Hertz paid Accenture $32M for a website revamp — and got nothing shipped
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-10-20
The poster mocks the classic case of Hertz paying Accenture over $32M for a website and app rebuild without a functional product ever shipping — something that "could probably be built in a day on a $200 plan now."
Background: Hertz sued Accenture in 2019 after being won over by a one-day demo; the claims were dismissed in August 2021 with each side paying its own legal costs. The old lawsuit is being recirculated as a jab at expensive traditional outsourcing in the AI coding era.
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