OpenAI offers free ChatGPT Go for one year to all users in India

OpenAI is providing its ChatGPT Go plan accessible freed from cost for one yr to customers in India who enroll throughout a restricted promotional interval beginning November 4, as the corporate seems to broaden in one in all its high markets.

On Tuesday, OpenAI introduced the promotion however didn’t specify how lengthy the supply would stay accessible. Current ChatGPT Go subscribers in India will even be eligible for the free 12-month plan, the corporate stated.

Priced at lower than $5 monthly, ChatGPT Go launched in India in August as OpenAI’s most inexpensive paid subscription plan. The service later expanded to Indonesia and, earlier this month, to 16 additional countries throughout Asia.

India, the world’s most populous nation with over 700 million smartphone customers and greater than a billion web subscribers, has been a key marketplace for OpenAI. The corporate opened its New Delhi office in August and is presently constructing a neighborhood group to broaden its presence.

Earlier this yr, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated India was the corporate’s second-largest market after the U.S. Nonetheless, being profitable from ChatGPT’s paid plans within the nation has confirmed difficult. The app noticed over 29 million downloads within the 90 days main as much as August, however generated simply $3.6 million in in-app purchases throughout that interval, in keeping with Appfigures information reviewed by TechCrunch on the time.

ChatGPT Go provides 10 instances extra utilization than the free model for producing responses, creating photos, and importing information. It additionally options improved reminiscence for extra customized responses, in keeping with OpenAI.

“Since initially launching ChatGPT Go in India a number of months in the past, the adoption and creativity we’ve seen from our customers has been inspiring,” stated Nick Turley, vp and head of ChatGPT, in an announcement. “We’re excited to see the wonderful issues our customers will construct, study, and obtain with these instruments.”

OpenAI’s rivals, together with Perplexity and Google, are additionally seeking to faucet into India’s giant and youthful consumer base. Perplexity just lately partnered with Airtel to supply free Perplexity Pro subscriptions to the telecom operator’s 360 million subscribers. Equally, Google launched a free one-year AI Pro plan for students in India.

OpenAI is about to host its DevDay Change developer convention Bengaluru on November 4, the place it’s anticipated to make India-specific bulletins aimed toward native builders and enterprises.