Reliance Industries has announced major partnerships with Google and Meta to drive its artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions, marking a significant step in the conglomerate’s digital growth journey. The announcement came during Reliance’s annual shareholders’ meeting on Friday, where Chairman Mukesh Ambani also revealed plans to list Reliance Jio in the first half of 2026.
Ambani said AI represented an opportunity as transformative as digital services were a decade ago. To spearhead this vision, Reliance has launched a new subsidiary called Reliance Intelligence.
In a pre-recorded message, Google CEO Sundar Pichai outlined how Reliance would leverage Google’s AI and cloud computing expertise to accelerate innovation across energy, retail, telecommunications, and financial services. Both companies will also set up a dedicated cloud region in India, powered by Reliance’s clean energy and Jio’s extensive network infrastructure.
Separately, Reliance has entered into a joint venture with Meta to harness the tech giant’s open-source AI models. The collaboration aims to deliver “sovereign, enterprise-ready AI for India.” Reliance and Meta will jointly invest $100 million into the new unit, with a 70-30 split, respectively.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the partnership “a key step forward towards ensuring that everyone has access to AI and eventually super intelligence.”
The partnerships reflect deepening ties between Reliance and U.S. technology firms. In 2020, Meta invested $5.7 billion in Jio Platforms, while Google committed $4.5 billion. These earlier bets helped Jio rapidly expand its telecommunications business and establish a dominant presence in India’s mobile market.
As India experiences strong economic growth, these collaborations highlight the country’s strategic importance in the global tech landscape. Reliance’s strengthened ties with Google and Meta also come at a sensitive time for U.S.-India relations, strained over trade and energy policies.