Unilever and Accenture Collaborate on Next Generation AI
05 Dezembro 2023 - 9:59AM
Business Wire
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is joining forces with Unilever, the
consumer goods multinational—whose 400+ brands are used by 3.4
billion people every day—as part of a strategic initiative to
leverage Unilever's AI research and implementation of technologies
that enhance productivity, drive efficiencies, and accelerate
disruptive and AI-powered innovations at scale.
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Accenture is joining forces with
Unilever, the consumer goods multinational—whose 400+ brands are
used by 3.4 billion people every day—as part of a strategic
initiative to leverage Unilever's AI research and implementation of
technologies that enhance productivity, drive efficiencies, and
accelerate disruptive and AI-powered innovations at scale. (Photo:
Business Wire)
The work will kick-off from Unilever’s global AI Lab “Horizon3
Labs,” recently opened in Toronto—a city recognized for its
concentration of AI expertise and home to one of Accenture’s six
Gen AI studios in North America.
The two companies will explore new applications to scale
generative AI; for example, assets from Accenture’s AI Navigator or
its proprietary “switchboard,” which allows a user to select a
combination of models to address the unique business context.
“This collaboration builds on our relationship of more than
three decades with Unilever, which continues to raise the bar as a
digital powerhouse and industry leader,” said Julie Sweet, chair
and CEO, Accenture. “The combination of Horizon3 Labs’ disruptive
innovation with Accenture’s deep expertise and strong ecosystem
partnerships will help Unilever scale AI and generative AI more
rapidly and responsibly across its business and discover new
pathways to value.”
“We are excited about building on our long-standing partnership
with Accenture to step up our innovation agenda and drive value for
our consumers, retailers, and distributors. Horizon3 Labs is a
unique platform for collaboration and co-creation, and we look
forward to working with Accenture and other partners to take our
investment in AI to a new level,” said Steve McCrystal, chief
enterprise and technology officer, Unilever.
This initiative will leverage the industry solutions and
accelerators within Accenture’s previously announced $3 billion
investment in data and AI. As part of these efforts, Accenture will
connect Unilever with its top data and AI experts, and help
capitalize on Accenture’s ecosystem partnerships, ventures, and
strategic investments within its Center for Advanced AI, which
includes more than 1,450 pending and issued patents in Accenture’s
AI solutions and learnings from more than 300 generative AI
projects.
About Accenture Accenture is a leading global
professional services company that helps the world’s leading
businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital
core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and
enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and
scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 733,000
people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at
the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in
helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We
combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry
experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We
are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad
range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy &
Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song.
These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and
commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients
succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our
success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other,
our shareholders, partners, and communities. Visit us at
www.accenture.com.
About Unilever Unilever is one of the world’s leading
suppliers of Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care,
Nutrition and Ice Cream products, with sales in over 190 countries
and products used by 3.4 billion people every day. We have 127,000
employees and generated sales of €60.1 billion in 2022.
Our vision is to be the global leader in sustainable business
and to demonstrate how our purpose-led, future-fit business model
drives superior performance. We have a long tradition of being a
progressive, responsible business.
The Unilever Compass, our global sustainable business strategy,
is set out to help us deliver superior performance and drive
sustainable and responsible growth, while aiming to:
improve the health of the planet; improve people's health,
confidence and wellbeing; and contribute to a fairer and more
socially inclusive world.
For more information about Unilever and our brands, please visit
www.unilever.com.
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