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Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) used its 48th annual general meeting (AGM) last week to announce new partnerships with Google and Meta as part of a broader strategy to build artificial intelligence infrastructure and enterprise applications in India.

At the AGM, Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani unveiled a new subsidiary called Reliance Intelligence that will focus on AI platforms, data centers, and automation in an effort to build national-scale AI services that can be adopted by businesses of all sizes.

Both Google chief executive Sundar Pichai and Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg joined the AGM virtually through video addresses to confirm the tie-ups.

Zuckerberg said the partnership with Reliance will use Meta’s open-source Llama models to build enterprise-grade AI applications for customer service, finance, IT automation, and marketing, with the tools expected to reach both small and large businesses through Reliance’s network.

Under the partnership, the two companies will create a joint venture valued at about ₹855 crore (roughly $100 million) in which Reliance would hold a 70% stake and Meta the rest.

Meanwhile, Pichai said Google Cloud would establish a dedicated AI-ready region in Jamnagar, Gujarat, working with Reliance to design and operate the facility.

The center will be powered by Reliance’s clean energy resources and linked with Jio’s digital infrastructure which, Pichai said, will allow Indian companies to run advanced AI systems within the country while meeting reliability and data security requirements.

Ambani positioned the agreements with Google and Meta as a continuation of Reliance’s earlier digital initiatives, including Jio’s low-cost mobile data services.

He said Reliance Intelligence would seek to “democratize enterprise AI” by offering affordable services to businesses that lack the resources to develop such systems independently.

Analysts called the partnerships as among Reliance’s most ambitious moves in the technology sector, given the scale of investment and the involvement of two of the world’s largest digital platforms.

Reliance earlier acquired Indian AI startups such as Haptik and developed internal tools such as JioBrain, but the tie-ups with Google and Meta represent the first major global collaborations focused specifically on AI.

The joint venture with Meta, which is expected to roll out its first services next year, will not only adapt Llama models for local use but also build platform-as-a-service offerings for enterprises, allowing clients to choose between cloud deployment, on-premise infrastructure, or dedicated hardware. This flexibility is seen as important for industries with strict data compliance requirements.

The Google Cloud partnership centers on infrastructure, with Reliance providing land, clean energy, and connectivity, while Google will deliver AI compute capacity and software stacks.

The Jamnagar region is designed to serve as a national hub for AI workloads, supporting Reliance’s own businesses and external clients.

Reliance said the site would eventually be able to host large-scale language model inference and enterprise deployments.

Both partnerships were announced at a time of rising interest in AI in India. The government’s IndiaAI Mission and private sector investments in data centers are creating an ecosystem that companies such as Reliance are seeking to use to capture demand for AI services.

Shares of Reliance fell around 2% after the AGM, reflecting investor caution over the group’s expanding commitments.

Some analysts noted that while Reliance has the balance sheet and distribution network to scale AI offerings, execution and adoption will determine the financial outcomes.

For Google, the tie-up adds to its longstanding relationship with Reliance that began with a $4.5 billion investment in Jio Platforms in 2020.

For Meta, the new joint venture follows its earlier partnership with JioMart and marks its largest equity-backed AI project in India.

Reliance Intelligence will also explore robotics and automation beyond AI software.

Ambani said the company aims to build solutions in industrial automation and robotics using AI, though no specific timelines were provided.

By bringing Pichai and Zuckerberg into the AGM via video messages, Reliance underlined the role of global partnerships in its AI strategy.

The announcements add to other initiatives disclosed at the AGM, including plans to list Jio on the stock exchanges next year.