In a revelation that echoes across the corridors of global tech innovation, Reliance Industries, led by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, stands tall as the sole Indian torchbearer among the world’s 30 most valuable technology giants. According to a profound 340-page study titled Trends Artificial Intelligence, this distinction places Reliance in the company of legendary firms shaping the digital era.
Ranked 23rd with a market worth of 216 billion dollars, Reliance shares this honour with the likes of Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Tesla, Alibaba, Salesforce and China Mobile. At the summit of the list are American powerhouses including Microsoft, Apple and Nvidia, followed by Taiwan’s TSMC and China’s Tencent.
The report traces the shifting geography of innovation. In 1995, Japan accounted for nearly a third of the world’s top tech firms. Fast forward to 2025, and its presence vanishes. Meanwhile, the United States strengthens its lead with over two thirds of the top firms. New names emerge from China, Germany, Taiwan, Netherlands, South Korea and now, for the first time, India.
Notably, India has also emerged as the world’s leading hub for ChatGPT mobile app users, representing 13.5 percent of global monthly users. The USA trails at 8.9 percent, followed by Indonesia, Brazil and Pakistan. India also ranks third in global users of the Chinese AI app DeepSeek, just behind China and Russia.
The report emphasises how artificial intelligence is no longer just an idea or a tool but is becoming the very fabric of modern existence. It is revolutionising how we work, communicate, heal and create. From solo developers to multinational corporations, AI’s reach grows swiftly thanks to falling costs, vast access to models, and intuitive multimodal tools available even on simple mobile devices.
As AI embeds itself into the DNA of cloud computing, SaaS, digital assistants and physical systems alike, investments are booming not only in chips but also in data centres, networking pipelines and sustainable energy grids. “Whether this level of capital expenditure persists remains to be seen,” the report notes, but what’s clear is that the boundary between the virtual and the tangible is rapidly dissolving.
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