Accenture Ventures

“And so we pick 10 to 15 companies a year, enterprise technology, these days everything is data and AI, that we feel like are going to be unique and differentiated.”

“I do think this is more of a momentum shift and a more permanent shift versus something that's going to swing back and forth.”

“At Accenture Ventures, as an example, we invested in Sanctuary AI, which is one of those companies that is building towards humanoid robots.”

“We are the six person investment team that drives all of the investments that Accenture does into emerging technology companies.”

“I think what matters is expertise. And so your ability to deliver value to that person by bringing them a perspective or an insight that they hadn't had before, that's what makes you special. And it doesn't matter if you're 16 years old or 66 years old.”

“For every investment we do, the head of that business group, so whoever is supporting that at a global management committee level, agrees to sponsor that investment.”

“If you're going to try to sell to the largest companies in the world, the whole company from product to sales to engineering kind of has to be strategically aligned to make that happen because it can be so grueling.”

“The underlying intelligence and model is being commoditized, right, then where is differentiation going to come? How do you build defensibility as a founder? If it's not the model, which for 90% of folks it isn't, then it is either the data you're bringing to …”