Accenture Ventures Invests in Opaque

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) made a strategic investment in Opaque, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a confidential AI platform.

The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

Led by Aaron Fulkerson, CEO, Opaque provides 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.

In addition to the investment, made through Accenture Ventures, the firm intends to embed Opaque’s confidential AI platform into the Accenture AI Refinery and Accenture’s Trusted Data Services.

Working together, Accenture and Opaque will help enterprises use 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 rapidly deploy analytics, ML, and AI agents that can operate within confidential environments and execute complex workflows.

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.

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13/03/2025