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GeekWire’s new AI summit will explore how agents are transforming business and work

We’re excited to announce a new GeekWire event for 2026: β€œAgents of Transformation: Inside the AI Shift.” This half-day summit will be held the afternoon of Tuesday, March 24, in Seattle, exploring how agentic AI is reshaping work, creativity, and leadership.

The event, presented by Accenture, features fireside chats, expert panels, and real-world stories from technology leaders, business execs, and others navigating how AI is changing the way we work and lead, from copilots and automation to the rise of intelligent agents.

Tickets are available now, with discounted early bird rates set to end Feb. 24. Speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.

AI agents is the tech industry’s obsession right now, but there can be a big gap between the pitch and the reality. We’re bringing together people who are in the thick of it to talk candidly about what they’re seeing: breakthroughs, challenges, and what comes next.

The event is part of GeekWire’s longstanding tradition of convening tech, business, and policy leaders for insights and new connections. Hosted at one of our favorite Seattle venues, Block 41, the afternoon will include networking opportunities before, during, and after the program, bringing together founders, executives, and technologists from across the region.

It builds on an ongoing GeekWire editorial series, underwritten by Accenture, spotlighting how startups, developers and tech giants are using intelligent agents to innovate.Β 

For sponsorship opportunities, contact events@geekwire.com.

Details:

  • When: Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 1:30–5:30 p.m.
  • Where: Block 41, 115 Bell St., Seattle
  • Tickets: Early bird pricing is $145 through Feb. 24. Register here or below.

μ•‘μ„ΌμΆ”μ–΄, 영ꡭ AI κΈ°μ—… νŒ¨μ»¬ν‹° 인수···400λͺ… AI μ „λ¬Έκ°€ 확보 및 CTO 체제 λ³€ν™”

μ•‘μ„ΌμΆ”μ–΄κ°€ 영ꡭ AI μŠ€νƒ€νŠΈμ—… νŒ¨μ»¬ν‹°(Faculty)λ₯Ό μΈμˆ˜ν•˜κΈ°λ‘œ ν•©μ˜ν–ˆλ‹€κ³  6일 λ°ν˜”λ‹€. 인수 κΈˆμ•‘μ€ κ³΅κ°œλ˜μ§€ μ•Šμ•˜λ‹€. μ»¨μ„€νŒ… 업계 μ „λ°˜μ΄ AI 전문성을 λΉ λ₯΄κ²Œ κ°•ν™”ν•˜λ €λŠ” μƒν™©μ—μ„œ 이번 κ±°λž˜λŠ” μ£Όλͺ©ν•  λ§Œν•œ μ›€μ§μž„μœΌλ‘œ ν‰κ°€λœλ‹€.

앑센좔어에 λ”°λ₯΄λ©΄ μ˜κ΅­μ— κΈ°λ°˜μ„ λ‘” νŒ¨μ»¬ν‹°μ˜ 직원 400λͺ…은 β€˜AI λ„€μ΄ν‹°λΈŒ μ „λ¬Έκ°€β€™λ‘œ, ν–₯ν›„ μ•‘μ„ΌμΆ”μ–΄μ˜ μ»¨μ„€νŒ… 쑰직에 ν†΅ν•©λœλ‹€. 이λ₯Ό 톡해 μ•‘μ„ΌμΆ”μ–΄λŠ” κ³ κ°μ—κ²Œ β€˜λ†’μ€ μˆ˜μ€€μ˜ AI μ—­λŸ‰β€™μ„ μ œκ³΅ν•  κ³„νšμ΄λ‹€. μ•„μšΈλŸ¬ νŒ¨μ»¬ν‹°μ˜ AI μ˜μ‚¬κ²°μ • μΈν…”λ¦¬μ „μŠ€ ν”Œλž«νΌμΈ β€˜ν”„λŸ°ν‹°μ–΄(Frontier)’도 μ•‘μ„ΌμΆ”μ–΄ λ‚΄λΆ€ μ„œλΉ„μŠ€μ— 톡합할 κ³„νšμ΄λ‹€.

