February 7, 2025
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Perplexity AI CEO dares IITs to enable campus-wide Pro access during a 2-week event

The CEO of Perplexity AI, Aravind Srinivas, has revealed a two-week event during which IITs can obtain Pro access for their entire campus. Srinivas will visit the IIT with the most users later this year.

The founder and CEO of Perplexity AI, Aravind Srinivas, who is also an alumnus of IIT Madras, has declared a two-week event targeting all Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).

On X (formerly Twitter), he shared: “We’re launching a two-week event for all IITs. Every IIT student can seize the chance to activate Perplexity Pro for their whole campus, and I will be going to the IIT with the highest number of Perplexity users later this year.

The advanced features and capabilities of the AI-driven search engine are available to users through the premium subscription plan, Perplexity Pro. This announcement comes in the wake of Srinivas’s recent gesture of providing all students, faculty, and staff at IIT Madras with free Pro access.

The Sonar API was launched by Perplexity in January, allowing developers and organisations to incorporate the company’s AI search tools into their applications. This enables real-time, web-wide research and question-answering capabilities, extending the reach of Perplexity’s technology beyond its own platform.

Srinivas expressed interest in collaborating with PM Modi to broaden access to Perplexity Pro following the Indian government’s announcement in December of the Rs 6000 crore One Nation One Subscription scheme, which provides free access to over 13,000 journals for 18 million students.

“If @narendramodi ji is interested, I would be willing to figure out an economic structure where all students, faculty and researchers in India could get Perplexity Pro,” the CEO of Perplexity wrote on X at the time.

The two-week IIT event announced today will not only provide IIT students with access to cutting-edge AI tools, but will also foster a sense of community and healthy competition between institutions.

The IITs with the highest number of Perplexity users will have the opportunity to host Srinivas later this year, giving students the opportunity to interact directly with Srinivas and gain insights into AI innovations.

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