Accenture and Google Cloud announced the formation of the Accenture Gemini Enterprise Business Group, a new joint initiative designed to help enterprises move from AI experimentation to large-scale deployment of Gemini Enterprise and agentic AI technologies.
The new group is part of the broader Accenture Google Business Group and represents a significant joint investment by the companies. It will bring together Gemini Enterprise-certified professionals, forward deployed engineers, specialized Google Cloud engineering talent, and Accenture’s industry and functional expertise.
The initiative is designed to support customers at different stages of their AI and data journeys, ranging from smaller business-unit deployments to enterprise-wide transformation programs.
Accenture currently has nearly 50,000 Google Cloud-skilled professionals. As part of the new business group, the company plans to expand Gemini Enterprise training and certification while establishing a 1,000-person forward deployed engineering workforce.
The group will focus on accelerating adoption of Gemini Enterprise through proprietary implementation frameworks and accelerators, developing repeatable industry-specific solutions, creating dedicated capability centers, and helping organizations drive adoption of AI capabilities across their workforces.
Accenture and Google Cloud said the new structure is intended to reduce the gap between experimental AI projects and production-grade enterprise deployments that can generate measurable business value.
The companies pointed to their work with YouTube as one example of the approach. YouTube partnered with Accenture and Google Cloud to deploy a Gemini Enterprise agent during periods of peak NFL Sunday Ticket demand.
According to the companies, the deployment increased customer sentiment by 11% while reducing average handle time by 37%.
The new business group builds on several existing initiatives between Accenture and Google Cloud, including their Generative and Agentic AI Center of Excellence and the Gemini Enterprise Acceleration Program.
Accenture was also named Google Cloud’s 2026 Global Services Partner of the Year for the fourth consecutive year. The company was additionally recognized as Global Partner of the Year for Artificial Intelligence: Sales & Services and Global Public Sector.
The partnership comes as enterprises increasingly look for ways to move agentic AI systems into production while integrating them with existing data, cloud infrastructure, business processes, and enterprise applications.
Accenture and Google Cloud are positioning the new organization as a way to combine Google Cloud’s AI technology stack with Accenture’s implementation scale, industry knowledge, and enterprise transformation capabilities.
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“The companies seeing the greatest outcomes from AI are unlocking new growth, increasing productivity and resilience, and creating better experiences for their customers and employees. The Accenture Gemini Enterprise Business Group will help clients achieve these outcomes faster, bringing together the talent, advanced AI and data capabilities, and industry expertise needed to reinvent with confidence and create value at scale.”
Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO of Accenture
“Deploying agentic AI is a top priority for enterprises today, and the Accenture Gemini Enterprise Business Group significantly expands the expertise and resources available to help our customers deliver real business value. Building on the success we’ve seen with world’s leading brands, we’re combining Google Cloud’s full-stack AI capabilities with Accenture’s deep industry expertise to deliver transformation at scale.”
Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud
“The formation of the Accenture Gemini Enterprise Business Group reflects an evolution in how leading service providers are structuring their commitment to Google Cloud AI delivery. Everest Group has recognized Accenture as a Leader in Google Cloud services, distinguished by its vision and capabilities to industrialize agentic AI at enterprise scale. This new business group aims to respond directly to growing buyer demand for partners that can support AI-led growth and translate AI investments into production-grade outcomes. It also reflects a broader shift toward deeper, co-investment-driven partnerships as enterprises seek to scale AI transformation.”
Yugal Joshi, Partner at Everest Group
