How Deloitte, Nvidia & Oracle are Driving Enterprise Gen AI

With generative AI (Gen AI) reshaping industries at breakneck speed, Deloitte has unveiled a groundbreaking ‘AI Factory as a Service’ solution, offering organisations a comprehensive suite of capabilities designed to simplify the complex process of integrating advanced AI into their operations.

At its core, AI Factory as a Service is a response to a growing challenge in the business world. As Nitin Mittal, Deloitte’s Global AI Leader, puts it, leaders across industries are “eager and ready to upgrade their workflows - but just don't know where to start”. 

Deloitte’s solution aims to bridge this gap by leveraging partners with Nvidia and Oracle. The result is a holistic, end-to-end platform that combines Deloitte’s industry knowledge with cutting-edge AI technology. By incorporating Nvidia’s AI Enterprise software, NIM Agent Blueprints and accelerated computing infrastructure, alongside Oracle’s enterprise AI stack, Deloitte has created a powerhouse of AI capabilities accessible to businesses of all sizes.

Deloitte AI solution: Reducing time to market and enabling competitive advantage

One of the most compelling aspects of AI Factory as a Service is its potential to significantly reduce time-to-market for AI implementations. In an era where first-mover advantage can translate to substantial competitive edges, the platform provides pre-configured AI software and custom use cases, allowing organisations to bypass many of the time-consuming setup processes typically associated with AI deployment.

Justin Boitano, Vice President of AI Software Products at Nvidia, highlights the practical applications of this technology, explaining that enterprises can use the platform to deploy a catalogue of reference AI workflows, along with microservices and frameworks that accelerate core Gen AI applications.

“Across industries, businesses are eager to operationalise Gen AI with tools that improve productivity and enhance customer service,” he explains. “Enterprises can use Deloitte AI Factory as a Service to deploy the Nvidia NIM Agent Blueprints catalog of reference AI workflows, along with Nvidia NIM microservices and the Nvidia NeMo framework – all included in the Nvidia AI Enterprise platform – to accelerate core Generative AI applications.”

Greg Pavlik, EVP, AI and Data Management Services at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, emphasises that the solution is deployable across various cloud environments. “By integrating the Nvidia AI platform of accelerated infrastructure and AI software such as NIM microservices, NeMo framework and NIM Agent Blueprints, with Oracle’s enterprise-grade AI solutions, Deloitte’s AI Factory as a Service delivers flexibility, control and scalability,” he says. “The offering, deployable across a range of cloud environments, including OCI Dedicated Region, Oracle Alloy, Oracle Sovereign Cloud and Oracle Government Cloud, empowers businesses to maximise their AI investments while safeguarding sensitive data.”

Indeed, data governance and security are key differentiators for Deloitte’s offering. In a market where concerns about AI ethics and data privacy are essential, the inclusion of Deloitte’s Trustworthy AI framework provides a governance structure that could help allay fears about the responsible use of AI technologies.

Beyond its technical capabilities, AI Factory as a Service also addresses the issue of AI talent scarcity. By providing access to AI architects, product managers and industry experts, the solution offers guidance through the implementation process – a valuable resource for businesses struggling to attract and retain AI talent in a fiercely competitive job market.

Since introducing its Gen AI practice in 2023, Deloitte has been expanding its AI offerings, including rolling out purpose-specific LLMs across its own enterprise. Furthermore, Deloitte has announced it is investing more than US$2bn in global technology learning and development initiatives, with a particular focus on AI skills.

The vision for the future of enterprise AI adoption, Nitin Mittal highlights, is clear: “From strategy and design to deployment and optimisation, AI Factory as a Service was built to help organizations accomplish faster time to value,” he says. “And with integrations from Nvidia and Oracle, we're enabling companies in any industry to design their optimal mix of capabilities for customised, end-to-end solutions.”

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