--- title: "&above vs Faculty AI | &above" canonical_url: "https://www.andabove.com/compare/andabove-vs-faculty-ai" last_updated: "2026-11-08T20:20:12.252Z" meta: description: "Compare &above and Faculty AI: team size, ownership, platforms and public sector work, with every fact sourced and dated. See which AI partner fits." "og:description": "Compare &above and Faculty AI: team size, ownership, platforms and public sector work, with every fact sourced and dated. See which AI partner fits." "og:title": "&above vs Faculty AI" "twitter:description": "Compare &above and Faculty AI: team size, ownership, platforms and public sector work, with every fact sourced and dated. See which AI partner fits." "twitter:title": "&above vs Faculty AI" --- # &above [&above](https://www.andabove.com/index.md) [Work](https://www.andabove.com/work.md) [Services](https://www.andabove.com/services.md) [Agent Mesh](https://www.andabove.com/agent-mesh.md) [Feed](https://www.andabove.com/feed.md) [About](https://www.andabove.com/about.md) [Contact](https://www.andabove.com/contact.md) --- # &above vs Faculty AI Two very different ways to buy AI delivery. Every fact below is sourced and dated, including the ones that do not flatter us. Published 3 Nov 2026 · Facts checked 3 Nov 2026 · By Josh King, CTO & Co-Founder ## &above Independent AI consultancy and product development. Embedded engineers, product and design inside your team. - Size: 25 people - Founded: 2018 - Owner: Independent - Own platform: Agent Mesh, owned by the client ## Faculty AI Part of Accenture AI strategy, design, infrastructure, development, operations and change, plus its own Frontier platform. - Size: 400+ AI native professionals joined Accenture - Founded: 2014 - Owner: Accenture, since 16 March 2026 - Own platform: Frontier, a decision intelligence platform Built with teams at: Google, YouTube, Revolut, Tesco, dataiku, Sage, choreograph, SMARTLY.IO ## Faculty is now Accenture's AI arm. &above is a small independent team that builds inside yours. Faculty has been part of Accenture since 16 March 2026. It offers AI strategy, design, infrastructure, development, operations and change, builds its own Frontier platform, and suits large, high-stakes AI programmes, especially in government, defence and health. &above suits product and tech teams who want AI products built with embedded engineers, product and design. Which fits better depends on the size of the programme and who you want working inside your team. ## Head to head comparison Only the facts we have checked and dated. Every source is listed further down the page. ### Size - &above: 25 people - Faculty AI: More than 400 'AI native professionals' joined Accenture with Faculty on 16 March 2026 ### Founded - &above: 2018 - Faculty AI: 2014 ### Location - &above: 1st Floor, The Binary, 27 Copperfield St, London SE1 0EN - Faculty AI: Level 5, 160 Old Street, London EC1V 9BW ### Owner or parent company - &above: Independent - Faculty AI: Part of Accenture since 16 March 2026 ### What they build, in their own words - &above: AI consultancy and product development: we automate the workflows your team runs every week, and build the AI products your customers use - Faculty AI: Core services in AI Strategy, AI Design, AI Infrastructure, AI Development, AI Operations and AI Change, plus specialist AI Due Diligence and AI Safety ### Public sector work - &above: None - Faculty AI: Lists public services, defence, national security and law enforcement, and health and care among the 12 sectors it serves ### Own products or platforms - &above: Agent Mesh, a connected agent framework deployed as a service and owned by the client - Faculty AI: Frontier, a 'Decision Intelligence platform' ## Where each one is genuinely stronger ### &above - Product and design in the same team: Our AI Product Squads put designers, engineers and product managers in one embedded team, to shape what to build from the outcome you need and ship it to production. - A team that grows with the scope: Engagements start with forward-deployed engineers against a scoped workflow and expand into a full AI Product Squad once the scope proves out. - Agent Mesh, deployed as a service: A connected agent framework our AI engineers deploy and run inside your business. Your knowledge, your workflows, your IP to keep. - You own what we build: Portable across model providers and extendable by your own team, so the capability transfers in-house over time. ### Faculty AI - Government, defence and health: Faculty built the NHS Covid Early Warning System, and lists public services, defence, national security and law enforcement, and health and care among the sectors it serves. &above has no public sector work. - Specialist AI safety work: AI Safety and AI Due Diligence are specialist services at Faculty, alongside its six core AI services. &above does not offer either as a separate service. - Its own platform: Faculty builds Frontier, which it calls a Decision Intelligence platform, and Accenture says Frontier joins its product suite. &above builds on the stack that suits each client and does not sell a platform. - Accenture behind it: Faculty has been part of Accenture since 16 March 2026, and more than 400 AI native professionals joined Accenture with it. For a buyer who wants an AI team inside a global firm, that is what Faculty now offers. - Training at scale: Faculty's Fellowship programme says it has trained more than 500 Fellows. ## When to choose each ### Choose &above if - You're a product or tech team that wants an AI product built and shipped, with engineering, product and design in one embedded team. - You have a scoped workflow and want senior engineers in your team to automate it, with the capability passing to your people as it ships. - You want to test the idea with an AI Launchpad workshop or a proof of concept before a larger build. - You want to own what we build: your roadmap, your IP and your system. ### Choose Faculty AI if - You run a large AI programme in government, defence, national security or health. - You want specialist AI safety or AI due diligence work. - You want a decision intelligence platform such as Frontier as part of the work. - You already buy from Accenture and want AI delivery through the same firm. ### When we're not the right fit - A regulated, multi-country programme that needs a global firm. - Public sector work: we have not done any. ## How an engagement works with us Three steps, from a fixed-scope workshop to an embedded squad. 