combining our AI capabilities with Faculty’s highly skilled AI talent and products like FrontierTM, we will help clients safely apply and scale AI to reinvent their operations – connecting data, processes, and people to drive faster value and increase competitiveness.”
Terms of the transaction, which Accenture announced on January 6, were not disclosed.