Accenture Federal Services and OpenAI announced a strategic collaboration to help U.S. federal agencies adopt and scale artificial intelligence technologies. The partnership aims to move agencies from AI experimentation to production-ready deployment, according to a company statement.

The collaboration builds on Accenture's existing partnership with OpenAI and focuses on the federal government market. Accenture Federal Services will serve as an OpenAI Implementation Partner, helping agencies design, deploy and govern AI platforms across missions and systems.

The partnership includes several key components: an Agentic Lab at Accenture Federal's facility called The Forge, where agencies can test AI workflows; OpenAI-trained solution architects; and FedRAMP-aligned implementation pathways for OpenAI technologies across various security certification levels.

Accenture Federal Services plans to provide its 15,000 professionals with access to OpenAI's models, including giving over 3,000 practitioners access to Codex development tools and 1,500 practitioners access to ChatGPT Enterprise.

"As AI continues to grow and dominate as a core infrastructure for government, agencies can no longer afford slow, siloed adoption," said Ron Ash, CEO of Accenture Federal Services.

Joe Larson, OpenAI's VP for Government, stated the collaboration provides "a faster, safer path to turn AI into real operational impact" for government agencies.

The partnership leverages OpenAI's FedRAMP authorization for ChatGPT Enterprise and the OpenAI API Platform. Accenture Federal Services is a subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN) that serves government clients.