Perplexity

is offering Airtel users in India a one-year subscription to its Pro plan. Otherwise priced at Rs 17,000,

Perplexity Pro

will be available for free to both prepaid and postpaid Airtel customers. Announcing the partnership, the telecom operator said “Bharti Airtel has partnered with Perplexity, to offer 12-month

Perplexity Pro subscription

free of cost to all its 360mn customers.” Perplexity has a free offering, which offers powerful search functions, while the Pro version provides enhanced capabilities for professionals and heavy users. This marks Perplexity’s first partnership with an Indian telecom company. Airtel users can avail this offer by logging-on to the

Airtel Thanks App

. The said offer is live till January 17, 2026.

As mentioned above, Airtel customers can avail the free Perplexity Pro offer via the Airtel Thanks app. Here, tap on the hamburger menu on the top-right side of your screen. Next, go to Rewards and OTTs. Tap on ‘Rewards’. You will see the Perplexity Pro offer under ‘Collect Rewards’. Tap on ‘Claim Now’ and then tap on ‘Proceed’.

As listed in the Airtel Thanks app, users will get following benefits under Airtel-Perplexity partnership:

Perplexity Pro includes more daily Pro searches per user, access to advanced AI models like GPT 4.1, Claude. It also offers the ability to select specific models, deep research, image generation, file uploads and analysis, as well as Perplexity Labs, a unique tool that brings ideas to life.