Google is turning consultants into its AI delivery network with a $ 750M fund for firms like McKinsey, Accenture, and Deloitte to help companies build and scale agentic AI. Consulting firms need this because classic consulting work, such as research, slide drafting, process mapping, and software planning, is exactly the kind of work AI systems are starting to automate. AI startups need consultants because big companies rarely buy new tools just because the model is powerful, since they need someone to connect it with data, workflows, security rules, and staff habits. Agentic AI means software that does not only answer questions, but can plan steps, call tools, move through business systems, and complete tasks with less human steering. So Google’s bet is that McKinsey can find the business problem, Google can provide the AI stack, and the client can turn a pilot into a working system across teams. OpenAI’s reported push to sell Codex through Accenture, Capgemini, and PwC points to the same shift, where AI coding tools become enterprise software only after consultants package them into training, governance, and rollout plans. --- businessinsider. com/consulting-mckinsey-accenture-bcg-ai-silicon-valley-enterprise-partnerships-2026-4