India, Dec. 11 -- Accenture and Anthropic have announced a multi-year partnership that aims to help enterprises shift from small AI pilots to full-scale deployments. The move includes a dedicated Accenture Anthropic Business Group, fresh investment in AI talent, and new tools to help CIOs accelerate software development.

Announced on December 11, the partnership positions Anthropic as one of Accenture's most strategic AI collaborators. About 30,000 Accenture professionals will be trained to work with Claude, Anthropic's family of foundation models. These teams will support clients who want to build or scale AI systems without having to assemble internal expertise from scratch.

Julie Sweet, chair and CEO of Accenture, said the expansion ...