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

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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. It is intended to operate in India for at least the first three years. Meta and Reliance will each acquire shares in the joint venture.

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Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Merger control regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development, software provider: other software
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

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2025-09-03
under deliberation

On 3 September 2025, the European Commission announced an investigation into the proposed joint ven…

2025-09-26
concluded

On 26 September 2025, the European Commission approved a joint venture between Meta Platforms and R…