European Union: European Commission's investigation into proposed joint venture between Meta Platforms and Reliance Industries (Case No. M.12070)

Progress

Current status
concluded
26 Sep 2025 concluded
03 Sep 2025 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Merger control regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
software provider: other software
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
supranational

Timeline of events

26 Sep 2025
concluded

European Commission approved joint venture between Meta Platforms and Reliance Industries in enterprise AI services market

On 26 September 2025, the European Commission approved a joint venture between Meta Platforms and Reliance Industries. The joint venture will operate in the enterprise Artificial Intelligence services market. The Commission found no competition conc…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type closure
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
03 Sep 2025
under deliberation

European Commission announced investigation into proposed joint venture between Meta Platforms and Reliance Industries in enterprise AI services market

On 3 September 2025, the European Commission announced an investigation into the proposed joint venture between Meta Platforms and Reliance Industries. The joint venture will develop and commercialise enterprise Artificial Intelligence technology. I…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority