Accenture finishes year with $85 billion of new business, says CEO Julie Sweet

DOCKS. >> WELCOME BACK TO SQUAWK ON THE STREET. CHECK OUT SHARES OF ACCENTURE. THEY'RE SURGING DOUBLE DIGITS, UP ALMOST 23% PACING FOR THEIR BEST DAY EVER AFTER THE COMPANY REPORTED A BEAT ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM LINES AND AN UPBEAT GUIDE FOR 2027. SHARES ARE STILL WELL OFF THE ALL TIME HIGH, SHEDDING OVER 45% SINCE DECEMBER 2021. JOINING US NOW IN A CNBC EXCLUSIVE IS ACCENTURE CEO JULIE SWEET. YOU KNOW FIRST OF ALL YOU COME ON THE GOOD DAYS AND THE AND THE BAD DAYS FOR THE STOCK. JULIE SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND YOU'VE BEEN TELLING US THAT AI HAS BEEN A TAILWIND FOR YOUR BUSINESS AND A GROWTH ENHANCER. AND THE MARKET HASN'T BELIEVED IT. AND TODAY I THINK YOU SHOWED OTHERWISE. WHAT'S THE BIG DRIVER HERE. WELL THANKS SARAH. >> YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOK, WE'RE FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS BECAUSE WE HAVE STAYED FOCUSED ON WHAT OUR CLIENTS NEED. AND YOU SEE THAT OUR EXTRAORDINARY TEAMS AROUND THE WORLD JUST DELIVERED 7% GROWTH IN AMERICAS, EMEA AND APAC. AND EVERY INDUSTRY HAS BEEN IS POSITIVE. AND WE'VE JUST FINISHED THE YEAR WITH $85 BILLION OF NEW BUSINESS GOING INTO NEXT YEAR. AND THAT IS DRIVEN BY OUR GROWTH STRATEGY TO FOCUS ON BIG TRANSFORMATIONAL DEALS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE THE THE WINNER IN AI AND DATA. >> SO DO YOU THINK THAT'S AN ANSWER TO THESE FEARS THAT THE MARKET HAS HAD ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS, THE CANNIBALIZATION, THE PRESSURE ON, ON PRODUCTIVITY TASKS AND, AND ALL SORTS OF SERVICES COMPANIES LIKE YOU, BECAUSE AI CAN, CAN DO A LOT OF THAT WORK. >> ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE AI IS A PHENOMENAL TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT'S A TECHNOLOGY AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU OPERATE IN ORDER TO GET VALUE. AND WE'RE THAT BRIDGE BETWEEN AI AND OUTCOMES. AND YOU SEE THAT IN THE WORK, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WE'RE DOING WITH BP, A LEADING GLOBAL ENERGY COMPANY THAT IS WORKING WITH US AROUND MARKETING, BRINGING TOGETHER SAFELY THEIR DATA, AI AND MARKETING EXPERTISE, AND THAT'S HELPING SUPPORT MEASURABLE BUSINESS RESULTS BECAUSE THEY'RE CHANGING THE WAY THEY WORK AND USING AI DATA AND TECHNOLOGY. SO IT'S A REALLY EXCITING TIME WHEN YOU HAVE SUCH AMAZING CHANGE FROM TECHNOLOGY. THAT'S WHEN CLIENTS TURN TO US. SO AS AI GROWS, ACCENTURE WILL GROW. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WE'RE STILL IN THE VERY EARLY DAYS. AI IS NOT YET SCALING, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN OUR LONG TERM GROWTH. >> CAN IT BE AN ORGANIC REVENUE DRIVER FOR YOU? I MEAN, IS THAT IS THAT WHAT YOU. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING INVESTORS AND, AND CAN YOU JUST BREAK THAT APART A LITTLE BIT? >> ABSOLUTELY. WE'VE ALREADY SAW THIS QUARTER, WE HAD STRONG ORGANIC GROWTH. AND WE'RE ALSO INVESTING IN THE BUSINESS. AND SO THINK ABOUT ALL THE NEW AREAS THAT AI HAS OPENED UP, LIKE DATA CENTERS, LIKE THE SAFETY BUSINESS, LIKE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WE'RE INVESTING NOW TO NOT ONLY BE THE PARTNER FOR COMPANIES WHO ARE GOING TO SCALE ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE, BUT ALSO TO BE RELEVANT TO ALL