RIL’s AI push: Ambani unveils new AI subsidiary, partnerships with Google and Meta
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New Delhi: Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Friday announced the launch of Reliance Intelligence, a new wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to artificial intelligence, alongside major collaborations with global tech giants Meta and Google. The announcements were made at the company’s annual general meeting (AGM), which also featured addresses by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
Reliance Intelligence will build gigawatt-scale, AI-ready data centers powered by green energy and tailored for training and inference at a national scale. “A decade ago, digital services became a new growth engine for Reliance. Now, the opportunity before us with AI is just as large, if not larger,” Ambani said, adding that the new subsidiary would deliver AI “everywhere for every Indian.”
The subsidiary will focus on four missions: creating India’s next-generation AI infrastructure, forging global partnerships, building AI solutions for the country, and nurturing AI talent. Work has already begun on data centers in Jamnagar, to be developed in phases in line with India’s growing demand.
Reliance also announced an India-focused joint venture with Meta to develop and scale AI solutions for enterprises in India and selected overseas markets. Both companies have pledged an initial investment of Rs 855 crore (around USD 100 million), with RIL holding 70 per cent and Meta 30 per cent. Zuckerberg said the partnership would deliver open-source AI models like Llama to Indian businesses, enabling innovation and productivity gains nationwide.
Alongside this, Reliance and Google will jointly establish AI-ready data centers, combining Reliance’s clean energy and Jio’s connectivity with Google Cloud’s computing power. “The AI opportunity in India is extraordinary,” Pichai said, announcing a new Jamnagar Cloud region dedicated to Reliance businesses.
Ambani emphasized that Reliance is embedding AI across all its businesses, from energy and retail to telecom and financial services, positioning them for “hyper growth” with innovation at the core. He also highlighted robotics as the next frontier, saying AI-driven intelligent automation would revolutionize manufacturing, supply chains, and healthcare.
Calling AI a new “Kamdhenu,” or wish-fulfilling cow, Ambani said advances in AI, clean energy and genomics are reshaping the global economy towards “superabundance and super affordability.”
The announcements build on Reliance’s history of tech partnerships. In 2020, Jio Platforms raised Rs 1.52 lakh crore from global investors including Meta and Google, with Meta acquiring a 9.99 per cent stake for Rs 43,574 crore and Google taking a 7.7 per cent stake for Rs 33,737 crore.