Nvidia will supply artificial intelligence processors to Indian companies such as Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries , the chip giant said on Thursday, as it deepens partnerships to exploit a growing market.

The commercial partnerships between Nvidia and two of India’s biggest business conglomerates stand independent of its discussions with the Central government’s India AI Mission.

Nvidia Corp.’s Jensen Huang is forging partnerships with India’s biggest corporate names from Reliance Industries Ltd. to Infosys Ltd., underscoring the importance of the world’s most populous country to the AI pioneer’s future.

South Korea's SK Hynix on Thursday posted a record quarterly profit as the Nvidia supplier booked strong sales of its advanced chips, and said demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips would continue to outpace supply next year.

Operating profit for the third-quarter hit 7.03 trillion won ($5.08 billion), a record high, beating LSEG forecast of 6.8 trillion won.