Thoughtworks and Teneo Launch an AI-Focused Joint Venture

The joint venture announced by Thoughtworks and Teneo marks the dawn of a new era in AI. It reimagines strategic consulting as a practice that is natively powered by artificial intelligence, with the ability to design, develop, and operate digital platforms to turn insights into concrete, immediate action.

The joint venture combines Teneo’s expertise in strategic consulting (with clients such as Coca-Cola, UBS, and FIFA) with that of Thoughtworks, which has more than 10,000 engineers and deep expertise in design, product engineering, data, and AI. The goal is to enable companies to respond in real time and quickly realize value from their AI investments, delivering results in a matter of weeks or months rather than years.

For example, a manufacturing company can anticipate machine breakdowns by continuously analyzing production data. Artificial intelligence can detect early warning signs, alert teams before a problem occurs, and recommend preventive rather than reactive measures.

“AI-driven transformation only works if strategy, culture, and execution move forward together. This joint venture combines high-level consulting with operational implementation. In three days, we can align teams around new concepts. In three weeks, we can develop a prototype. In three months, we can deploy a system into production,” said Mike Sutcliff, CEO of Thoughtworks.

The joint venture is based in New York, with offices in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. It is now fully operational, supported by Thoughtworks’ ecosystem of technology partners, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, NVIDIA, and Microsoft.

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