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Big Four team with startups for one-stop AI transition packages

Big Four team with startups for one-stop AI transition packages
Big Four tap startups to offer one-stop AI transition packages · livemint.com

Four very big companies that help other companies with their business plans are called the Big Four.

Their names are KPMG, PwC, EY, and Deloitte.

They have noticed that many companies in India want to use artificial intelligence, which is a type of computer technology that can learn and do tasks.

Building great AI technology is hard, so the Big Four are making friends with small technology companies called startups.

Startups are newer companies that are very good at one special thing.

Together, they offer companies an all-in-one package: AI tools, updates to computer systems, and help for workers.

This is a good deal for everyone because startups get new customers, the Big Four get cool technology, and companies get a trusted helper.

One startup that makes AI agents has already brought in ten big companies as customers.

When companies want new technology, the Big Four can act like a trusted guide that finds the best helpers for them.

Key facts

Firms involved
KPMG, PwC, EY, Deloitte
Package contents
Agentic AI, technology overhauls, workplace transformation
EY India AI startup ecosystem
Over 100 startups
RVAI Global results
10 large enterprises signed in less than two quarters
RVAI Global profile
18-month-old agentic AI firm; Big Four collaboration began about 5 months before reporting
Darwinbox partnership
Signed with three of the Big Four about 3-4 years ago
Contract ownership
Consulting firm owns the contract
Compensation factors
IP ownership, delivery responsibility, risk allocation

Quotes

Sudeepta Veerapaneni

Partner and Chief Innovation Officer, Deloitte India

“The rationale is straightforward. No single firm, however large, can build deep, cutting-edge capability across every emerging technology domain internally, “Partnering with focused, specialist startups lets us plug proven innovation into enterprise‑grade delivery.””
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