Airtel on July 17 announced a significant partnership with Perplexity AI. An artificial intelligence chatbot led by Perplexity AI CEO Arvind Srinivas, which will give Airtel users a gift. Airtel will provide Perplexity Pro for Airtel Users in India worth Rs 17,000 for free to all its 360 million customers.
What is Preplexity Pro: Perplexity Pro for Airtel Users
Perplexity AI is a search and answer engine driven by artificial intelligence that provides users with accurate, thorough, and conversational responses in real time.
According to a press release on Thursday, Perplexity’s pro version offers more features for heavy users and professionals. Including more daily Pro searches per user, access to advanced AI models (like GPT 4.1 and Claude). And the ability to choose particular models, deep research, image generation, file uploads, and analysis, as well as Perplexity Labs, a special tool that makes ideas come to life.
Perplexity Pro for Airtel Users: Free Subscription
One of the biggest and most well-known network providers in India, Bharti Airtel, has revealed that it will give its customers a complimentary one-year Pro subscription to Perplexity. Perplexity is an AI-powered search engine that allows you to ask any question and finds answers by compiling data from the internet, in contrast to more conventional AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini. According to the company, it combines “cutting-edge language models like GPT-4.1 and Cloud 4.0 Sonnet” to deliver precise and understandable responses.
Benefits of Perplexity Pro
- Every day, hundreds of Pro Searches are sent to Perplexity Pro users. For this, Perplexity’s Pro models and Pro Search and Reasoning features will be available to you.
- Choose between Sonar (in-house model), GPT-4.1, Claude 4.0 Sonnet, or Gemini 2.5 Pro if you require thorough responses with a lot of sources.
- Choose between Claude 4.0 Sonnet Thinking (Claude 4.0 Opus Thinking for Max users), o3 (or o3-Pro for Max users), R1 (Perplexity’s refined, uncensored model hosted in the US), and Grok4 for difficult analytical problems.
- Best Mode: This default mode intelligently chooses the best model for fast searches based on the type of query you are using.
Search limitation in a day
Users can quickly switch between large language models from companies like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic with Perplexity Pro, then select the model that best suits their needs. With the premium Pro subscription, you can upload documents and files for analysis and summarization, conduct up to 300 AI-powered searches in a day, and even use a text-to-image generator that is powered by DALL-E and other programs.
Other features to use
Additionally, you get access to Labs, a newly introduced feature that lets users create spreadsheets, web apps, and dashboards by engaging in at least 10 minutes of “self-supervised work” with a range of tools, including deep web browsing, code execution, and the creation of charts and images.
How to claim the Perplexity Pro subscription?
To obtain your complimentary Perplexity Pro yearly subscription valued at Rs 17,000, launch the Airtel Thanks app and go to the “Rewards” area. Locate the banner that reads, “Get 12 months of Perplexity Pro worth Rs 17,000 FREE,” and tap on it.
This is the first time a network operator is providing an annual premium subscription for an AI chatbot. Although Indian telecom operators have primarily concentrated on bundling access to video streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and others.
How do I know if my Perplexity Pro free subscription access is active?
- Select the Perplexity Pro card in Airtel Thanks app under “Claim OTTs and more.”
- To check if the offer has been “Redeemed,” tap “Manage.”
- Use the same Google, Apple, or email address that was used to redeem your Airtel credit to log into Perplexity.
- Look for a message that says “Welcome to Pro” in your email.
- Your account settings or home page on Perplexity.ai should display “Pro.”
Who is eligible to try Perplexity Pro for free?
- Airtel prepaid mobile users
- Airtel postpaid mobile subscribers
- Airtel broadband customers
- Airtel DTH users
All Airtel offers to their users can claim 1 year complimentary Perplexity Pro access.
Step by step guide to how to claim perpexity pro free
Follow these simple steps to claim 1 year Perplexity Pro subscription from the Airtel Thanks app:
- Install the Airtel Thanks app on your mobile device from the Play Store (Apple Store for Apple users).
- Create an account with your registered Airtel number.
- Click on the app menu and go to ‘Rewards & OTTs’.
- Find the Perplexity Pro offer in the Rewards section.
- Tap the Perplexity AI tile or banner for a free 1-year subscription.
- Select ‘Claim Now’ and proceed.
- Sign in/create a new Perplexity account using your email, Gmail, or Apple ID.
- Complete the linking process to activate the free Perplexity Pro version for airtel users for 1 year.
No credit card details are required when creating an account or activating a subscription. Activation is seamless for both mobile and desktop users.
