Reliance and Meta Partner for Enterprise AI Solutions for India
- Reliance and Meta Partner for Enterprise AI Solutions for India
- Please note that Reliance Intelligence Limited (“Reliance Intelligence”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, has on October 24, 2025 incorporated Reliance Enterprise Intelligence Limited (“REIL”).
- Reliance Intelligence will invest an amount of Rs. 2 crore towards initial subscription of 20,00,000 equity shares of Rs.10 each.
- REIL, incorporated in India as a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Intelligence, will become the joint venture company as per the amended and restated joint venture agreement (“JV Agreement”) with Facebook Overseas, Inc. (“Facebook”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”).
- REIL will be engaged, inter alia, in developing, marketing and distributing enterprise AI services.
- In accordance with the JV Agreement, Reliance Intelligence will hold 70% and Facebook will hold the balance 30% in REIL.
- Reliance Intelligence and Facebook have jointly committed an initial investment of ~Rs. 855 crore.
- The transaction does not fall within related party transaction and none of the Company’s promoter/ promoter group/ group companies have any interest in the above transaction.
- Reliance and Meta Partner for Enterprise AI Solutions for India • Reliance and Meta to form a JV to develop Llama-based agentic enterprise AI platforms and tools
- • The JV will develop ready‑to‑deploy vertical and sector‑specific solutions for Indian enterprises
- • Meta will draw upon its Llama engineering knowledge; Reliance will bring its reach to thousands of enterprises and SMBs in India and product delivery capabilities
- Reliance Industries Limited (“RIL”) announced a joint venture (the “JV”) that will build and scale enterprise artificial‑intelligence (“AI”) solutions for enterprises in India and select international markets.
- Under the JV agreement, RIL and Meta have jointly committed to an initial investment of ~INR 855 crore (~US$ 100 million) to capitalize the JV in ratio of 70% and 30% respectively.
- Powered by Meta’s advanced open‑source Llama models, the JV will offer:
- • Enterprise AI Platform‑as‑a‑Service: A secure, full‑stack environment for organisations to customise, deploy and govern generative‑AI models for specific use cases across sales and marketing, information technology development and operations, customer service, finance, and a wide range of other enterprise workflows; and
- • A suite of pre‑configured AI solutions designed to address both cross‑functional and industry‑specific use cases This partnership combines Meta’s open‑source Llama models with RIL’s digital backbone to deliver enterprise‑grade AI at affordable price points for Indian enterprises and SMBs.
- The JV will be able to deploy AI solutions at-scale given “Enterprise Grade” readiness of Llama - which has been proven across several production environments. More importantly, the JV will be able to scale high-performance models at a fraction of the cost given Llama’s lower total cost of ownership.
- The JV will also have greater flexibility to deploy over cloud, on-premises, and across its own infrastructure. This will allow the JV to proactively manage infrastructure costs. The closing of the transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025.
- Shri Mukesh D. Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited, said “Partnering with Meta brings our vision of providing AI to every Indian and enterprise to life - by combining Meta’s most widely adopted open‑source Llama models with our deep expertise across multiple industries. We will democratize enterprise‑grade AI for every Indian organization - from ambitious SMBs to blue‑chip corporates, enabling them to innovate faster, operate more efficiently, and compete confidently on the global stage. RIL will also serve as a real‑world enterprise‑scale environment for deploying and refining the joint venture’s offerings - enabling rapid iteration and continuous improvement at scale.”
- Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO, Meta, said “We’re excited to deepen our partnership with Reliance to bring the power of open‑source AI to Indian developers and enterprises. Through this joint venture, we’re putting Meta’s Llama models into real-world use, and I’m looking forward to Meta expanding its footprint in the enterprise space as we unlock new possibilities together.”

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