Reliance Industries AGM: Akash Ambani lays out AI plans; Details here

Reliance Industries Ltd. will commission the first 120 MW of its artificial intelligence compute infrastructure by the end of 2026 as it enters the execution phase of its AI ambitions, Chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL), Akash Ambani, said at the company's 49th Annual General Meeting on Friday, June 19.

The infrastructure, being built under Reliance Intelligence, will form what Ambani described as India's "sovereign AI backbone" and is aimed at addressing the scarcity and high cost of compute capacity in the country.

"Our first priority is to surmount the biggest hurdle for AI in India today – the scarcity and high cost of compute," Ambani said, adding that the facility is being developed in Jamnagar and will be powered entirely by clean energy generated from Reliance's renewable energy platform in Kutch.

Reliance is also operationalising an initial fleet of NVIDIA GB300 GPUs. According to Chairman & MD Mukesh Ambani, the compute capacity is equivalent to more than 75,000 H100 GPUs on an AI-inference basis and can scale to over two lakh H100-equivalent GPUs once the first 120 MW infrastructure becomes fully operational.

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"This capacity places Reliance among the largest AI infrastructure platforms being built anywhere in the world," the Reliance Jio Infocomm Chairman said.

The announcement marks the next phase for Reliance Intelligence, which Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director, Mukesh Ambani, unveiled last year as the group's newest growth engine.

"I firmly believe that India should not be a mere consumer of AI created elsewhere. It must become a creator, adopter, and global leader in AI," the MD said, adding, "Reliance Intelligence promises AI to everyone, everywhere."

The initiative aims to build an AI infrastructure, platform and services business catering to consumers, enterprises and governments. The company has partnered with Google, Meta and NVIDIA as part of the initiative.

AI services in 22 Indian languages

Alongside the compute infrastructure, Reliance Intelligence is developing AI services natively, which will be available in 22 Indian languages, rather than translating from English, Akash Ambani said.

"Be it a Marathi farmer or a Tamil student, both will get an AI that thinks and replies in their language," he added.

Calling it "AI for India, AI by India, AI for the world", Ambani said the initiative intends to create India-born innovation that can eventually serve global markets.

The company plans to roll out a suite of AI products, including JioBharatIQ, AI Vyapar, JioHealthIQ, JioLearnIQ and JioKrishiIQ, targeting consumers, merchants, healthcare, education and agriculture.

Reliance Intelligence to 'disrupt AI economics'

In his speech at the AGM, Ambani said, "Just as Jio made data extremely affordable for every Indian, Reliance Intelligence will disrupt AI economics by making it dramatically more affordable for every Indian by the end of this decade."

According to the company, these services are being designed around the principle that AI should be trusted, affordable and easy to use.

Jio embeds AI directly into its network

Alongside its AI infrastructure push, Reliance also unveiled a suite of AI-powered products and services across the Jio ecosystem.

Positioning the move as a shift from AI applications to AI-enabled experiences, Akash said the company is embedding artificial intelligence directly into the Jio network rather than requiring users to access it through standalone apps.

"Across the world, AI has meant one thing – an app on your phone," he said. "Today, Jio is doing something fundamentally different."

According to Reliance Industries, Jio carries 20 billion minutes of voice traffic every day, making it one of the world's largest voice carriers. The company is leveraging that scale to integrate AI directly into voice calls.

Users will be able to activate an AI agent by saying "Hey Jio", allowing it to join calls with their consent. The assistant can transcribe conversations, identify up to 10 speakers in a conference call, generate summaries and action items, and perform tasks such as ordering food, booking cabs, reserving tables and scheduling meetings.

The service is expected to be launched for Jio users later this year.

Reliance also announced that MyJio will evolve into an AI-powered personal advisor, while Jio TeleFrame will be launched as an AI operating system for the home.

The announcements were made at Reliance Industries' 49th Annual General Meeting, where investors are also closely watching for updates on the proposed listing of Jio Platforms and the company's new energy business.