01 AI Launchpad workshop: A fixed-scope workshop to validate value before a larger build. 02 Proof of concept: Built on sample data, so the approach is tested before the investment. 03 Embedded squad: Delivery that ships working software from the first sprints. ## Featured work ### Google Cloud - Enterprise agents that find the next deal. Thousands of sellers, products and sales decks. Now sellers turn to an AI sidekick that connects CRM insight with hundreds of resources and reveals the next best opportunity. 64% time saved against the sampled manual workflow. 5,000 monthly active users ### Tesco - Retail media. Four weeks, to live in days. Complex guidelines and manual approvals slowed every campaign down. Now compliance is built into the workflow, so teams spot issues early and launch in days. From four weeks to days with agents for retail creative ### Upstix - Life's biggest transaction. In 7 days. Valuations take time and lead qualification is manual, so momentum is easily lost. Now homeowners get an instant AI-powered valuation and agents follow up automatically. 7x qualified leads in 12 months with sales agents ## Frequently asked questions ### How does &above compare to Faculty AI? &above is a small, independent London team that embeds engineers, product and design inside yours to build and ship AI products. Faculty is now Accenture's AI arm, offering AI strategy, design, infrastructure, development, operations and change, and its own Frontier platform. The table above sets the two side by side, with a source on every line. ### &above vs Faculty AI: which should we choose? Choose &above if you want an AI product built and shipped with an embedded squad that you own. Choose Faculty if you run a large programme in government, defence, national security or health, want specialist AI safety work, or want delivery through Accenture. The decision section above lists the cases for each. ### Should we hire an embedded AI delivery team like &above or a big consultancy? An embedded team like &above puts engineering, product and design inside your team and hands the capability to your people as it ships. A large consultancy suits a regulated, multi-country programme that needs a global firm. We set out where each fits in the decision section, including where we are not the right fit. ### Is &above a good agency for AI consulting? &above is an AI consultancy and product development team. Our AI Product Squads put designers, engineers and product managers in one embedded team, and we deploy Agent Mesh, a connected agent framework your business owns. Our work for Google Cloud, Tesco and Upstix is in the featured work above. ### Who is Faculty AI best for? Faculty suits large, high-stakes AI programmes, especially in government, defence and health. It lists public services, defence, national security and law enforcement, and health and care among the sectors it serves, offers specialist AI safety and AI due diligence, and builds its own Frontier platform. ### Is Faculty still independent? No. Faculty has been part of Accenture since 16 March 2026, and more than 400 AI native professionals joined Accenture with it. &above is independent. ### How do I check these facts? Every source is listed in Sources and method below, each with the date we read it. Facts about &above come from andabove.com and our named case studies, except our founding year, team size and public sector work, which Josh King confirmed on 3 November 2026. If something is wrong, email hello@andabove.com. ## How we checked all of this - Accenture newsroom: Accenture completes acquisition of Faculty (read 3 Nov 2026): https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2026/accenture-completes-acquisition-of-faculty - Faculty homepage and site markup (read 3 Nov 2026): https://faculty.ai/ - Faculty company page (read 3 Nov 2026): https://faculty.ai/en-gb/company - Faculty AI services page (read 3 Nov 2026): https://faculty.ai/en-gb/ai-services - Faculty Frontier page (read 3 Nov 2026): https://faculty.ai/en-gb/frontier - Faculty industries page (read 3 Nov 2026): https://faculty.ai/en-gb/industries - Faculty Fellowship page (read 3 Nov 2026): https://faculty.ai/en-gb/fellowship - &above services (read 3 Nov 2026): https://www.andabove.com/services - &above forward-deployed engineers (read 3 Nov 2026): https://www.andabove.com/services/forward-deployed-engineers - &above Agent Mesh (read 3 Nov 2026): https://www.andabove.com/agent-mesh - &above AI agency engagement process (read 3 Nov 2026): https://www.andabove.com/services/ai-agency - &above case study: scaling Google's salesforce with custom solutions (read 3 Nov 2026): https://www.andabove.com/work/google/scaling-googles-salesforce-with-custom-solutions - &above case study: Tesco retail media, from weeks to live in days (read 3 Nov 2026): https://www.andabove.com/work/tesco/retail-media-from-weeks-to-live-in-days - &above case study: a scalable app to transform selling homes for Upstix (read 3 Nov 2026): https://www.andabove.com/work/upstix/building-a-scalable-app-to-transform-selling-homes - Founding year, team size and public sector work confirmed by Josh King, CTO & Co-Founder (read 3 Nov 2026) We read each source on the date shown and use Faculty's own words where we describe what it does. Facts about &above come from andabove.com and our named case studies, except our founding year, team size and public sector work, which Josh King confirmed on 3 November 2026. Where we have not checked a fact, we leave it out rather than state it. ## Spotted something wrong? Email hello@andabove.com. We reply to a correction within 5 working days, and change the page if you're right. We re-check every fact at least every six months, and sooner when a firm announces news. ## Bring us the workflow you'd automate first. Thirty minutes on one scoped workflow, and a straight answer on what it takes to ship it. 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