Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries has launched a new subsidiary, Reliance Intelligence, to build a national-scale artificial intelligence infrastructure and commercial AI services across India and beyond.
Building a national AI backbone
The new unit will focus on developing large-scale AI systems, tools for enterprises, and platforms that combine research teams with engineering squads to move prototypes into production. Reliance says the effort aims to serve sectors ranging from telecom and finance to media and government, leveraging the company’s existing digital and energy businesses.
Google Cloud to host an Indian AI region
Reliance announced a collaboration with Google Cloud to establish a dedicated AI cloud region in India. The initial infrastructure will be sited in Jamnagar, Gujarat, and will be designed to support large-scale model training and inference close to Jio’s network and energy assets.
Google chief executive Sundar Pichai praised the initiative as an expansion of the companies’ existing cloud relationship, saying the partnership will accelerate advanced AI work for Indian enterprises. The agreement underscores Google Cloud’s growing footprint in India as hyperscalers invest in local data centers to meet regulatory and latency needs.
Meta joins with an enterprise AI joint venture
Reliance is also forming a majority-owned joint venture with Meta to package and deliver enterprise-grade generative AI products built on Meta’s Llama family of models. Under the pact, the partners committed a combined investment of about ₹8.55 billion, with a 70/30 ownership split favoring Reliance.
Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg framed the deal as placing Meta’s Llama models into commercial use for sales, marketing, customer service and other enterprise workflows. The venture will offer a platform-as-a-service for customizing, deploying and managing generative AI models, plus preconfigured industry solutions.
Regulatory clearances and expansion plans
Both transactions are subject to customary approvals from Indian regulators, including competition and telecom authorities. Reliance says it intends to scale these offerings outside India as part of broader international ambitions for Jio Platforms.
