Accenture to acquire Bengaluru-based AI company Flutura

Accenture said on Tuesday it would acquire Flutura, an industrial artificial intelligence company based in Bengaluru.

About 110 Flutura professionals specialize in industrial data science services for manufacturers and other asset-intensive companies.

Accenture plans to bring Flutura's capabilities to clients in the energy, chemicals, metals, mining, and pharmaceutical industries.

"Flutura democratizes AI for engineers. This acquisition will power industrial AI-led transformation for our clients globally and particularly in Australia, South-East Asia, Japan, Africa, India, Latin America and the Middle East," Senthil Ramani, senior managing director and Accenture Applied Intelligence lead for Growth Markets, said.

Last year, Accenture acquired data science company ALBERT in Japan.

Other recent AI acquisitions of Accenture include Analytics8 in Australia, Sentelis in France, Bridgei2i and Byte Prophecy in India, Pragsis Bidoop in Spain Mudano in the UK and Clarity Insights in the US.