India goes from free internet to free AI
Praveen is the CPO of The Ken - 2025-09-23 10:11The way Silicon Valley’s biggest AI companies are attempting to capture India’s users in 2025 is an upgraded model of what Facebook tried in 2015: offer an experience of the new technology for free and distribute it via partnerships with India’s telcos. Back then, Facebook tied up with Reliance Communications to give away Free Basics. Today, Perplexity is working with Airtel to do the same.