Accenture invests in YearOne to accelerate global digital development
NEW YORK and MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES — Global consulting giant Accenture has announced an investment in YearOne, a rising provider of AI-powered orchestration platforms for software teams.
Accenture Ventures is leading the collaboration, which aims to accelerate digital product design and delivery by leveraging real-time data, coaching, and performance optimization.
“AI-driven visibility is essential for modern engineering teams. It’s not just about making software development more efficient; it’s about empowering teams to learn and grow by providing clear insights,” said Tom Lounibos, global lead for Accenture Ventures.
“YearOne’s platform can provide organizations with the clarity needed to develop innovative capabilities and strategic vision to move forward with confidence and purpose.”
YearOne’s platform turns chaos into leverage
YearOne’s platform integrates data streams from existing engineering tools, surfacing actionable insights that help organizations pinpoint bottlenecks, skill gaps, and productivity challenges. This approach enables high-performance teams to operate with greater precision and reduces time lost to rework and fragmented workflows.
“AI is flooding the stack with shortcuts and surface-level output. The challenge businesses face today isn’t speed—it’s precision. It’s preserving engineering craft in a world that’s optimizing faster than it’s understanding,” said Stephen Ajayi, founder and CEO of YearOne.
“We see engineering organizations that are rich in signal—but buried in noise. Through our platform, we aim to provide teams the clarity and control to turn that chaos into leverage.”
Through intelligent recommendations and targeted coaching, YearOne helps teams rebalance deep work, meeting time, and delivery focus—improving both software outcomes and developer growth.
Accenture Song pilots YearOne to boost team efficiency
Accenture Song, Accenture’s creative and technology arm, is already piloting YearOne’s system to benchmark engineering performance and uncover opportunities for efficiency gains and team upskilling.
Dan Garrison, CTO at Accenture Song, remarked, “The platform can simultaneously improve digital product software development while also upskilling teams—helping people deliver faster and more accurately. This is the collaborative nature of humans and AI that we envision will benefit talent and innovation.”
YearOne will join Accenture Ventures’ Project Spotlight accelerator, which will provide it with access to Accenture’s extensive network and expertise, thereby scaling its reach.
Accenture expands, YearOne gains global reach
Accenture operates in more than 120 countries and boasts a workforce of approximately 791,000. The company provides services spanning Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X, and Song. It generated $17.7 billion in revenue last quarter.
After two years on top, Accenture dropped to rank #2 in the OA500 2025, an objective index of the world’s top 500 outsourcing companies.
Meanwhile, YearOne, co-founded by brothers Stephen and Sam Ajayi, emerged from Techstars and is backed by Abstraction Capital and others. The company activates the modern software stack into unified, AI-driven operational intelligence, supporting organizations across the U.S. and abroad.
