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‘I am proud that artificial intelligence is already at the heart of Reliance’s transformation into a deep-tech enterprise,’ says Mukesh Ambani.
Reliance CMD Mukesh Ambani addresses shareholders during the company’s 48th annual general meeting (AGM) on Friday.
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chairman & Managing Director Mukesh Ambani on Friday announced a new wholly owned subsidiary called ‘Reliance Intelligence’ to boost the group’s AI initiatives. He also announced a holistic partnership for artificial intelligence (AI) with global tech giant Google.
“I am proud that Artificial Intelligence is already at the heart of Reliance’s transformation into a Deep-Tech enterprise. To bring even more focus and speed to this agenda, today, it is my great pleasure and privilege to announce the formation of a new wholly-owned subsidiary called Reliance Intelligence,” said Ambani, while addressing shareholders at RIL’s 48th annual general meeting.
What Is Reliance Intelligence?
Ambani said this new company is conceived with four clear missions:
First, to house India’s next-generation AI infrastructure. Reliance Intelligence will build gigawatt-scale, AI-ready data centres, powered by green energy and engineered for training and inference at national scale. Work has already begun on the gigawatt-scale, AI-ready data centres in Jamnagar. These facilities will be delivered in phases aligned to India’s growing needs, powered by Reliance’s new-energy ecosystem, and custom-made for AI training and inference.
Second, to house global partnerships. Reliance Intelligence will bring the world’s best tech-companies and open-source communities together with Reliance’s deep-domain expertise and execution strength, to deliver performance leadership, resilient supply, and India-first compliance for AI.
Third, to build AI services for India. Reliance Intelligence will deliver trusted, easy-to-use AI services for consumers, small businesses, and enterprises, and solutions for sectors of national importance such as Education, Healthcare, and Agriculture. The services will be reliable at scale and affordable for every Indian.
Fourth, to house talent for AI. Reliance Intelligence will create a home for world-class researchers, engineers, designers, and product builders, combining the speed of research with the rigour of engineering, so that ideas become innovations and applications, providing solutions to India and the world.
Reliance-Google Tie-up
Ambani announced a partnership for AI with Google.
“Today, I am delighted to announce a deeper, holistic partnership for AI with our long-standing partner, Google. Through this partnership, we are marrying Reliance’s proven capability to build world-class assets and execute at India’s scale with Google’s leading cloud and AI technologies, so that developers, start-ups, and enterprises can innovate faster, operate more securely, and reach every corner of India,” the Reliance CMD said.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said, “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. It will bring world-class AI and compute from Google Cloud, powered by clean energy from Reliance, and connected by Jio’s advanced network.”
As Reliance’s largest public cloud partner, Google Cloud is not only powering the company’s mission-critical workloads, but we are also innovating with you on advanced AI initiatives. And with Reliance and the Jio ecosystem, we are excited to put AI into the hands of more people and businesses so they can do extraordinary things, as well. This is only the beginning, Pichai said.
“India has always been a special place to Google. It is home to some of the world’s most dynamic businesses, a thriving start-up ecosystem, and incredible amounts of creativity and ambition,” he added.
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