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Deloitte Launches an AI and Data Accelerator Program With AWS

Deloitte announced a multi-year strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help clients around the world scale their Generative Artificial Intelligence, data and analytics and quantum computing capabilities by using AWS services, such as Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Q and Amazon Braket.

By Priya Khosla July 10, 2024

Source: Deloitte

Together, the two organizations will establish an Innovation Lab, helping clients explore future technologies like artificial general intelligence (AGI), quantum machine learning (ML), and autonomous robotics, and work together to help joint clients innovate and solve industry-specific issues using the capabilities that Generative AI has to offer.

The effort is aligned to Deloitte’s IndustryAdvantage™ initiative, a strategic $2 billion investment to co-innovate with eligible clients and alliances to develop industry-focused solutions. The Innovation Lab will allow Deloitte and AWS engineers to collaborate on building industry-specific solutions across financial services; government and public sector; life sciences and health care; media and telecommunications; consumer; and energy, resources and industrials.

“This initiative will usher the next generation of this promising technology into production and help improve the operational efficiencies of the enterprise,” said Dounia Senawi, chief commercial officer, Deloitte Consulting LLP. “By bringing an industry-specific lens to each of our clients, we are tapping into Deloitte’s IndustryAdvantage™, demonstrating our ability to harness powerful technologies like Generative AI to help increase workforce productivity, create a competitive edge in the market and improve end-customer satisfaction.”

“Customers across industries are seeking to understand the full transformative potential of Generative AI to generate value for their business,” said Ruba Borno, vice president, Global Specialist and Partner Organization, Amazon Web Services. “Our collaboration with Deloitte has accelerated industry innovation with customers by combining technical and industry experience, along with the choice and the flexibility for customers to use a combination of different foundation models for their specific use cases.”

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