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Accenture acquires Spanish AI and data firm Keepler to expand capabilities in Spain
Accenture acquired Madrid-based AI and data firm Keepler Data Tech, adding 240 employees across Spain, London, and Lisbon. The deal expands Accenture's AI capabilities in Europe; financial terms were not disclosed.
Accenture Acquires Spanish AI and Data Firm Keepler
Accenture has acquired Keepler Data Tech, a Madrid-based cloud-native AI and data company, to expand its ability to help clients embed AI into core business operations. The deal brings 240 Keepler employees into Accenture, strengthening its position in Spain and across Europe.
Keepler, founded in 2018, builds data strategies and cloud-native foundations for clients, then deploys advanced analytics and generative AI and LLM solutions. The company also works with agentic AI-systems that can operate autonomously to optimize business decisions and automation.
What Keepler brings
The acquisition adds technical architects, data scientists, analysts and software engineers to Accenture's ranks. Keepler's team is based in Madrid, London and Lisbon.
Keepler's approach centers on data analysis, DataOps and MLOps implementation, and embedding AI across enterprises. The company emphasizes ethics, compliance and observability to track how AI systems perform in production.
Strategic fit
Mercedes Oblanca, Accenture's Market Unit Lead for Spain and Portugal, said the acquisition strengthens the firm's end-to-end AI and data capabilities. "By bringing Keepler into Accenture, we further strengthen our agentic AI solutions," she said in a statement.
Keepler CEO Juan María Aramburu framed the deal as an acceleration of the company's mission to turn data and AI into measurable business outcomes at scale.
Accenture has made several AI acquisitions recently, including Faculty, Decho (a Palantir consultancy), RANGR Data, NeuraFlash and Halfspace. Financial terms were not disclosed.