μ•‘μ„ΌμΆ”μ–΄ 회μž₯ κ²Έ 졜고경영자 쀄리 μŠ€μœ„νŠΈλŠ” β€œνŒ¨μ»¬ν‹°μ™€ ν•¨κ»˜ μ‹ λ’°ν•  수 있고 κ³ λ„ν™”λœ AIλ₯Ό 고객 λΉ„μ¦ˆλ‹ˆμŠ€μ˜ ν•΅μ‹¬μœΌλ‘œ κ°€μ Έμ˜€λ €λŠ” μ „λž΅μ„ ν•œμΈ΅ 더 가속할 것”이라고 μ„€λͺ…ν–ˆλ‹€.

이번 μΈμˆ˜μ—μ„œ 이둀적인 점으둜 κΌ½νžˆλŠ” 뢀뢄은 νŒ¨μ»¬ν‹°μ˜ ν˜„ CEO인 마크 μ›Œλ„ˆκ°€ μ•‘μ„ΌμΆ”μ–΄ κΈ€λ‘œλ²Œ κ²½μ˜μœ„μ›νšŒμ— μ΅œκ³ κΈ°μˆ μ±…μž„μž(CTO)둜 ν•©λ₯˜ν•  μ˜ˆμ •μ΄λΌλŠ” 점이닀. 이 λ‚΄μš©μ΄ 확정될 경우, 수백 λͺ… 규λͺ¨μ˜ 기업이 μ „ 세계 μ•½ 80만 λͺ…μ˜ 직원을 λ‘” λŒ€ν˜• μ»¨μ„€νŒ… κΈ°μ—…μ˜ 핡심 μ΄μ‚¬νšŒ 직책을 맑게 λ˜λŠ” μ…ˆμ΄λ‹€.

ν˜„μž¬ μ•‘μ„ΌμΆ”μ–΄λŠ” CTO둜 λΌμ  λ“œλΌ ν”„λΌμ‚¬λ“œλ₯Ό κ³΅μ‹μ μœΌλ‘œ κΈ°μž¬ν•˜κ³  μžˆλ‹€. ν”„λΌμ‚¬λ“œλŠ” κ·Έλ£Ή μ΅œκ³ κ²½μ˜μžβ€“κΈ°μˆ  λΆ€λ¬Έμ΄λΌλŠ” 또 λ‹€λ₯Έ 직책에 μ§‘μ€‘ν•˜κΈ° μœ„ν•΄ CTO μ—­ν• μ—μ„œ λ¬ΌλŸ¬λ‚  κ°€λŠ₯성이 μžˆλŠ” κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ 보인닀. CIO닷컴은 μƒˆλ‘œμš΄ 역할에 λŒ€ν•΄ 앑센좔어와 νŒ¨μ»¬ν‹°μ— 확인을 μš”μ²­ν–ˆμ§€λ§Œ, 기사 μž‘μ„± μ‹œμ κΉŒμ§€ 닡변을 λ°›μ§€ λͺ»ν–ˆλ‹€.

AI 쀑심 재편

전톡적인 기술 κΈ°μ—… μΈμˆ˜λŠ” λŒ€κ°œ νŠΉν—ˆ, μ œν’ˆ, 고객이 μ§€λ‹Œ κ°€μΉ˜μ— μ˜ν•΄ κ²°μ •λœλ‹€. κ·ΈλŸ¬λ‚˜ AI κΈ°μ—…μ˜ 경우 ν˜„μž¬λŠ” 인적 μ „λ¬Έμ„± μ—­μ‹œ 그에 λͺ»μ§€μ•Šκ²Œ μ€‘μš”ν•œ μš”μ†Œλ‘œ λΆ€κ°λ˜κ³  μžˆλ‹€.

