US EditionOpenAI to Offer ChatGPT Go Free for a Year in India
OpenAI provides a free one-year ChatGPT Go subscription to Indian users to boost adoption amid competition and over 29 million app downloads in three months.
- On November 4, 2025, OpenAI will make ChatGPT Go free for one year in India to coincide with its DevDay Exchange developer conference in Bengaluru.
- India, with over 700 million smartphone users, is ChatGPT's second-largest market with over 29,000,000 downloads but just $3.6 million in in-app purchases, showing monetization challenges.
- Launched in India in August as a budget-friendly plan, ChatGPT Go now costs Rs 399 per month and is backed by GPT-5 with higher message limits and expanded file-upload capacity.
- Partnering with civil society and education platforms, OpenAI opened a New Delhi office and is hiring education vertical lead and local sales hires to expand AI literacy beyond metros.
- This promotion continues OpenAI's 'India-first' push tied to the IndiaAI Mission, while Perplexity recently partnered with Airtel and Google introduced a free AI Pro plan for students in India.
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One News PageOpenAI to offer ChatGPT Go free for a year in India
OpenAI will offer its ChatGPT Go subscription free to users in India for one year starting November 4, the Microsoft- backed startup said on Tuesday, as it seeks to boost adoption in its second-largest market.The plan, which was first launched in India in August, is OpenAI's most affordable offering and is cu
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ChatGPT Go is now free for Indian users under a limited-time promotional offer.
OpenAI ChatGPT Go available for free to Indian users starting November 4 for one year
OpenAI announced on Tuesday that it will offer 'ChatGPT Go'—its premium subscription tier—free for one full year to users in India who sign up during a limited-time promotional period beginning November 4. ChatGPT Go, recently launched in India, supports higher query limits and more image generation. India is a critical market for OpenAI, which counts it as ChatGPT’s second-largest and one of its fastest-growing user bases. DevDay exchange spark…
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