Accenture Teams Up with OpenAI and Snowflake to Accelerate AI Adoption

Global professional services giant Accenture is aggressively doubling down on its artificial intelligence strategy, announcing major back-to-back partnerships with OpenAI and data cloud company Snowflake. The dual moves, unveiled earlier this week, are designed to fast-track the adoption of "agentic" AI and data transformation for large enterprises, signaling a new phase in the corporate race to operationalize generative AI.

The announcements come as Accenture reports that 85% of C-suite leaders plan to increase their AI investments in 2025, with a clear shift in focus from mere experimentation to tangible revenue growth.

The "Accenture Snowflake Business Group"
In a significant expansion of their long-standing relationship, Accenture and Snowflake launched the Accenture Snowflake Business Group. This dedicated unit aims to help companies build the robust data foundations necessary to run advanced AI models, leveraging Accenture's AI Refinery platform alongside Snowflake's Cortex AI.

The initiative will be supported by the industry's largest pool of 5,000 SnowPro-certified professionals and will involve a joint investment in a global "Center of Excellence" to co-create custom solutions for clients.

"The Accenture Snowflake Business Group combines Accenture's industry-leading business reinvention experience with Snowflake's enterprise-ready, easy, connected, and trusted platform," said Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO of Snowflake.

The partnership is already yielding results for industrial heavyweights like Caterpillar, which is using the joint services to unlock operational data for better manufacturing and financial insights.

OpenAI and the Rise of "Agentic" AI
Simultaneously, Accenture announced a deepened collaboration with OpenAI to bring "agentic AI systems"—autonomous software that can act on behalf of users—into the core of enterprise business.

As part of this agreement, Accenture will equip tens of thousands of its own professionals with ChatGPT Enterprise, using the tool to streamline its internal consulting and delivery operations. This massive internal deployment is intended to serve as a testing ground for best practices that can then be exported to clients.

"By combining OpenAI breakthrough technologies with Accenture's deep industry and functional expertise... we will accelerate enterprise reinvention and business outcomes for our clients," stated Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO of Accenture.

The collaboration will focus on key corporate functions such as customer service, supply chain, and finance, helping legacy organizations turn static processes into dynamic, AI-powered workflows.

Moving from Pilot to Production
Both partnerships underscore a critical shift in the market: companies are no longer just "playing" with AI chatbots; they are rebuilding their entire infrastructure to support them.

By securing exclusive access to talent and technology from both the model maker (OpenAI) and the data holder (Snowflake), Accenture is positioning itself as the essential bridge for the Fortune 500 to cross the chasm from AI hype to AI reality.