Key Takeaways:
- Reliance AI Manifesto sets a plan to make Reliance an AI-native deep tech group and seek a tenfold productivity boost for over 600,000 employees.
- Part I focuses on internal transformation with outcome-driven workflows, a 12-layer Digital Functional Core and small cross-functional pods.
- Part II aims to catalyse India’s AI transformation across energy, retail, telecoms, healthcare and indigenous hardware development.
- Reliance emphasises safety, human accountability and philanthropic initiatives while inviting employee ideas from 10 to 26 January.
Mukesh Ambani has presented a draft Reliance AI Manifesto that sets out an ambitious plan to transform Reliance Industries into an AI-native deep-tech group and to boost productivity by a factor of ten across its workforce. The manifesto outlines how the conglomerate intends to embed artificial intelligence into core workflows, modernise operations and contribute to India’s broader technological self-reliance and social development.
Reliance AI Manifesto to reshape work and industry
The manifesto is split into two main parts. Part I aims at internal transformation. Reliance will redesign core workflows such as procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, hire-to-retire and plant-to-port to remove manual handoffs, close digital breaks and enable real-time visibility. A common 12-layer Digital Functional Core will standardise data, integration, security and controls while preserving business-unit ownership of platforms.
Reliance plans to deploy agentic automation and AI to remove repetitive tasks, improve decision-making and raise the speed and quality of outcomes. The group proposes small, cross-functional pods with single ownership and measurable goals to drive execution. Governance, audit trails and human-in-the-loop controls will be embedded by design to ensure safety, compliance and trust are not sacrificed for speed.
Ambani emphasised that the shift is a change in the way the company works rather than a mere technology project. He said AI will augment the workforce and raise standards, not replace people, adding that the initiative is intended to unlock the organisation’s collective potential.
What this means for India
Part II of the Reliance AI Manifesto extends the group’s vision beyond its own operations. Reliance intends to use its scale across Jio’s 500 million-plus subscribers, India’s largest retail network and diverse businesses in energy, materials, life sciences and financial services to catalyse a national AI-led transformation.
The company has flagged opportunities in AI-enabled discovery of new materials, green energy solutions and breakthroughs in healthcare, education and inclusive financial services. It also called for exploration of indigenous AI hardware, robotics and energy-efficient systems to support technological self-reliance.
Reliance wants to ensure that AI advances deliver social impact in line with its We Care philosophy. The manifesto combines commercial ambition with philanthropic aims, positioning the group as a potential catalyst for economic growth, job transformation and improved service delivery across supply chains and local communities.
Ambani invited employees across businesses to contribute practical ideas on AI use cases between 10 and 26 January, stressing that the draft should become a shared commitment to building a new Reliance and a new India. The document is presented as an action guide to be tested and refined, with an emphasis on measurable outcomes and continuous learning.
Analysts say the plan signals a major push by a private Indian conglomerate to industrialise AI at scale. If implemented effectively, the manifesto could accelerate productivity gains across manufacturing, retail and services and support domestic capability in AI technologies and hardware.
Image: Mukesh Ambani unveils the draft Reliance AI Manifesto
