Shares of Reliance Industries Ltd are trading flat after touching a day’s high of Rs 1,497.50 on 31st October. The company, along with Google, announced on Thursday (30th October) a broad strategic partnership to expand access to artificial intelligence (AI) in India and build local compute capacity to support the country’s growing digital ecosystem.

Reliance and Google have announced a wide-ranging partnership to build India’s AI infrastructure. Their goal is to make advanced technology accessible to more people. The tie-up goes beyond products, covering everything from consumer and enterprise applications to the infrastructure needed to train and deploy AI models.

AI for everyone

As part of an AI inclusion drive, Jio users aged 18–25 will receive 18 months of free access to Google Gemini Pro. This benefit is valued at Rs 35,100 per user. This follows Reliance’s earlier efforts to make digital technology affordable through low-cost data and smartphones. Both companies aim to make AI tools accessible to all users, not just large enterprises. They also plan to create local-language and voice models tailored to India’s linguistic diversity.

Boost for businesses

For enterprises, the partnership will bring the Gemini Enterprise suite and pre-built AI agents for sectors like retail, finance, and manufacturing. Reliance Cloud and Google Cloud will jointly offer an integrated AI stack. This will simplify enterprise adoption and help smaller firms access generative AI tools without heavy investment.

Building India’s computing power

The plan includes setting up India-based compute infrastructure using Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs). Partly powered by Reliance’s green energy, this will enable AI training and processing to occur locally. Reducing reliance on foreign data centers, it will also support startups, researchers, and enterprises working on AI projects.

Wider economic impact

If successful, the partnership could expand consumer access to AI, empower startups, and promote workforce training in AI-driven productivity. More broadly, it highlights India’s growing focus on building sovereign, energy-efficient AI infrastructure. This combines Google’s global expertise with Reliance’s nationwide reach.

At 1:01 PM, shares of Reliance Industries were trading 0.15% higher at Rs 1,490.80 on NSE.

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