νŒ¨μ»¬ν‹°λŠ” μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ μš”μ†Œλ₯Ό λͺ¨λ‘ κ°–μΆ˜ κΈ°μ—…μœΌλ‘œ ν‰κ°€λœλ‹€. νŒ¨μ»¬ν‹°λŠ” 2014λ…„ λ‹Ήμ‹œ ν•˜λ²„λ“œλŒ€ μ–‘μžλ¬Όλ¦¬ν•™ μ—°κ΅¬μ›μ΄λ˜ 마크 μ›Œλ„ˆκ°€ ASI 데이터 μ‚¬μ΄μ–ΈμŠ€λΌλŠ” μ΄λ¦„μœΌλ‘œ 곡동 μ„€λ¦½ν–ˆλ‹€. 이후 2019λ…„ 사λͺ…을 νŒ¨μ»¬ν‹°λ‘œ λ³€κ²½ν–ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŠ” μŠ€μΊ”λ“€λ‘œ λ…Όλž€μ΄ 된 μΌ€μž„λΈŒλ¦¬μ§€ μ• λ„λ¦¬ν‹°μΉ΄μ˜ λͺ¨κΈ°μ—… SCL 그룹을 톡해 λ™μΌν•œ 인턴십 ν”„λ‘œκ·Έλž¨μ— μ°Έμ—¬ν–ˆλ‹€λŠ” 의혹과 거리λ₯Ό 두기 μœ„ν•œ μ‹œλ„μ˜€λ˜ κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ ν•΄μ„λœλ‹€. νŒ¨μ»¬ν‹° 츑은 ν•΄λ‹Ή μ˜ν˜Ήμ„ κ°•ν•˜κ²Œ 뢀인해 μ™”λ‹€.

이후 νŒ¨μ»¬ν‹°λŠ” 영ꡭ μ •λΆ€μ™€μ˜ ν˜‘μ—…μ„ 톡해 곡곡 λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œμ˜ ν”„λ‘œμ νŠΈ μˆ˜ν–‰ κ²½ν—˜μ„ μΆ•μ ν–ˆλ‹€. λŒ€ν‘œμ μœΌλ‘œ μ½”λ‘œλ‚˜19 팬데믹 κΈ°κ°„ λ™μ•ˆ 병원 μž…μ› μˆ˜μš”μ™€ 인곡호흑기 ν•„μš”λŸ‰μ„ μ˜ˆμΈ‘ν•˜λŠ” 데 ν™œμš©λœ NHS μ‘°κΈ°κ²½λ³΄μ‹œμŠ€ν…œ(EWS) ꡬ좕에 μ°Έμ—¬ν–ˆλ‹€.

이 같은 이λ ₯은 졜근 μ•‘μ„ΌμΆ”μ–΄μ˜ λ°©ν–₯성과도 λ§žλ¬Όλ¦°λ‹€. μ•‘μ„ΌμΆ”μ–΄λŠ” μ§€λ‚œ 1λ…„κ°„ AI μ€‘μ‹¬μ˜ 쑰직 κ°œνŽΈμ„ μ§„ν–‰ν•΄ μ™”λ‹€. μ§€λ‚œ 6μ›”μ—λŠ” λ‹€μ„― 개 사업뢀λ₯Ό β€˜λ¦¬μΈλ²€μ…˜ μ„œλΉ„μŠ€(Reinvention Services)β€™λΌλŠ” 단일 쑰직으둜 ν†΅ν•©ν•˜λ©° β€˜AI μ‹œλŒ€λ₯Ό μœ„ν•œ μžμ‚¬ μž¬μ°½μ‘°β€™ μ „λž΅μ„ μΆ”μ§„ν–ˆλ‹€. 이와 λ™μ‹œμ— 직원듀을 β€˜λ¦¬μΈλ²€ν„°β€™λΌκ³  λΆ€λ₯΄κΈ° μ‹œμž‘ν–ˆλ‹€.

