New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI) Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has released the draft Reliance AI Manifesto, outlining an ambitious plan to transform the conglomerate into an AI-native deep tech company, increasing the productivity of over 600,000 employees by 10 times and impacting India's economy and society by 10 times.
Calling artificial intelligence “the most important technological development in human history,” Ambani said he aims to lead India's AI revolution in the same way that oil-to-thread, retail-to-telecom conglomerates led India's digital transformation.
The group's stated commitment is to provide “affordable AI for every Indian” and embed AI across the enterprise while ensuring safety, reliability, and accountability.
“At Reliance, we have embarked on a journey of transformation into an AI-native deep tech company with advanced manufacturing capabilities,” he said. “In pursuit of this commitment, we have drafted the Reliance AI Manifesto, which is a guide to a plan of action.” Part I of the manifesto focuses on internal transformation, positioning AI not as a technology project but as a new way of working.
Reliance plans to reorganize its operations around outcomes and end-to-end workflows, supported by a common digital platform and strong governance. AI and agent automation are used to eliminate repetitive tasks, improve decision-making, and increase quality and speed while maintaining clear human accountability.
Small, cross-functional “pods” with single ownership and measurable goals drive execution, supported by a continuous data, operations, governance, learning, and automation flywheel.
Part II extends the vision to India's broader AI transformation.
“I believe that by transforming our workflows with AI, we can improve speed, efficiency, quality, and outcomes by 10x. We can also have a 10x impact in India through our business and philanthropy,” he said.
Ambani challenged employees to submit ideas for leveraging AI across Reliance's businesses, from Jio's 500 million-plus subscriber base and India's largest retail network to energy, materials, life sciences, financial services, media and philanthropy. He also highlighted opportunities for unique AI hardware, robotics, and cross-domain applications to increase efficiency, sustainability, and technological independence.
Describing the document as a draft code of conduct rather than a slogan, Ambani said the manifesto would be a shared commitment to “build a new trust and a new India” and called on all employees to submit their ideas between January 10 and 26. “Let's start together,” he said.
Elaborating on the first part of the manifesto, Ambani said Reliance will deeply embed AI into the way work is done across the organization and focus on results rather than capabilities. Core workflows such as procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, hire-to-retirement and factory-to-port will be redesigned to eliminate manual handoffs, eliminate “digital breaks” and enable real-time visibility and decision-making.
“This is not a technology project. This is a new way of working,” he said, adding that AI “will be used to remove friction, eliminate repetitive manual work, and improve decision-making while maintaining safety, reliability and compliance.” Emphasizing that AI will augment humans, not replace them, he said: A common 12-layer Digital Capability Core (DFC) blueprint standardizes data, integration, security, and control across the business while giving each business unit complete ownership of the platform. Governance, audit trails, and human controls are built in by design to ensure speed and autonomy do not compromise safety, compliance, or reliability.
The second part of the manifesto outlines Reliance's ambition to act as a catalyst for India's AI-driven transformation through business and philanthropy.
The group sees huge potential to AI-enable the vast consumer, retail, energy, life sciences, financial services and media ecosystems while supporting suppliers, small merchants, partners and communities.
Ambani highlighted a range of opportunities, from AI-powered discovery of new materials and green energy solutions to breakthroughs in healthcare, education and comprehensive financial services.
He also encouraged the exploration of indigenous AI hardware, robotics and energy-efficient systems to foster India's technological independence, stressing that Reliance's AI must continue to align with its 'We Care' philosophy and impact society as its business grows. P.T.I.
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