Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has unveiled a draft ‘Reliance AI Manifesto’, calling AI “the most consequential technological development in human history.” The draft outlines plans to transform Reliance into an AI-native deep tech company, aiming for a 10x productivity impact on India’s economy and society.
In a message to over six lakh Reliance employees, Ambani said the world has seen only “the tip of the iceberg” of AI’s potential, even as its transformative power is already evident.
He set two headline goals for the group: a 10x improvement in the quality and outcomes of work across the workforce, and a 10x impact through Reliance’s businesses and philanthropic initiatives. The vision is to deliver “affordable AI for every Indian”.
The draft manifesto, circulated internally for feedback, is structured in two parts.
The first focuses on embedding AI and agentic AI across Reliance’s internal operations. The second part looks outward, inviting ideas to apply AI across Reliance’s businesses, including Jio’s 500-million-plus subscriber base, Reliance Retail’s supply chains, and emerging areas such as new energy, life sciences, financial services, and media.
Ambani stressed that the effort is not about replacing people but about raising standards, eliminating manual effort, and improving speed, quality, and decision-making. Core enterprise processes such as procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, and plant-to-port are proposed to be redesigned end-to-end with AI built in.
This internal transformation will be anchored on a common digital architecture described as a 12-layer Digital Functional Core, with data as the foundation and AI as the acceleration layer. Strong governance, human accountability, and built-in compliance are positioned as non-negotiable, with Ambani underlining that speed should not come at the cost of safety or integrity.
Organisationally, the manifesto proposes a shift to small, cross-functional “pods” with clear goals and single-point accountability to push ownership closer to execution.
Ambani also flagged the possibility of developing indigenous AI hardware, robotics, and power-efficient systems to support India’s technological self-reliance.
Employees have been invited to submit suggestions by January 26, after which the final manifesto will be shaped.