μ•‘μ„ΌμΆ”μ–΄λŠ” μ˜€ν”ˆAI와 μ•€νŠΈλ‘œν”½κ³Όμ˜ ν˜‘λ ₯도 κ΅¬μΆ•ν–ˆλ‹€. 이λ₯Ό 톡해 수만 λͺ…μ˜ 직원이 두 κΈ°μ—…μ˜ 챗봇과 μ—μ΄μ „νŠΈν˜• κΈ°μˆ μ„ ν™œμš©ν•˜κ³  이λ₯Ό ν™•μ‚°ν•˜λŠ” κ΅μœ‘μ„ λ°›κ²Œ 될 μ˜ˆμ •μ΄λ‹€.

μŠ€μœ„νŠΈλŠ” 이번 인수 λ°œν‘œμ™€ ν•¨κ»˜ β€œμš°λ¦¬λŠ” μ„Έκ³„μ—μ„œ κ°€μž₯ AI에 κΈ°λ°˜ν•œ, 고객 μ€‘μ‹¬μ˜ μ „λ¬Έ μ„œλΉ„μŠ€ 기업이 되기 μœ„ν•œ ν”Œλ ˆμ΄λΆμ„ λ§Œλ“€μ–΄κ°€κ³  μžˆλ‹€β€λΌκ³  μ–ΈκΈ‰ν–ˆλ‹€.
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Accenture to acquire UK AI startup Faculty

Accenture has announced that it has agreed to acquire UK AI startup Faculty for an undisclosed sum, a potentially significant move in a consultancy sector currently scrambling to add greater artificial intelligence expertise.

According to Accenture, Faculty’s UK-based workforce of 400 β€œAI native professionals” will be integrated with its consulting teams, allowing the company to offer its customer base β€œworld‑class AI capabilities.” The company will also integrate Faculty’s AI decision intelligence platform, Frontier, into its services.

β€œWith Faculty, we will further accelerate our strategy to bring trusted, advanced AI to the heart of our clients’ businesses,” commented Accenture chair and CEO, Julie Sweet.

One detail that marks the acquisition as unusual is that Faculty’s current CEO, Marc Warner, will reportedly join Accenture’s Global Management Committee as chief technology officer (CTO). If confirmed, this means that a company employing a few hundred people will take a key board position in a huge consulting outfit with nearly 800,000 employees worldwide.

Accenture still lists its CTO as Rajendra Prasad, who will presumably step back from this role to focus on his other day job as the company’s Group Chief Executive – Technology. CIO.com contacted Accenture and Faculty to confirm the new roles, but had no response by publication time.

AI reinvention

Traditional tech acquisitions are usually motivated by the value offered by a company’s patents, products and customers. With AI companies, just as important right now is human expertise.

Faculty offers all of these. Co-founded in 2014 as ASI Data Science by then Harvard quantum physics research fellow Warner, it was renamed Faculty in 2019. This might have been an attempt to disassociate it from allegations, which it strenuously denied, that it was part of the same internship program as scandal-hit company Cambridge Analytica, through the latter’s parent company, SCL Group.

Since then, Faculty has established a solid reputation through its work with the UK government, including the creation of an NHS Early Warning System (EWS) system used to predict hospital admissions and ventilator requirements during the Covid pandemic.

This dovetails well with Accenture’s direction; it has spent the last year undergoing an AI makeover. In June, the company folded five business units into a single division, Reinvention Services, as part of a plan to β€œre-invent Itself for the Age of AI.” At the same time, it started calling its employees β€œreinventors”.

The company has also formed alliances with OpenAI and Anthropic which will see tens of thousands of its employees trained to use and promote both companies’ chatbot and agentic technologies.

β€œWe are writing the playbook for how to be the most AI-enabled, client-focused professional services company in the world,” said Accenture CEO Sweet in this week’s announcement of the acquisition.

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