Perplexity teams up with Airtel to access India, a month after Google’s free Gemini push

CHENNAI: Just a month after Google announced a free one-year subscription to its premium AI toolset, Gemini 2.5 Pro, for college students in India, US-based AI-powered search platform Perplexity has now rolled out a similar offer. Customers of India’s second-largest mobile operator, Bharti Airtel, can now access a free one-year subscription to Perplexity Pro.

Valued at approximately ₹17,000 annually, the Perplexity Pro subscription is now available at no cost to Airtel users across mobile, broadband, and DTH services.