RIL launches 'Reliance Intelligence' with Google, Meta with Rs 855 crore JV to focus on AI, Deep tech

Reliance Industries Ltd has launched Reliance Intelligence, a new wholly owned unit to drive artificial intelligence in India. 

As reported by MoneyControl, the company will serve four missions: building gigawatt-scale, AI-ready data centres in Jamnagar, forming alliances with leading technology firms and open-source communities, introducing AI services across the education, health, agriculture, and small business sectors, and attracting world-class AI talent to India.

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Ambani announces partnership with Google, Meta

Mukesh Ambani has announced a “deeper, holistic partnership” with Google, led by Sundar Pichai.

"The AI opportunity in India is extraordinary. It will transform every industry and organisation – from the largest enterprises to the smallest kirana store. Google and Reliance are partnering to help all of Reliance's businesses transform, using AI – from Energy and Retail to Telecom and Financial Services. To support this AI adoption, together we are establishing a Jamnagar Cloud region, built for and dedicated to Reliance," Pichai said.

Reliance is also collaborating towards a dedicated joint venture with Meta to deliver sovereign, enterprise-ready AI platforms for Indian businesses and government entities.

The joint venture is backed by an initial investment of approximately Rs 855 crore (US$100 million), with RIL and Meta contributing in a 70% and 30% ratio, respectively, as reported by IBT.

 “Together we want to ensure that everyone in India has access to AI — and eventually superintelligence,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said, calling the venture a model for how open-source AI can scale securely in a national context.

The partnership will combine Meta’s open-source Llama models with Reliance’s reach across energy, telecom, retail and manufacturing.

“Jio delivered digital everywhere, for every Indian. Reliance Intelligence will deliver AI everywhere, for every Indian,” Ambani said.

The new partnership is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025. It sets the stage for a quick rollout of AI solutions, and the JV is expected to make a significant impact on the Indian enterprise landscape.

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