Jio Platforms Building Cloud-Based PC To Help Users Deploy AI Apps

Reliance Industries’ digital arm Jio Platforms is building a cloud-based “personal computer” (PC), which will allow users to deploy compute-intensive artificial intelligence (AI) applications. 

During a fireside chat at the Mumbai Tech Week 2025, Jio Infocomm chairman Akash Ambani said that the cloud-based PC will have “no hardware” and will be device agnostic, meaning the new offering will be compatible with all consumer PC brands. 

“We have a consumer application which we will be shortly launching. It’s a cloud PC, which is a complete PC in the cloud, which is accessible in each of your houses but really be device agnostic. No hardware. And you can build high compute AI applications on top of that. And what you can leverage is the reach that Jio is going to have,” Ambani reportedly said at an event on Friday (February 28).

He also reportedly underlined that Jio’s “platform approach” will help scale its all AI solutions to millions of users in India at low costs. Elaborating on this, Ambani reportedly noted that the company’s upcoming “machine learning-as-a-service” for enterprises, called JioBrain, will not require companies to have “costly infrastructure” to build AI applications. 

“You can just tag on to JioBrain, and we’ll launch that in the coming quarters as we perfect the use cases for that,” he added. 

Ambani also noted that the company has set its eyes on reaching the 100 Mn user mark for its JioTele OS, the operating system for connecting smart TVs, offering in the “shortest possible time”.

“One of our biggest growth missions of Jio and where we want to make an impact is connecting each home. But with that, we’ll be opening ourselves up as a platform for developers to come on the platform, have access to these homes, reach all of those consumers, and then deploy India-first solutions… “We’ll be able to build really a platform that can sustain this growth for the Indian entrepreneurship and tech hub,” added the Jio Infocomm top executive. 

Terming artificial intelligence (AI) one of the biggest technological revolutions of a “lifetime”, Ambani noted that the emerging technology will pave the way for India to grow at “10% or double-digit growth numbers for the foreseeable future”. He, however, underscored the need for hardware infrastructure, research and development (R&D), and talent to help position India as a leader in the AI space. 

On Jio’s AI ambitions, he noted that the company has already “invested” in an “overall” full stack AI team, without specifying the number. He, however, said that the digital giant boasts over a thousand employees in its AI team including data scientists, researchers and engineers.

Ambani also went on to claim that the companies that do not embrace AI and “reimagine” their functions with the tech will have a “bleak” future. “Our (Jio’s) operations centres, customer care, sales, data analytics, all of that we have to embrace AI as we build our companies,” he added.

On the impact of AI on jobs, the Jio Infocomm chief executive said that the emerging technology will “transform the future of jobs” but will not replace them, citing the emergence of the internet which created new industries such as fintech, ecommerce, creator economy, among others.

Earlier in the day, Hyderabad-based listed entertainment company 7Seas Entertainment said that it has signed a partnership to offer its games to smartphones and set-top box users of JioGames.

“This marks a significant milestone for us since JioGames is a leading brand and the fast growing conglomerate, with (a) huge gamer’s base… This will help integrate our games to smartphones and settop-box users on JioGames, thereby immensely benefit the gaming community,” said 7Seas Entertainment’s managing director L Maruti Sanker.