Deloitte and NVIDIA launch “Adopt 100” to help enterprises scale AI deployments

Deloitte and NVIDIA have launched “Adopt 100,” a program aimed at moving artificial intelligence projects beyond experimentation and into everyday business operations. The initiative, announced ahead of or during London Tech Week, is designed to integrate NVIDIA-accelerated AI solutions from selected startups into Deloitte’s offerings for enterprise clients.

At the center of Adopt 100 is what Deloitte describes as a “curated, continually refreshed portfolio” of enterprise-ready AI companies. Deloitte and NVIDIA will identify and refresh the roster together, with the companies expected to come from or be aligned with the NVIDIA Inception startup program. The goal is to give large organizations a pipeline of startups that already have products Deloitte considers suitable for scaling, rather than forcing enterprises to vet and pilot independently.

Under the program, Deloitte said it will align client business challenges with tools from the Adopt 100 portfolio, then deliver end-to-end implementations that integrate those AI products into existing systems and operations. Deloitte also said both it and NVIDIA will provide technical support and resources throughout deployments, working alongside the client and the startup to improve execution and reduce the risk that early pilots stall.

The program begins with an initial cohort and is expected to expand to 100 startups over time, according to the announcements. The initiative is also presented as a two-sided market bridge. Deloitte framed the effort as a way to address a persistent adoption gap, where many organizations struggle to scale AI effectively, while many startups find it difficult to break into major customer accounts.

In prepared remarks included in the coverage, Deloitte Consulting Services chief strategy officer Sam Roddick said the UK is a global hub for AI advancement and has a thriving startup environment. He contrasted that with the reality that some organizations still struggle to embed and scale AI, and some startups struggle to reach broad markets. Roddick described Adopt 100 as an attempt to simplify clients’ AI journeys and target tangible return on investment by helping businesses move from pilots to core operations.

For NVIDIA, the partnership reinforces its broader strategy of supporting enterprise AI adoption not only through hardware and software, but also through an ecosystem of startups and systems integrators. NVIDIA has spent years building its data center AI platform and developer ecosystem around accelerated computing, with Inception acting as a channel to surface and support new AI companies. Adopt 100 gives those companies a more direct path to enterprise deployments via a major consulting firm.

More broadly, the launch lands as governments and industry leaders push for faster AI uptake and workforce readiness. A separate UK government announcement highlighted plans to partner with tech firms and unions, backed by more than 200 million pounds in support, to help companies adopt AI and equip workers with AI skills. That policy emphasis aligns with what Deloitte is positioning as a business problem: adoption and scaling, not access to AI tools, is the bottleneck for many enterprises.