In his keynote, Ambani said:
“Reliance Intelligence will employ top-tier researchers, engineers, designers, and product developers who will combine technical rigor with research speed to transform concepts into technologies and applications that will benefit India and the rest of the world.”
Google partnership
Reliance has teamed up with Google, one of its largest tech partners, to establish India’s AI cloud infrastructure. The network will be launched in a large data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat.
According to a joint statement, the dedicated cloud region will enable Reliance to provide AI-focused services to businesses of all sizes, developers, and public institutions—leveraging Jio’s telecom network and Reliance’s energy assets to support deployment at scale.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a video address to Reliance's virtual AGM:
“Google Cloud, Reliance's biggest public cloud partner, is collaborating with you on cutting-edge AI projects in addition to supporting vital workloads for the company's goal. This is just the beginning.”
Regarding the partnership's financial specifics, Google chose not to comment.
Meta joint venture
Reliance and Meta have established a joint venture to develop and grow enterprise AI solutions in India and a few other foreign countries. The deal requires a ₹8.55 billion ($100 million) investment and a 70/30 ownership split between Reliance and Meta.
Based on Meta's LLaMA platform, the partnership will provide enterprise AI-as-a-service that will let businesses manage, install, and configure generative AI models for marketing, sales, IT, customer support, and finance. Pre-built AI solutions will also be offered.
This collaboration follows Meta’s recent push to reorganize its AI efforts under new “superintelligence labs”—though reports suggest hiring plans have slowed amid shareholder concerns.
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, stated in a prepared statement:
“We are using Meta's LLaMA models in practical enterprise settings through this collaboration.”
The purchase is anticipated to finalize in Q4 2025, pending regulatory approval.
Expansion plans and future deals
Ambani confirmed that Reliance plans to expand beyond India, taking its flagship subsidiary Jio Platforms to global markets. He also revealed that Jio, after years of delays, intends to file for an IPO in the first half of 2026.
Reliance is also exploring a potential tie-up with OpenAI, which recently launched a sub-$5 ChatGPT subscription in India and announced plans to open a New Delhi office later this year. Sources told that a Reliance–OpenAI partnership could be unveiled during Sam Altman’s upcoming India visit. Reliance and OpenAI declined to comment.
Wider industry context
Over 360 million Airtel customers may now use Perplexity Pro for free each year thanks to a partnership between Perplexity AI and Reliance's telecom rival Bharti Airtel earlier this year.
Reliance has existing ties with Microsoft, offering Azure cloud services in India, and also runs Jio AI Cloud, a consumer-facing platform with 40 million users, providing 100GB free storage and AI-powered features such as image-to-reel, collage, and promo-video creation.
The company has also released Jio Frames, its AI-powered smart glasses, as a response to Snap’s Spectacles and Ray-Ban Meta Glasses. AI is further integrated into Reliance’s streaming service Jio Hotstar, which has already attracted 600 million users and 300 million paid subscribers within three months of its February launch.
New AI features include the ‘Riya’ voice assistant, as well as AI-driven voice cloning and lip-sync technology to localize content into Indian languages.
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