Reliance Industries (RIL) has announced a new joint venture (JV) with Meta to build and scale enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in India and select global markets.
Both companies will commit an initial investment of Rs 855 crore (USD 100 million), with RIL holding 70 percent and Meta 30 percent. Powered by Meta’s open-source Llama models, the JV will deliver “Enterprise AI Platform-as-a-Service” and pre-configured AI solutions tailored for sales, marketing, IT operations, finance, and industry-specific use cases. Designed to be cost-efficient and flexible, the JV will enable deployments across cloud, on-premises, and RIL’s infrastructure, making AI more affordable for Indian enterprises and SMBs. The transaction is expected to close in Q4/2025, subject to approvals.
Separately, RIL has announced an expanded partnership with Google Cloud to develop a state-of-the-art AI cloud region in Jamnagar, wherein RIL will develop, construct, and operate the advanced cloud facility along with the supporting network infrastructur. Powered entirely by Reliance’s green energy initiatives and connected by Jio’s digital backbone, the facility will be fully compliant with Google Cloud’s global standards. It will house Google’s AI hypercomputer and integrated AI stack, enabling RIL to deliver high-performance AI services to enterprises, startups, and public sector organizations.