Google Cloud races to catch up in the AI deployment wars with Accenture deal

Google Cloud and Accenture are working together on a joint unit dedicated to sending engineers into enterprises to help them better adopt Google's AI tools and services. The new unit, dubbed Accenture Gemini Enterprise Business Group, is Google's latest foray into the increasingly competitive world of 'forward-deployed engineers,' or FDEs. Rivals in the AI race, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Amazon, have all recently launched separate business units in a bet that implementing AI models can become its own trillion-dollar business. It's the kind of bet AI companies and hyperscalers increasingly need to make. Hyperscalers are committing hundreds of billions of dollars a year to GPUs, data centers, and power capacity even as the revenue directly attributable to AI remains a fraction of that investment. Google Cloud generated $24.8 billion in the second quarter, a big chunk of which was driven by enterprise AI. But the commitments... Copyright of this story solely belongs to techcrunch.com. To see the full text click HERE