{"id":1044099,"date":"2026-10-16T10:53:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1044099"},"modified":"2026-10-16T10:53:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:23:52","slug":"as-accenture-expands-its-ai-and-data-workforce-to-nearly-110000-from-40000-ceo-julie-sweet-says-that-the-company-is-absorbing-ai-efficiencies-in-its","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/10\/16\/as-accenture-expands-its-ai-and-data-workforce-to-nearly-110000-from-40000-ceo-julie-sweet-says-that-the-company-is-absorbing-ai-efficiencies-in-its\/","title":{"rendered":"As Accenture expands its AI and data workforce to nearly 110,000 from 40,000, CEO Julie Sweet says that the company is absorbing AI efficiencies in its &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Accenture is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) and data workforce as it prepares for the next phase of growth, but the technology is also helping the IT services giant improve productivity internally. Accenture CEO Julie Sweet says the company is already absorbing AI-driven efficiencies in its business, even as clients remain cautious about spending. Speaking at the company\u2019s investor day, Julie Sweet said: \u201cWe&#8217;re absorbing AI efficiencies in our business. We also have a macro that&#8217;s contributing to a challenging spending environment, and as we look forward, what we actually achieve will, of course, reflect what&#8217;s happening in the macro\u201d. \u201cBut we&#8217;re not waiting for a meaningful tailwind,\u201d Sweet added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accenture is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) and data workforce as it prepares for the next phase of growth, but the technology is also helping the IT services giant improve productivity internally. Accenture CEO Julie Sweet says the company is already absorbing AI-driven efficiencies in its business, even as clients remain cautious about spending. Speaking at the company\u2019s investor day, Julie Sweet said: \u201cWe&#8217;re absorbing AI efficiencies in our business. We also have a macro that&#8217;s contributing to a challenging spending environment, and as we look forward, what we actually achieve will, of course, reflect what&#8217;s happening in the macro\u201d. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1044099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1044099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1044100,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044099\/revisions\/1044100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1044099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1044099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1044099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}