Accenture Invests in OPAQUE to Advance Confidential AI and Data Solutions
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Accenture has made a strategic investment in OPAQUE, a provider of a confidential AI platform that empowers organizations to run cloud-scale, general purpose AI workloads using encrypted data and governed data sharing, with a focus on privacy, sovereignty and compliance. (Graphic: Business Wire)
A recent survey by Accenture of 2,300 business leaders found that nearly all (97%) said they believe that generative AI is a “game-changing” technology worthy of long-term investment. However, 48% said their organizations lacked enough high-quality data to operationalize their generative AI initiatives.
In addition to this investment, Accenture also intends to embed OPAQUE’s confidential AI platform into the
“AI is only as good as the data it learns from, but privacy concerns have held businesses back from fully using more sensitive datasets,” said
Working together, Accenture and OPAQUE will help enterprises use their most valuable and sensitive data for AI-driven insights, aiding the development of AI-powered customer intelligence, autonomous decision-making, and operational efficiency—all without sacrificing security. Enterprises can more rapidly deploy analytics, ML, and AI agents that can operate within confidential environments and execute complex workflows.
“OPAQUE is unlocking the power of data that has been locked away for too long. Enterprises can finally move fast without breaking security,” said
“The future of AI will be built on privacy and trust, and our investment in OPAQUE is a pivotal move as we recognize the immense value in confidential AI platforms,” said
OPAQUE will also join Accenture Ventures’ Project Spotlight, a vertical accelerator for data and AI companies. Project Spotlight offers extensive access to Accenture’s domain expertise and its enterprise clients, helping startups harness creativity and deliver on the promise of their technology.
Terms of the investment were not disclosed.
About Accenture
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About OPAQUE
OPAQUE is a confidential AI platform developed by world-renowned researchers at the Berkeley RISELab. The platform empowers organizations to run cloud-scale, general-purpose AI workloads on encrypted data, supporting popular languages and frameworks such as Python and Spark. OPAQUE enables governed data sharing with cryptographic verification of privacy and sovereignty, allowing customers to deploy high-performance AI and innovate more efficiently.
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Source: Accenture