Deloitte opens the London AI Studio with Google Cloud

Deloitte has opened an AI Studio in London with Google Cloud, expanding its UK work on agentic artificial intelligence.

Based on Deloitte's London campus, the facility is intended as a co-innovation hub for clients and Deloitte teams developing autonomous AI systems. Organisations will be able to prototype and validate agentic AI projects in as little as four weeks, according to the firm.

Deloitte is also launching a training programme for 1,000 members of its UK AI and data workforce on Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise. It said the initiative will create a large pool of certified agentic AI specialists in the UK market.

The studio will focus on the public sector, financial services, retail, consumer products, healthcare and life sciences, and technology, media and telecommunications. In retail, the work will centre on moving beyond generative AI chat interfaces, while healthcare and TMT projects will examine changes to business models and day-to-day workflows.

The announcement deepens Deloitte's alliance with Google Cloud as large professional services firms try to turn client interest in generative AI into broader adoption of systems that can carry out tasks with less human intervention. For consulting groups, that means combining cloud tools, sector knowledge and in-house teams trained on specific platforms.

Hayley McKelvey, Chief AI Officer at Deloitte UK, said the move reflects changing client demand.

"Our clients are looking for more than just productivity gains - they want AI that can take action and drive real-world business outcomes. With our new AI Studio and the continued investment in our people, we are providing the physical and technical infrastructure necessary to make agentic AI an industrial reality in the UK. This is about moving from curiosity to a new era of autonomous business operations," McKelvey said.

Google Cloud presented the launch as part of a wider shift in how British organisations are using AI, with more companies moving projects from experimentation into live deployment.

"We are witnessing British organisations move their AI initiatives into production, building a new era of agentic AI that delivers tangible value. By launching this AI Studio and putting these advanced tools into the hands of 1,000 Deloitte specialists, Deloitte is ensuring that the UK remains at the heart of this technological journey," said Maureen Costello, Vice President, UK, Ireland and Sub-Saharan Africa at Google Cloud.

Sector focus

The London site adds a physical base for client workshops and development work in the UK. It will host regular innovation labs designed to help companies test more complex AI systems before wider deployment.

This is particularly relevant in regulated and service-heavy sectors such as banking, government and healthcare, where organisations face pressure to improve efficiency but often struggle to move pilots into production. A shorter prototyping cycle could give clients a faster way to assess whether projects are viable, although full deployment is still likely to depend on governance, data quality and oversight requirements.

For Deloitte, the training commitment is as important as the new site itself. Building a larger internal group with certifications tied to Google Cloud tools gives the firm more staff to assign to implementation work, while also strengthening its relationship with one of the largest cloud providers competing for enterprise AI spending.

Matt Lacey, Global Chief Commercial Officer for Alphabet Google at Deloitte, linked the London launch to the firms' broader relationship.

"Our investment with Google Cloud in our latest AI Studio in London represents a further expansion of our alliance with Google. Together, we will bring AI technology to life for a cross-section of industries in a physical setting that facilitates experimentation, collaboration and innovation, complementing our existing Experience Centres in Egypt and India," Lacey said.

The London opening also underlines the UK's importance as a market for AI consulting and implementation, as demand grows for tools that do more than generate text or summarise data. Firms across the sector are trying to position themselves around so-called agentic AI, software designed to complete sequences of tasks and take actions across systems.

Deloitte said the studio will open in late July and will serve clients seeking to build and deploy production-ready agentic solutions.