New Delhi, July 17 -- Airtel on Thursday announced a milestone partnership with Aravind Srinivas-led artificial intelligence chatbot Perplexity AI, offering all of its 360 million customers Perplexity Pro worth Rs.17,000 for free.

All Airtel users, including Mobile, Wi- Fi and DTH customers, will be able to use Perplexity Pro for free for 12 months, the telco said in a press release.

Perplexity is an AI-powered search and answer engine that offers real-time, accurate and deeply researched responses to users in a conversational language.

Perplexity's pro version comes with enhanced capabilities for professionals and heavy users, which includes more daily Pro searches per user, access to advanced AI models (e.g., GPT 4.1, Claude) and the...