Wildest AI flex of the year

Airtel just gave away a ₹17,000/year Perplexity Pro subscription to all its users. That’s Sonar, Claude 4 Sonnet, Gpt 4.1, Gemini 2.5 Pro, R1 1776, Grok 4, o3, o3-pro - for free. 360 million people. Zero rupees.

Now waiting for:

• Jio to bundle ChatGPT-5 with free Starlink WiFi and launch JugJugJioGPT
• Vi to throw in an emotional support llama and a Copilot subscription
• BSNL to... send a nice postcard saying "Hang in there"

Tech in India right now is doing what Bollywood did in the 2000s - absolute masala, total chaos, zero chill, and some insane moments of genius. AI clearly isn't just for devs anymore. This isn’t just AI going mainstream. This is a full-blown telecom-triggered AI arms race.

PS: My mom is running Perplexity right now to bargain on Flipkart 🤦‍♂️ What a time to be alive.

Now.. make me another offer I can't refuse.