Reliance Jio users to get 18-month free access to Google AI Pro plan

Jio users are set to get a major boost in artificial intelligence (AI) access after Reliance and Google announced an 18-month free offer of Google AI Pro, valued at around Rs 35,100 per user.

The plan gives subscribers access to Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro model, advanced image and video generation tools, research features in Notebook LM, and 2 TB of cloud storage.

The rollout begins with Jio users aged 18 to 25 on unlimited 5G plans, with wider availability expected soon through the MyJio app.

Behind the free offer lies a broader partnership between Reliance Intelligence and Google Cloud to expand AI adoption in India. Reliance will act as a strategic go-to-market partner for Gemini Enterprise—Google’s agentic AI platform for businesses—and will help organisations deploy readymade and custom AI agents. 

The collaboration will also open access to Google’s Tensor Processing Units, giving Indian firms greater computing power to train and run large AI models locally. 

Both companies believe the effort will support the country’s drive to strengthen domestic computing capacity and AI infrastructure.

Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd, said the goal was to make intelligence services accessible to all Indians. “Through our collaboration with strategic and long-term partners like Google, we aim to make India not just AI-enabled but AI-empowered—where every citizen and enterprise can harness intelligent tools to create, innovate, and grow.”

The sentiment was echoed by Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, who described the move as an evolution of the companies’ earlier digital partnerships. “Reliance is a longstanding partner in Google’s goal of advancing India’s digital future. Now, we are bringing this collaboration into the AI era.”

Pichai added that the initiative would put “Google’s cutting-edge AI tools in the hands of consumers, businesses, and India’s vibrant developer community.”

Reliance and Google are not alone in courting India’s fast-growing AI user base. Recently, Airtel partnered with Perplexity to give its mobile customers a year of free access to Perplexity Pro, normally priced at around Rs 17,000, including extended search and reasoning features.

OpenAI has also announced a free Go plan in India, offering basic access to ChatGPT for a year as part of a wider expansion in the market.

Last month, The CapTable wrote about how India is fast becoming global AI’s biggest playground.

These overlapping offers mark a new phase in India’s AI race, with telecom operators and global tech giants using free subscriptions to reach users at scale. The strategy could greatly widen public access to generative tools.

India’s AI landscape is becoming one of the world’s most competitive arenas, where partnerships like these could define how hundreds of millions of people first experience AI.